Teaching Council (Scotland) Act 1965

12 Appeals

(1) Any person—

(a) in respect of whom a direction has been made by the Disciplinary Committee under subsection (1) or subsection (2) of the last foregoing section ;

(b) whose application for the restoration of his name to the register has been refused by the Disciplinary Committee;

(c) whose application for registration has been refused in pursuance of a direction by the Disciplinary Committee under section 10(3) (d) of this Act;

may, within twenty-eight days of the service on him of notice of the direction, appeal against the direction to the Court of Session in accordance with such rules as may be made by the Court by Act of Sederunt for the purposes of this subsection; and on any such appeal the Court of Session may give such directions in the matter as it thinks proper, including directions as to the expenses of the appeal.

(2) No appeal shall lie from a decision of the Court of Session on an appeal under this section.

(3) On an appeal under this section the Council shall be entitled to appear as respondent; and, whether they so appear or not, the Council shall be deemed for the purposes of any award of expenses in the appeal to be a party thereto.

(4) No direction under subsection (1) of the last foregoing section shall take effect until—

(a) where the person concerned appeals against the direction in accordance with this section, the appeal has been withdrawn or dismissed, or

(b) in any other case, the expiration of the period limited by this section for so appealing.