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IX: Appeals
116 Rights of appeal
116. Rights of appeal---(1) Any person who is dissatisfied with the
whole or any part of---
(a) Any decision or order made in relation to that person under any of
sections 18, 27, 32, 36, 41, 45, 46, 52, 54, 57, 60, 61, 64, 81,
82, 103 (4), 105, and 110 of this Act; or
(b) Any order made under section 106 of this Act in respect of that
person, or any decision of the Tribunal to refuse to make such
an order; or
(c) Any decision of the Tribunal on an application made under section
108 of this Act---
may appeal to a District Court against the decision or order.
(2) Where---
(a) Any competence programme or recertification programme is made to
apply in respect of a specified medical practitioner; and
(b) That medical practitioner is dissatisfied with the whole or any
part of any decision of the Council made under section 62 (3)
or, as the case may be, section 63 (3) of this Act in relation
to that programme,---
that medical practitioner may appeal to a District Court against that
decision.
(3) Where---
(a) The Director of Proceedings or a complaints assessment committee
lays a charge under section 102 of this Act against a medical
practitioner; and
(b) The Director of Proceedings or, as the case may be, that committee
is dissatisfied with the whole or any part of any decision or
order of the Tribunal relating to that charge,---
the Director of Proceedings or, as the case may be, that committee may
appeal to a District Court against the decision or order.
(4) Every appeal under this section shall---
(a) Be brought by way of notice of appeal in accordance with rules of
Court; and
(b) Be lodged within 20 working days after notice of the decision or
order is communicated to the appellant, or within such further
time as a District Court Judge may allow on application made
before or after the expiration of that period.
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