Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007

Amendment of section 59 of Act of 2007.

18.— Section 59 of the Act of 2007 is amended by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (1):

“(1A) The Preliminary Proceedings Committee may, for the purposes of considering whether there is sufficient cause to warrant further action being taken in relation to a complaint, take account of such matters relating to the registered medical practitioner the subject of the complaint that arise from its investigation of the complaint as it considers appropriate and references to a complaint in this section (other than subsection (10)), in the definitions of ‘allegation’ and ‘inquiry’ in section 2 and in sections 7(2)(j), 11(2)(g), 20(2), 52(3)(a), 60 to 65, 67 to 71 and 79(2) shall be construed as including references to any such matter.”.