Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005

If immediate suspension of registration is necessary to protect the public.

60.—(1) The Council may apply to the court for an order directing a registration board to suspend the registration of a registrant against whom a complaint has been made if the Council considers that the suspension is necessary to protect the public until further steps are taken under this Part in relation to the complaint.

(2) An application under this section shall be heard otherwise than in public, unless—

(a) the registrant concerned requests that it be heard in public, and

(b) the Court considers it appropriate to hear the application in public.

(3) After hearing the application, the Court may, in relation to the registrant—

(a) make any order it considers appropriate, including an order directing the registration board concerned to suspend his or her registration for a period specified in the order, and

(b) give to the Council or the registration board concerned any direction that the Court considers appropriate.