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# The General Medical Council (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order of Council 2024

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

2024 No. 1133
HEALTH CARE AND ASSOCIATED PROFESSIONS
DOCTORS
The General Medical Council (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order of Council 2024
Made
7th November 2024
Laid before Parliament
13th November 2024
Coming into force
13th December 2024
At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 7th day of November
2024
By the Lords of His Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council
The General Medical Council has made the General Medical Council (Miscellaneous Amendments) Rules 2024, which are set out in the Schedule to this Order, in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraphs 19B to 19D, 19F, 19G, 23 and 23B of Schedule 1 to the Medical Act 1983.
By virtue of paragraph 24 of Schedule 1 to the Medical Act 1983 the Rules shall not come into force until approved by Order of the Privy Council.

## 1 Citation and commencement {#section-1}

This Order may be cited as the General Medical Council (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order of Council 2024 and comes into force on 13th December 2024.

## 2 Privy Council approval {#section-2}

Their Lordships, having taken the Rules in the Schedule into consideration, are pleased to and do approve them.

## Schedule The General Medical Council (Miscellaneous Amendments) Rules 2024 {#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.
Citation and commencement
1 These Rules may be cited as the General Medical Council (Miscellaneous Amendments) Rules 2024 and come into force on 13th December 2024.
Amendments to the General Medical Council (Constitution of Panels, Tribunals and Investigation Committee) Rules 2015
2 (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;”.
Amendments to the General Medical Council (Constitution of the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service) Rules 2015
3 (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