S.L. 458.8 Art. 2Interpretation.

In these Rules -

"the Act" means the Health Care Professions Act;

"charge" means a charge specified in a notice of inquiry;

"notice of inquiry" has the meaning assigned to it by rule 5(1); "practitioner" means a medical practitioner, dental surgeon, dentist or veterinary surgeon registered under the Act, and references to the practitioner, in relation to any complaint or information or to any proceedings, are references to the practitioner against whom a complaint or information is sent to the Medical Council; "Council" means the Medical Council established by the Department of Health (Constitution) Ordinance; "President" means the President of the Medical Council and includes, in the case of absence of the President from a meeting at the Council, the chairman of that meeting; "registrar" means the registrar of the Medical Council appointed in accordance with the provisions of article 21 of the Department of Health (Constitution) Ordinance;

"appropriate register" means the appropriate register, for the purposes of the Act.