The General Teaching Council for Wales (Disciplinary Functions) Regulations 2001

Delegation of Investigating Committees' functions

4.—(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.