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162C PDFTitle:MIDWIVES (REGISTRATION AND DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURE) REGULATIONGazette Number:L.N. 315 of 1999
Section:15Heading:Reference of complaint or information to CommitteeVersion Date:01/01/2000

(1) Where the secretary has submitted a complaint or information to the chairman of the Committee in accordance with section 13, the chairman of the Committee shall, subject to section 14, refer the complaint or information, together with all relevant documents, to the Committee for its consideration.
(2) Where the chairman of the Committee has referred a complaint or information to the Committee, unless the members of the Committee are unanimously satisfied that the complaint or information is frivolous or groundless, the chairman of the Committee shall then fix a date for the consideration of the complaint or information by the Committee, and shall direct the secretary to-

        (a) notify the respondent of the receipt of the complaint or information;
        (b) inform the respondent of the substance of the complaint or information;
        (c) forward to the respondent a copy of any declaration furnished under section 14(1)(c);
        (d) inform the respondent of the date fixed for the consideration of the complaint or information by the Committee; and
        (e) invite the respondent to submit to the Committee, either-
          (i) in writing; or
          (ii) in person, at the meeting to be held under section 16,
          any explanation relating to the respondent's conduct or to any other matter alleged in the complaint or information that the respondent may offer,
and the secretary, when so directed, shall act accordingly.
(3) For and only for the purpose of subsection (2), the Committee may, by circulation of papers, determine whether a complaint or information is frivolous or groundless, and a resolution so made shall be as valid and effectual as if it had been passed at a meeting of the Committee, if it is approved in writing by all of the Committee's members.
(4) Where the Committee has, in accordance with subsection (3), determined that a complaint or information is frivolous or groundless, the chairman of the Committee shall direct the secretary to notify the complainant of the determination, and the secretary, when so directed, shall act accordingly.