Clause 25

by inserting, immediately after the words “Health Committee” in subsection (1)(a), the words “and, where applicable, an Interim Orders Committee”; (b)by deleting the words “by the Health Committee is” in the 2nd and 3rd lines of subsection (3) and substituting the words “, or an order for interim restricted registration is made under section 49B(1)(b) or 49D(1)(d), is”; (c)by inserting, immediately after subsection (4), the following subsection:“(4A) Where the Health Committee has made an order for suspension under subsection (1) or (3) against a person and that person has failed to comply with that order, the Health Committee may, if it thinks fit —

make a recommendation referred to in subsection (1)(d) to the Medical Council, and subsection (2) shall apply accordingly; or

order that, from the expiry of the current period of suspension, his registration in the appropriate register be restricted in such manner as it thinks fit for a period not exceeding 3 years.”; and

by inserting, immediately after the words “subsection (4)” in the 3rd line of subsection (6), the words “or (4A)”.