Regulation 32 Requirement for hearings to be held in publicI1
England and Wales
A F1Fitness to Practise Committee must announce its determination of the outcome of all hearings in public and subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) all hearings of a Fitness to Practise Committee must take place in public.
A Fitness to Practise Committee may deliberate in private at any time and for any purpose during or after a hearing.
A Fitness to Practise Committee may exclude the public from a hearing or any part of a hearing—
where it appears to the committee that it is necessary in the interests of justice to exclude the public;
where the registered person against whom disciplinary proceedings are being taken makes a written request that the hearing should be in private, and the Fitness to Practise Committee does not consider it to be contrary to the public interest to hold the hearing in private; or
where it is necessary to protect the interests of children.
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)