Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016

166Conditions for making a prohibition orderE+W

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(1)Regulations made under section 165 must prescribe the circumstances in which a fitness to practise panel may make a prohibition order.

(2)The regulations may, in particular, provide that a panel may not make a prohibition order in respect of a person unless one or more of the following conditions is met—

(a)the person has been convicted of an offence of a prescribed kind;

(b)the person has been given a caution in respect of an offence of a prescribed kind;

(c)the person is included in a barred list;

(d)a relevant body has made a determination to the effect that the person's fitness to practise is impaired;

(e)the panel is satisfied that the person has failed to meet any standard of conduct specified under section 173;

(f)the panel thinks that it is necessary for the protection of the public, or that it is otherwise in the public interest, to make the order.

(3)In subsection (2) “barred list” and “relevant body” have the same meaning as in section 117 (grounds of impairment of fitness to practise).

Commencement Information

I1S. 166 in force at 3.4.2017 by S.I. 2017/309, art. 2(f) (with arts. 3, 4, Sch.)