Regulation 5 Amendment of Regulations

After regulation 8 insert the following—

“Training requirements for members

8A.

(1)

No person shall serve as an appeal panel member unless he satisfies the training requirements mentioned in paragraph (2).

(2)

The training requirements mentioned in this paragraph are as follows—

(a)

within the year from 1st March 2007 to 29th February 2008, he has served as a clerk to or member of an appeal panel; or

(b)

he has within the last two years been given training on the following—

(i)

the requirements of these Regulations,

(ii)

the contents of any Code made under section 84 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998^f1,

(iii)

the role of the chair of an appeal panel,

(iv)

the role of the clerk to an appeal panel,

(v)

the role of panel members,

(vi)

the duties of an appeal panel under the Human Rights Act 1998^f2, the Sex Discrimination Act 1975^f3, the Race Relations Act 1976^f4, the Disability Discrimination Act 1995^f5 and the Equality Act 2006^f6, and

(vii)

the need for the appeal panel to observe procedural fairness and the rules of natural justice.

(3)

Sub-paragraph (2)(a) shall cease to have effect on 1st March 2010.

(4)

Any training mentioned in sub-paragraph (2)(b) provided by an admission authority shall be provided free of charge.”