Regulation 21 Delegation of Investigating Committees’ functionsI1
England and Wales
An Investigating Committee may delegate to an employee of the Council the functions of—
deciding whether to investigate, and investigating, allegations of a particular character or description, or particular allegations—
against a registered person; or
that a registered person has been convicted of a relevant offence;
deciding whether a registered person has a case to answer in relation to a matter investigated under sub-paragraph (a);
discontinuing a case against a registered person where the employee has decided under sub-paragraph (b) that there is no case to answer.
Part 5 of these Regulations applies to the exercise of a function by an employee of the Council as they would apply to the exercise of that function by an Investigating Committee.