Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014

Amendment of section 60 of Principal Act

29. Section 60 of the Principal Act is amended by substituting the following subsections for subsections (1) and (2):

“(1) The Council may make an ex parte application to the Court for an order directing a registration board to suspend the registration of a registrant, whether or not the registrant is the subject of a complaint, if the Council considers that the suspension is necessary to protect the public until steps or further steps are taken under this Part.

(2) An application under this section shall be heard otherwise than in public unless the Court considers it appropriate to hear the application in public.”