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Amendment of section 53 of Principal Act
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27. Section 53 of the Principal Act is amended—
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(a) in subsection (1), by substituting “Subject to subsection (1A), as soon” for “As soon”, and
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(b) by inserting the following subsections after subsection (1):
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“(1A) Where a complaint is made on a ground specified in section 52(1) (g), the Council shall consider it and—
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(a) if it is of the opinion that—
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(i) the nature of the offence or the circumstances in which it was committed ought to disqualify the registrant from practising the designated profession concerned, and
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(ii) it is in the public interest that it take action immediately under this paragraph,
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the Council shall give a direction under section 66(1) to the registration board concerned to cancel the registration of the registrant, and
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(b) in any other case, the Council shall comply with subsection (1) in respect of the complaint and direct the preliminary proceedings committee to deal with the complaint as if the Council had not considered it under this subsection.
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(1B) Nothing in subsection (1A) shall be construed to—
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(a) prejudice the generality of section 60, or
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(b) limit the range of disciplinary sanctions which the registration board concerned may recommend to the Council under section 65(1) be imposed on the registrant concerned in any case where the Council has taken the action referred to in subsection (1A)(b).”
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