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This Order may be cited as the General Medical Council (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order of Council 2024 and comes into force on 13th December 2024.
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Their Lordships, having taken the Rules in the Schedule into consideration, are pleased to and do approve them.
Richard Tilbrook 
Clerk of the Privy Council

Schedule
Article 2
The General Medical Council makes these Rules in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraphs 19B to 19D, 19F, 19G, 23 and 23B of Schedule 1 to the Medical Act 1983.

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These Rules may be cited as the General Medical Council (Miscellaneous Amendments) Rules 2024 and come into force on 13th December 2024.
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(1) The General Medical Council (Constitution of Panels, Tribunals and Investigation Committee) Rules 2015 are amended as follows.
(2) In rule 2 (interpretation)—
(a) for the definition of “lay”, substitute ““lay” has the same meaning as in paragraph 1A(1)(b) of Schedule 1 to the Act;”;
(b) for the definition of “medical”, substitute ““medical”, in relation to any person, means a person who is fully registered or provisionally registered under the Act and holds a licence to practise under the Act;”.
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(1) The General Medical Council (Constitution of the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service) Rules 2015 are amended as follows.
(2) In rule 2 (interpretation)—
(a) for the definition of “lay”, substitute ““lay”, in relation to any person, has the same meaning as in paragraph 1A(1)(b) of Schedule 1 to the Act;”;
(b) for the definition of “registrant”, substitute ““registrant” has the same meaning as in paragraph 1A(1)(a) of Schedule 1 to the Act;”.
Given under the official seal of the General Medical Council on this 2nd day of October 2024
Prof. Dame Carrie MacEwen
Chair

Charlie Massey
Chief Executive and Registrar
