Pharmacy Act 2007
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Procedure following recommendation for, or decision to take, further action. |
40.— (1) If the preliminary proceedings committee advises, pursuant to section 38 , that there is sufficient cause to warrant further action or the Council decides, under section 39 , to take further action, the committee shall either— | |
(a) refer the complaint for resolution by mediation under section 37 , or | ||
(b) refer the complaint to whichever of the following committees (“committees of inquiry”) it considers appropriate— | ||
(i) the professional conduct committee, | ||
(ii) the health committee. | ||
(2) If informed by a mediator that a complaint referred for resolution by mediation— | ||
(a) cannot be so resolved, | ||
(b) can be so resolved but only after taking into account considerations which make the complaint more suitable for a committee of inquiry, | ||
the committee shall refer the complaint to a committee of inquiry as if under subsection (1)(b). |