Regulation 29 Proceedings of Fitness to Practise CommitteesF1I1
England and Wales
A Fitness to Practise Committee must determine cases against registered persons referred to it by an Investigating Committee in accordance with these Regulations and rules made by the Council under regulation 34.
Where a Fitness to Practise Committee decides at any time after a case is referred to them by an Investigating Committee to discontinue that case, it must inform the registered person concerned and their employer that the—
investigation has been discontinued; and
registered person concerned had no case to answer.
Where a Fitness to Practise Committee decides that a registered person has no case to answer, it must at that person’s request publish a statement to that effect.
A Fitness to Practise Committee may refer a case to an Investigating Committee.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Words in Regulations substituted (1.3.2024) by The Education Workforce Council (Main Functions) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/74), regs. 1(2), 2(2)