146. Section 24 of the Act of 2011 is amended—

(a) in subsection (5)(b), by the substitution of “section 57A(1)(d) or 65(1)(d)” for “section 65(1)(d)”,

(b) in subsection (11), by the substitution of “subsections (9), (10) and (11A)” for “subsections (9) and (10)”,

(c) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (11):

“(11A) Paragraph (a) of subsection (11) shall not apply to the Fitness to Practise Committee except in relation to the Committee’s inquiry into a complaint the hearing of which under section 63 has commenced before the date of coming into operation of section 146 of the Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Act 2020.”,

and

(d) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (19):

“(20) (a) Subject to paragraph (c), where a subcommittee of the Preliminary Proceedings Committee is established pursuant to rules made under section 13, that subcommittee may perform any of the functions of that Committee, and every reference in this Act to the Preliminary Proceedings Committee shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be construed as including a reference to that subcommittee.

(b) Subject to paragraph (c), where a subcommittee of the Fitness to Practise Committee is established pursuant to rules made under section 13, that subcommittee may perform any of the functions of that Committee, and every reference in this Act to the Fitness to Practise Committee shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be construed as including a reference to that subcommittee.

(c) Neither paragraph (a) nor (b) shall be construed as entitling a subcommittee referred to in that paragraph to itself establish a subcommittee.”.