{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-workforce-council-main-functions-wales-regulations-2015/regulation-27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-workforce-council-main-functions-wales-regulations-2015/regulation-27.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2015/140",
  "legislation_title": "The Education Workforce Council (Main Functions) (Wales) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-workforce-council-main-functions-wales-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/27",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "Exclusion or restriction of Committees’ powers",
  "text": "(1) An Investigating Committee’s functions under Part 5 of these Regulations are excluded in a case where—\n(a) it is alleged that a registered person is guilty of unacceptable professional conduct or has been convicted (at any time) of a relevant offence, or it appears to it that a registered person may be so guilty or have been so convicted; and\n(b) the Secretary of State considers that the case concerns the safety and welfare of persons who have not attained the age of 18 and wishes to consider the case with a view to exercising their powers under section 141B of the Education Act 2002 on the grounds—\n(i) that a person is unsuitable to work with children, or\n(ii) relating to a person’s misconduct or health, or\n(c) the Disclosure and Barring Service, established by section 87(1) of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, has included, or is considering whether to include, a registered person in either of the barred lists maintained under section 2 of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006.\n(2) An Investigating Committee’s functions under Part 5 of these Regulations are excluded in a case where—\n(a) it is alleged that a registered person is guilty of serious professional incompetence or it appears to it that a registered person may be so guilty; and\n(b) information has not been provided to the Council pursuant to Part 7 of these Regulations which the Investigating Committee considers is necessary to enable it to carry out its functions under Part 5 of these Regulations.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 27 in force at 1.4.2015, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2012 c. 9."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2006 c. 47."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2015/140/regulation/27",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:35:50.258426+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}