Medical Registration Act 1997 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 7 · Disciplinary Proceedings and Inquiries
59N. Interim Orders Committee may revoke, vary or replace interim order
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Upon a review under section 59M or upon the recommendation of the chairman of the Complaints Panel, the President of the Disciplinary Commission, the Medical Council or any specified committee, the Interim Orders Committee that made an interim suspension order or interim restriction order under this section or section 59L(1) in relation to any registered medical practitioner may do any of the following:
Complaints Panel
“Complaints Panel” means the panel appointed by the Medical Council under section 38;
revoke the order or revoke any condition or restriction imposed by the order;
make an order varying any condition or restriction imposed by the order;
in the case of an interim restriction order — if satisfied that to do so is necessary for the protection of members of the public or is otherwise in the public interest, or is in the interests of the registered medical practitioner, or that the registered medical practitioner has not complied with any requirement imposed as a condition or restriction of his registration in the interim restriction order, replace that order with an interim suspension order having effect for the remainder of the period of the former; (d)in the case of an interim suspension order — if satisfied that the public interest or the interests of the registered medical practitioner would be more adequately served by an interim restriction order, replace the interim suspension order with an interim restriction order having effect for the remainder of the period of the former.
The Registrar must immediately notify the registered medical practitioner of the decision under subsection (1), and such order takes effect from the date the order is made.
For the purposes of subsection (1), a reference to an Interim Orders Committee that made an interim suspension order or interim restriction order includes a reference to another Interim Orders Committee appointed in its place.
Interim Orders Committee
“Interim Orders Committee” means a committee appointed by the Medical Council under section 59A;
In this section, “specified committee”, in relation to the registered medical practitioner against whom an interim suspension order or interim restriction order has been made, means an Inquiry Committee, a Complaints Committee, a Review Committee, a Disciplinary Tribunal or a Health Committee appointed to conduct an inquiry or review (as the case may be) in relation to the complaint against or information about the registered medical practitioner.
registered medical practitioner
“registered medical practitioner” means a person registered under this Act and includes a person deemed to be so registered under section 72(1);