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Medical Practitioners Act 1995

VIII: Discipline
Medical Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal
98   Membership of Tribunal



   98. Membership of Tribunal---(1) The Tribunal shall consist of---
   (a) A chairperson and 1 or more deputy chairpersons, each of whom
         shall be a barrister or solicitor of the High Court of not less
         than 7 years' practice, whether or not he or she holds or has
         held judicial office; and
   (b) Four other persons, (of whom 3 shall be medical practitioners and
         1 shall be a person who is not a medical practitioner),
         appointed by the chairperson for the purposes of each hearing
         from the panel maintained by the Minister under section 99 of
         this Act.

   (2) The chairperson and each deputy chairperson shall be appointed by
 the Minister by notice in the Gazette, after consultation by the
 Minister with such persons as the Minister thinks fit.

   (3) No person who is a member of the Council shall be eligible for
 appointment as chairperson or as a deputy chairperson or as a member of
 the panel.
     Cf. 1988, No. 150, s. 46
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