Statutory Instruments

2000 No. 2388 (C. 65)

CHIROPRACTORS

The Chiropractors Act 1994 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2000

Made

2nd September 2000

The Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 44(3) of the Chiropractors Act 1994(1), hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and interpretation

1.-(1) This Order may be cited as the Chiropractors Act 1994 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2000.

(2) In this Order, "the Act" means the Chiropractors Act 1994.

Appointed day

2. 7th September 2000 is the day appointed for the coming into force of each provision of the Act specified in the first column of the Schedule to this Order (which relate to the matters mentioned in the second column of the Schedule) and, save as otherwise provided in the first column of the Schedule, those provisions shall come into force on that day for all purposes.

Alan Milburn

One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State,

Department of Health

2nd September 2000

Article 2

SCHEDULEPROVISIONS OF THE ACT COMING INTO FORCE ON 7TH SEPTEMBER 2000

(1)	(2)
Provisions of the Act	Subject Matter
In section 1- subsections (2) and (3), so far as they relate to the other provisions of the Act brought into force by this Order; subsections (5), (6) and (7), so far as not already in force; subsection (9), so far as not already in force	The General Chiropractic Council and its committees
Section 7, except for subsection (3)	Suspension of registration
Section 8 subsections (1) to (7), and subsection (8) so far as it relates to restoration to the register of conditionally registered chiropractors	Restoration to the register of chiropractors who have been struck off
Section 10, so far as not already in force	Fraud or error in relation to registration
Section 20	Professional conduct and fitness to practise
Section 21	Interim suspension powers of the Investigating Committee
Section 22	Consideration of allegations by the Professional Conduct Committee
Section 23	Consideration of allegations by the Health Committee
Section 24	Interim suspension powers of the Professional Conduct Committee and Health Committee
Section 25	Revocation of interim suspension orders
Section 26	Investigation of allegations: procedural rules
Section 27	Legal assessors
Section 28	Medical assessors
Section 30	Appeals against decisions of the Health Committee
Section 31	Appeals against decisions of the Professional Conduct Committee and appeal tribunals
Section 32 subsection (2), and subsection (3) in so far as it relates to subsection (2)	Offences
Section 35, so far as not already in force	Rules
Section 43, in relation to the definition of "interim suspension order"	Interpretation
In Schedule 1, Part II, so far as not already in force	The Statutory Committees

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 7th September 2000 the following provisions of the Chiropractors Act 1994-

section 1(2), under which the Council has a duty to develop, promote and regulate the profession of chiropractic; and section 1(3), under which the Council shall have such other functions as are conferred on it by the Act (both subsections are already partially in force and are further brought into force in relation to the other provisions brought into force by this Order);
section 1(5), (6), (7) and (9) (so far as not already in force) which relate to the statutory committees of the Council;
sections 7 (in part), 8 (in part), 10 (so far as not already in force), 20 to 26, 30, 31 and 32 (in part) all of which relate to the role of the statutory committees or the Registrar in respect of professional conduct and fitness to practise, and connected appeals, including (in section 32) the creation of an offence for breach of a requirement to attend a hearing and give evidence; and section 35(3) which provides for related Orders in Council to be subject to Parliamentary procedures.

The Order also brings into force sections 27 and 28 which provide for the appointment of legal and medical assessors respectively; section 43 in respect of the definition of "interim suspension order"; and Schedule 1, Part II, paragraphs 18 to 23 (so far as not already in force) and paragraphs 24 and 30 to 41, all of which relate to the membership and procedure of the statutory committees.

Note as to Earlier Commencement Orders