79.— (1) Subject to subsection (2), where a registered medical practitioner fails to pay an appropriate fee required to be paid by the practitioner notwithstanding that a reminder notice to pay the fee has been sent to the practitioner at the practitioner’s registered address, the Council may, not earlier than 21 days after that reminder has been sent, remove the practitioner’s registration.

(2) The Council shall not exercise its power under subsection (1) in the case of a registered medical practitioner the subject of a complaint which has not been disposed of or otherwise dealt with under Part 7 and, if applicable, Part 8 and this Part.