CAP. 156] Dentists (Registration and Disciplinary Procedure) Regulations
A 6
[1977 Ed.
[Subsidiary]
Chairman may be, appointed by the Director, to be temporarily a member of the Committee.
(b) If the person so unable temporarily to exercise his function as a member of the Committee was elected to the Committee under paragraph (1)(a) the person elected to be temporarily a member of the Committee shall be another member of the Council, who shall, during the period of his membership of the Committee, be chairman of the Committee.
(c) If the person so unable temporarily to exercise his functions as a member of the Committee was appointed to the Committee under paragraph (1)(b) the person appointed to be temporarily a member of the Committee shall be a registered dentist qualified to be registered under section 8(1)(a) or (b) of the Ordinance ordinarily resident in the Colony, who is not a member of the Council, nominated by the Hong Kong Dental Association.
(5) If-
(a) at the time the membership of any person elected or appointed to be a member of the Committee under paragraph (1) terminates by virtue of paragraph (2) or paragraph (3), or
(b) at the time the membership of any person elected or appointed to be temporarily a member of the Committee under paragraph (4) terminates,
the Committee is considering any complaint or information under these regulations, then if such person is not thereupon elected or re-elected or, as the case may be, appointed or re-appointed, to be a member of the Committee, the membership of such person shall continue by virtue of this paragraph for the purposes of the consideration of such complaint or information by the Committee, but for no other purpose, until the Committee has discharged its functions in respect of such complaint or information.
(6) A person elected or appointed to be a member of the Committee may at any time resign his membership of the Committee by notice in writing addressed to the Secretary or, as the case may be, the Director, save that, if at the time such notice is given the Committee is considering any complaint or information the person so resigning shall, if so required by the Council or, as the case may be, the Director, continue to be a member of the Committee for the purposes of the consideration of such complaint or information but for no other purpose, until the Committee has discharged its functions in respect of the complaint or information.
(7) No member of the Committee shall attend any meeting of the Council as a member of the Council during the hearing or determination of any complaint or information against any person.