Regulation 4 Delegation of Investigating Committees' functions

(1)

An Investigating Committee may delegate to an employee of the Council the functions of—

(a)

deciding whether to investigate, and investigating, allegations of a particular character or description, or particular allegations—

(i)

against a registered teacher, or

(ii)

that a registered teacher has been convicted of a relevant offence;

(b)

deciding whether a registered teacher has a case to answer in relation to a matter the employee investigated under sub-paragraph (a);

(c)

discontinuing a case against a registered teacher where the employee has decided under paragraph (b) that there is no case to answer.

(2)

These Regulations shall apply 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.