# The Education Workforce Council (Main Functions) (Wales) Regulations 2015, Regulation 35: Disciplinary orders

Extent: E+W

(1) A disciplinary order must record the decision of the Fitness to Practise Committee, the date on which the order is made, and the date on which the order takes effect.
(2) A disciplinary order takes effect on the date on which notice of it is served on the person in relation to whom it is made except where a Fitness to Practise Committee otherwise decide.
(3) A Fitness to Practise Committee must serve a notice of the disciplinary order on the person in relation to whom it is made containing the following information—
(a) the text of the order;
(b) a description of the effect of the order;
(c) the Fitness to Practise Committee’s reasons for making the order;
(d) notification of the registered person’s right to appeal to the High Court against the order and the time period for making such an appeal;
(e) where the order is a conditional registration order, an explanation of—
(i) the steps a Fitness to Practise Committee are empowered to take should the registered person fail to comply with a condition specified in it; and
(ii) that person’s right to apply to vary or revoke a condition specified in the order and the method for making such an application;
(f) where the order is a suspension order which specifies conditions, an explanation of the registered person’s right to apply to vary or revoke a condition specified in the order and the method for making such an application; and
(g) where the order is a prohibition order, an explanation of the registered person’s right to apply for a determination that they are eligible for registration and the method for making such an application.
(4) A Fitness to Practise Committee must serve notice of the order on the registered persons present or last employer and, where relevant, agent.
(5) Where following the determination of a case by a Fitness to Practise Committee it decides not to make a disciplinary order in relation to a registered person, the committee must notify the registered person concerned and their employer—
(a) of its decision and the reasons for it; and
(b) whether it decided that the case against them was not proved.
(6) Where it does not find the case against a registered person proved, a Fitness to Practise Committee must at the registered person’s request publish a statement to that effect.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2015/140/regulation/35 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-workforce-council-main-functions-wales-regulations-2015/regulation-35
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