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Regulation 24 Staff disciplinary procedure

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(1)

The registered person must 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 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; and

(e)

an officer of a local authority in whose area the agency is situated.