# The Adoption Support Agencies (England) and Adoption Agencies (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2005, Regulation 21: Staff disciplinary procedure


(1) The registered person shall operate a disciplinary procedure which, in particular—
(a) provides for the suspension of an employee where necessary in the interests of the safety or welfare of persons to whom the agency provides adoption support services;
(b) provides that the failure on the part of an employee to report, to an appropriate person, an incident of abuse, or suspected abuse, of a child to whom the agency provides adoption support services is a ground on which disciplinary proceedings may be instituted.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), an appropriate person is—
(a) the registered person;
(b) an officer of the registration authority;
(c) a police officer;
(d) an officer of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children;
(e) an officer of the local authority in whose area the agency is situated;
(f) an officer of the local authority in whose area the child is living.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2720/regulation/21 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-support-agencies-england-and-adoption-agencies-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2005/regulation-21
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