Additional functions of the Scrutiny Committee7.

(1)

The Scrutiny Committee has the following additional functions—

(a)

providing an annual report to the Council in respect of each calendar year, by a date specified by the Council, which is to include—

(i)

trends, patterns and learning points observed from cases considered by the Scrutiny Committee,

(ii)

details of the numbers of fitness to practise and disqualification allegations which were disposed of by the Scrutiny Committee by means of warnings and undertakings during that year, and

(iii)

the reasons why the allegations referred to in sub-paragraph (ii) were not referred to the Statutory Committee;

(b)

preparing, publishing and amending from time to time its referral criteria.

(c)

determining whether or not disqualification allegations that have been referred to it should be referred to the Statutory Committee.