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.