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1

The Council must include on a Committee—

a

one or more lay members; and

b

one or more registered teacher members.

2

The quorum for a meeting of a Committee is three members, including one lay member and one registered teacher member.

3

A person who is a member of the Council must not be appointed as a member of a Committee.

4

A person who is a member of the Investigating Committee investigating a case must not be appointed as a member of the Professional Conduct Committee or Professional Competence Committee which determine that case.

5

Subject to paragraphs (1) to (4) and regulations 20 and 22, the Council may make such provision as they see fit as to—

a

the membership of a Committee;

b

the terms on which a Committee’s members are to hold and vacate office; and

c

the procedure of a Committee.

6

In this regulation—

a

“lay member” (“aelod lleyg”) means a member of the Committee who is not—

i

a registered teacher, or

ii

employed, or engaged to provide services otherwise than under a contract of employment, as a teacher or been so employed or engaged within the period of 5 years ending with the date of that person’s appointment to the Committee,

and a lay member who becomes a registered teacher or who takes up a post or engagement as a teacher ceases to be regarded as a lay member;

b

“registered teacher member” (“aelod sy'n athro neu'n athrawes gofrestredig”) means a member of the Committee who is—

i

a registered teacher, and

ii

employed, or engaged to provide services otherwise than under a contract of employment, as a teacher on the date of that person’s appointment to the Committee,

and a registered teacher member who ceases to be a registered teacher or who ceases to hold a post or engagement as a teacher ceases to be regarded as a registered teacher member.