# The Public Services Reform (General Teaching Council for Scotland) Order 2011, Article 25: Employers: duty to report misconduct or incompetence


(1) A person who employs a registered teacher to work in an educational establishment must immediately notify the GTCS if—
(a) they dismiss the registered teacher on grounds of misconduct or incompetence; or
(b) the registered teacher resigns or otherwise stops working for the person in circumstances in which the person, but for that fact, would have or might have dismissed the registered teacher on such grounds.
(2) Such a notice to the GTCS must explain the circumstances which caused the person to dismiss, or to conclude that they would have or might have dismissed, the registered teacher.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2011/9780111012246/article/25 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-public-services-reform-general-teaching-council-for-scotland-order-2011/article-25
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