PART 6SOCIAL CARE WORKERS: FITNESS TO PRACTISE

CHAPTER 2PRELIMINARY PROCEDURES

Preliminary consideration of allegations etc.

I1122Notice: ineligibility for onward referral

1

This section applies where a person giving preliminary consideration to a matter determines that the matter is not eligible for onward referral under section 120(1).

2

SCW must give notice of the determination to the relevant persons, unless SCW thinks that it is not in the public interest to do so.

3

For the purposes of subsection (2) “the relevant persons” are—

a

the registered person to whom the matter relates, and

b

where the matter was the subject of an allegation mentioned in section 118(1)(a), the person who made the allegation.

4

SCW may give notice to any other person that a matter is not eligible for onward referral where it is satisfied that it is in the public interest to do so.

5

SCW may by rules make provision about—

a

the content of a notice under this section, and

b

the procedure for giving notice.