- Enforced by
- GMC
- Status
- In Force
- Penalty ceiling
- Regulated
Does it bind you?
Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.
Plus 5 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.
What it requires
Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.
s.002
Functions of legal assessors (opens in a new tab)
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Legal assessors must advise GMC panels on law and procedureStatutory regulator
s.003
Attendance of legal assessors (opens in a new tab)
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- GMC/MPTS committees and tribunals must have a legal assessor presentTribunal / Court
s.004
Advice of legal assessors tendered at hearings (opens in a new tab)
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Legal assessor must give legal advice openly or disclose it to partiesStatutory regulator
s.005
Advice of a legal assessor outside a hearing which the Committee, a Panel or a Tribunal does not accept (opens in a new tab)
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Legal assessor must record rejected advice and send copy to partiesStatutory regulator
s.006
Advice of legally qualified persons (opens in a new tab)
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Tribunal Chair must give legal advice openly or record it in decisionTribunal / Court
5 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.art001
Citation and commencement
s.art002
Privy Council approval
s.art003
Revocation of Orders of Council
Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.