United Kingdom Statutory Instruments

"appropriate person" means a natural person, of good character, who is a fit and proper person to act as a member of a committee of the Council;

"Committee" (except in the terms "Appointments Committee" and "Investigating Committee") means the Health Committee, the Interim Orders Committee, the Professional Conduct Committee, the Professional Performance Committee or the Registration Appeals Committee;

(a) who resigns from the list by giving notice in writing of his resignation to the Chairman of the Appointments Committee; or

(b) who in the opinion of the Appointments Committee has ceased to be an appropriate person.

    (5) The Appointments Committee shall not remove the name of a person from the list on the grounds specified in paragraph (4)(b) unless that person has been given an opportunity of appearing before the Appointments Committee and of being heard on the question of whether or not that person has ceased to be an appropriate person.

Appointment of members
     9. —(1) Subject to rule 12, the Secretary to the Appointments Committee shall, before each meeting of a Committee, nominate five persons whose names are entered in the list maintained under rule 8 to serve as members of a Committee at that meeting.

    (2) In making nominations under paragraph (1) the Secretary to the Appointments Committee shall—

(a) ensure that the membership of a Committee complies with article 2 of the Committees Order; and

(b) have regard to—


(i) the rules of natural justice,

(ii) the efficient administration of justice and of the business of a Committee, and

(iii) the availability and reasonable convenience of those persons whose names are entered in the list maintained under rule 8.

Appointment of Chairman
     10. Subject to rule 12, the Secretary to the Appointments Committee shall, before each meeting of a Committee, nominate one of the persons who are to form the membership of a Committee at that meeting to be Chairman at that meeting.

Quorum
     11. Subject to rule 12, the quorum for a meeting of a Committee shall be three, of whom—

(a) at least one shall be a lay person;

(b) at least one shall be a registered dentist; and

(c) at a meeting concerning a person's registration in the dental care professionals register, at least one shall be a registered dental care professional.

(a) ensure that the membership of the Investigating Committee complies with article 2 of the Committees Order; and

(b) have regard to—


(i) the rules of natural justice,

(ii) the efficient administration of justice and of the business of the Investigating Committee, and

(iii) the availability and reasonable convenience of the members of the panel referred to in rule 13.

Appointment of Chairman
     15. The registrar shall, before each meeting of the Investigating Committee, nominate one of the persons who are to form the membership of the Investigating Committee at that meeting to be Chairman at that meeting.

Quorum
     16. The quorum for a meeting of the Investigating Committee shall be three, of whom—

(a) at least one shall be a lay person;

(b) at least one shall be a registered dentist; and

(c) at a meeting concerning a person's fitness to practise as a member of a profession complementary to dentistry, at least one shall be a registered dental care professional.