Paragraph 4 Panels

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch. rule 2 words omitted by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (Consequential Provision—Social Workers) 2012 art. 5(2)(a)
Sch. rule 2 words substituted by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (Consequential Provision—Social Workers) 2012 art. 5(2)(b)
Sch. rule 2 word omitted by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (Consequential Provision—Social Workers) 2012 art. 5(2)(b)
Sch. rule 2 words inserted by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (Consequential Provision—Social Workers) 2012 art. 5(2)(c)
Sch. rule 4(3) word substituted by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (Consequential Provision—Social Workers) 2012 art. 5(3)
Sch. rule 5(5)(a)(b) words substituted by Health and Social Care Act 2012 (Consequential Provision—Social Workers) 2012 art. 5(4)
Sch. rule 2 words substituted by Children and Social Work Act 2017 (Social Workers) 2019 Sch. 1 para. 3

(1)

Any allegation which is referred to the Screeners shall be considered by a panel of at least two Screeners.

(2)

If a panel—

(a)

comprises two Screeners, it shall consist of one lay screener and one registrant screener;

(b)

comprises more than two Screeners, it shall consist of at least one lay screener and one registrant screener and the number of registrant screeners shall not exceed the number of lay screeners.

(3)

In appointing a registrant screener to a panel the Council shall have due regard to the professional field of the health professional and to the allegation under consideration.

Notes on Schedule

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2002/254.