The Chairman of the Disciplinary Committee, and of every Divisional Disciplinary Committee, shall have a deliberative vote, and, in the case of an equality of votes, shall also have a casting vote.”

If any person who is registered as a medical practitioner, or who is conditionally registered,—

the Council may, if it thinks fit, exercise in respect of that person all or any of the disciplinary powers conferred on it by subsection two of this section.

The disciplinary powers which the Council may so exercise in respect of any such person, if it thinks fit, shall be as follows:

In giving or withholding consent under paragraph (c) of subsection two of this section, the Attorney-General shall consider only the gravity and nature of the impropriety or conduct charged, and not the question whether the person has in fact been guilty of the impropriety or conduct.

No person shall be suspended from practice as a medical practitioner, and the name of no person shall be removed from the register, under paragraph (a) of subsection one of this section by reason of any offence committed before the date of his registration if at that date the Council was aware of his conviction in respect of that offence.

In any inquiry under paragraph (b) of subsection one of this section, any finding of fact which is shown to have been made in any proceedings under the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act 1928, being proceedings in the Supreme Court of New Zealand or on appeal from a decision in any such proceedings, shall be conclusive evidence of the fact found.

If any University or institution, having granted to any person a degree or diploma or other qualification registrable under this Act, exercises any power conferred by law of striking off the name of that person and notifies to the Council the fact of the striking off,—

No person shall be deemed guilty of grave impropriety or of infamous conduct in a professional respect, or to have conducted himself in such a manner as to render the exercise of the powers of the Council expedient in the interests of the public, by reason only of his having adopted and practised any theory of medicine or surgery, if in so doing he has acted honestly and in good faith.

Every monetary penalty imposed, and all costs and expenses payable, under this section shall be recoverable as a debt due to the Crown, and shall be paid into the Public Account and form part of the Consolidated Fund.

While any order of suspension from practice as a medical practitioner under this section remains in force, the person shall be deemed not to be a registered medical practitioner or conditionally registered, as the case may be, but forthwith on the expiry of the order his rights and privileges as a registered medical practitioner or person conditionally registered shall be revived as from the date of the expiry.

There shall be a right of appeal to the Supreme Court in accordance with subsection three of section forty-five of this Act from an order of suspension or censure or the imposition of a penalty or of a liability to pay costs and expenses under this section.

An order of suspension or censure shall not take effect, and no penalty or costs or expenses shall be payable, in any case until the expiration of twenty-eight days after the notification by the Council to the person affected of the making of the order. If within the said period of twenty-eight days the person gives due notice of appeal to the Supreme Court, the order shall not take effect, and no penalty or costs or expenses shall be payable, unless and until it is confirmed by the Supreme Court or the appeal is for any reason dismissed by that Court:

“Provided that, unless the Supreme Court otherwise orders, the period of suspension specified in the order shall commence, and the penalty or costs or expenses specified in the order shall be payable, on the day when the order commences to have effect.

In any order under this section for the removal from the register of the name of any such person the Court may fix a time after which the person whose name is so removed as aforesaid may apply for re-registration under this Act. At the expiration of that time the person whose name has been so removed may apply for re-registration, and all the provisions of this Act as to registration shall so far as applicable apply to re-registration under this section.

If the Court does not fix any such time, the Council may refuse to consider any such application for such time as it thinks fit:

“Provided that any person aggrieved by the refusal of the Council to consider that application may apply to the Court for an order directing the Council to consider that application, or directing the Secretary to the Council to enter in the register the name of that person, and thereupon the Court may make such order in the matter as it thinks fit.”

The Medical Council, the Disciplinary Committee, and any Divisional Disciplinary Committee may appoint a legal assessor, who may be present at any inquiry or appeal, and may then or at any time previously or subsequently advise the Council or Committee on matters of law, procedure, and evidence relating thereto.”

While any person is an Investigation Committee member, or a member of the Council or of the Disciplinary Committee or of any Divisional Disciplinary Committee, that person shall not be appointed to any other such office.”