# The Adoption Support Agencies (Wales) Regulations 2005, Regulation 24: Staff disciplinary procedure


(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2005/1514/regulation/24 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-support-agencies-wales-regulations-2005/regulation-24
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