71. Savings and transitional provisions

Notwithstanding regulation 70, the revoked Medical Registration Regulations shall continue to apply, as if they had not been revoked, to —

any pending application for registration made before 1st December 2010 under section 20, 21, 22, 24 or 28 of the Act in force immediately before that date;

any pending application for the grant or renewal of a practising certificate made to the Medical Council before 1st December 2010;

any inquiry, investigation or proceedings pending before any Complaints Committee, Disciplinary Committee or Interim Orders Committee, or the Health Committee, that was appointed before 1st December 2010; and

any application for the restoration to a register of any name that was removed from the register pursuant to an order of or on the recommendation of a Disciplinary Committee, or the Health Committee, appointed before 1st December 2010.