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Rule 42 Role of safeguarding officer, director or professional

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(1)

This rule applies where a relevant safeguarding professional is a party to a complaint, including where that person becomes a party in accordance with section 20 (4) or (5) of the CCM or an order made under rule 41.

(2)

The relevant safeguarding professional—

(a)

may attend any meeting or hearing in relation to the complaint (subject to the power to exclude persons from the hearing under rule 60);

(b)

at the invitation of the Chair of the tribunal or court, may make written submissions in relation to a penalty for the misconduct to which the complaint relates, by reference to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults.

(3)

The President of Tribunals must secure, or must give directions for securing, that the relevant safeguarding professional is provided with—

(a)

a copy of every notice or other document given or application made in relation to the complaint before the relevant safeguarding professional became a party, and

(b)

if any of the copy documents accompanying the application under rule 41(2)(b) does not come within sub-paragraph (a) of this paragraph, a copy of that document.