Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005

Application to High Court for cancellation of Council's direction.

69

69.—(1) A registrant affected by a direction to impose a disciplinary sanction F110[] may apply to the Court for an order cancelling the direction.

(2) An application for an order under this section must be made within 30 days after the registrant receives from the Council notification of the direction.

(3) At the hearing of the application, the Court may consider any evidence adduced or argument made, whether or not adduced or made to a committee of inquiry.

(4) After hearing the application, the Court may—

(a) make any order that it considers appropriate, including an order cancelling, confirming or modifying the F111[direction,]

(b) give to the Council or the registration board concerned any direction that the Court considers F111[appropriate, and]

F112[(c) direct how the costs of the application are to be borne.]

Annotations:

Amendments:

F110

Deleted (24.03.2021) by Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), s. 43(a), S.I. No. 120 of 2021.

F111

Substituted (24.03.2021) by Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), s. 43(b)(i), (ii), S.I. No. 120 of 2021.

F112

Inserted (24.03.2021) by Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020 (16/2020), s. 43(b)(iii), S.I. No. 120 of 2021.