Decision of the Council
17.—(1) The decision of the Council may be made and announced at the end of the hearing, but in any event, whether there has been a hearing or not, must be recorded immediately it is made in a document which must also contain a statement of the reasons for the decision and must be signed and dated by a person authorised by the Council.
(2) The Council must within the period of five working days beginning with the date on which it made its decision —
(a)send a copy of the document referred to in sub-paragraph (1) to the appellant, the appropriate body and the head teacher of the school or sixth form college at which the appellant was employed at the completion of the induction period; and
(b)if a person or body other than the appropriate body is named as the appellant’s employer in the notice of appeal, notify that body or person of its decision.