80A.— (1) Subject to subsection (2), where a medical practitioner fails to provide evidence referred to in F177[subsection (2) or that subsection as modified in accordance with subsection (3)], as the case may be, of section 45, notwithstanding that a request to provide that evidence has been sent to the practitioner’s registered address, the Council may, not earlier than 21 days after that request 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.]