Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020

Amendment of section 85 of Act of 2007

132. Section 85 of the Act of 2007 is amended—

(a) by renumbering the existing section as subsection (1),

(b) in subsection (1) —

(i) by the substitution of “(if satisfied that, in the case of a measure referred to in section 84(1)(k) or (l) or paragraph (a)(ii), it is in the public interest to do so)” for “, if satisfied that it is in the public interest to do so”, and

(ii) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (b):

“(b) if satisfied that it is in the public interest to do so, publish a transcript of all or any part of the proceedings of the Fitness to Practise Committee at an inquiry or publish all or any part of a report referred to in section 69(1) of the Fitness to Practise Committee (and, in either case, whether with or without any information which would enable all, or any one or more than one, of the parties to the proceedings concerned to be identified).”,

and

(c) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (1):

“(2) The Council shall not publish anything under this section which is inconsistent with a decision (if any) of the Court arising from the performance of a function under section 75 or 76.”.