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

Amendment of section 83 of Act of 2011

178. Section 83 of the Act of 2011 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 82(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 67(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 Board 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 73 or 74.”.