PART 4PROCEEDINGS OF COMMITTEES
Determination of applications by the Committee11
1
Before determining an application for the accreditation of a course or programme of initial school teacher training the Committee must consider all written evidence, representations and other material submitted to it by the applicant as part of the application.
2
The Committee may allow an applicant to make oral representations to it.
3
The Committee may determine to—
a
accredit the course or programme of initial school teacher training;
b
not accredit the course or programme of initial school teacher training; or
c
accredit the course or programme of initial school teacher training subject to such conditions as the Committee considers appropriate.
4
The Committee may accredit a course or programme of initial school teacher training under paragraph (3)(a) or (c) for such period as it considers appropriate which may be not less than 1 year and no more than 5 years.
5
The Committee may—
a
request the applicant provide such information or other evidence (“the additional information”) as it considers necessary to determine the application; and
b
postpone its determination of the application until the additional information is provided.
6
The Committee must give notice in writing to the applicant of its determination under paragraph (3) within 15 working days of that determination.
7
The notice under paragraph (6) must contain the following information—
a
the reasons for the determination and, if applicable, the accreditation criteria the applicant has not satisfied,
b
the fact of the applicant’s right to appeal against the determination,
c
the person to whom the applicant must give any notice of appeal,
d
the fact that any notice of appeal must contain the grounds of appeal, and
e
the last date on which an appeal may be made.
8
A notice required to be served on a person for the purposes of this regulation must be served in accordance with regulation 15.