1969 Ed.]
Midwives (Registration and Disciplinary [CAP. 162
Procedure) Regulations.
A 9
[Subsidiary]
PART IV.
PROCEEDINGS PREPARATORY TO EXERCISE OF DISCIPLINARY
POWERS BY THE BOARD.
11. (1) For the purpose of performing the functions conferred upon it by these regulations, there shall be established a committee known as the Preliminary Investigation Committee, consisting of--
(a) one member of the Board elected by the Board, who
shall be chairman of the Committee; and
(b) two registered midwives who-
(i) are not members of the Board;
(ii) are ordinarily resident in Hong Kong; and
(iii) are appointed by the Director from a panel of at least six registered midwives nominated by the Hong Kong Midwives Association.
(2) No registered midwife in respect of whom the Board has made an order in accordance with paragraphs (i) to (iv) of sub-section (1) of section 10 of the Ordinance shall be eligible for appointment by the Director to the Committee.
(3) Save as provided in paragraphs (4), (5) and (6), a member of the Committee shall hold office for twelve months but at the end of each such period may be re-elected or re-appointed, as the case may be.
(4) If a member of the Committee appointed under sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (1) becomes a member of the Board she shall cease to be a member of the Committee.
(5) (a) Where for any reason a person elected or appointed to the Committee under paragraph (1) is or will be unable temporarily to exercise her functions as a member, another member may be elected by the Board or, as the case may be, appointed by the Director from a panel of at least six registered midwives nominated by the Hong Kong Midwives Association, to be temporarily a member of the Committee.
(b) If the person so unable temporarily to exercise her functions as a member of the Committee was elected to the Committee under sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (1) the person elected to be temporarily a member of the Committee shall be another member of the Board, who shall, during the period of her membership of the Committee, be chairman of the Committee,
(c) If the person so unable temporarily to exercise her functions as a member of the Committee was appointed to the Committee under sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (1)
Preliminary Investigation Committee.
L.N. 185/69.