Statutory Instruments
2015 No. 1906
Healthcare And Associated Professions
Osteopaths
The General Osteopathic Council (Constitution) (Amendment) Order 2015
Made
11th November 2015
Laid before Parliament
18th November 2015
Coming into force
18th December 2015
At the Council Chamber, Whitehall the 11th day of November 2015
By the Lords of Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council
Their Lordships make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1(4) of, and paragraph 1B(1)(a) and (f) and (4) of the Schedule to, the Osteopaths Act 1993( 1 ).
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the General Osteopathic Council (Constitution) (Amendment) Order 2015 and comes into force on 18th December 2015.
Amendment of the General Osteopathic Council (Constitution) Order 2009
2. —(1) The General Osteopathic Council (Constitution) Order 2009( 2 ) is amended as follows.
(2) In article 2 (composition of the General Council), for “7” (twice) substitute “5”.
(3) In article 11 (quorum of the General Council), for “8” substitute “6”.
Transitional
3. The person who was chair of the General Council immediately before the coming into force of this Order shall, subject to article 3 of the General Osteopathic Council (Constitution) Order 2009( 3 ), continue as chair of the General Council as constituted in accordance with this Order.
Richard Tilbrook
Clerk of the Privy Council
1993 c.21 : section 1(4) of the Act was substituted by, and paragraph 1B of the Schedule was inserted by, S.I. 2008/1774 .
Article 3 provides that no member of the General Council can serve as such for more than an aggregate of 8 eights years in any 20 year period.