Education (Wales) Act 2014

27 Disciplinary functions: interpretation E+W

(1) For the purposes of section 26—

• “registered person” includes—

  (a)

  a person who was registered at the time of any alleged conduct or offence (whether under section 9 or under section 3 of the 1998 Act), and

  (b)

  a person who has applied to be so registered;

• “relevant offence”, in relation to a registered person, means—

  (a)

  in the case of a conviction in the United Kingdom, a criminal offence other than one having no material relevance to the person's fitness to be a registered person in the relevant category of registration;

  (b)

  in the case of a conviction elsewhere, an offence which, if committed in England and Wales, would constitute such an offence as is mentioned in paragraph (a).

(2) In this Part, a “disciplinary order” means—

(a) a reprimand;

(b) a conditional registration order;

(c) a suspension order;

(d) a prohibition order.

(3) Where regulations under paragraph 12(1)(b) of Schedule 1 require the Council to establish a committee for the purpose of discharging any of the functions conferred on the Council under section 26, references in that section to the Council are to be construed as references to that committee.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 27 in force at 16.1.2015 by S.I. 2015/29, art. 2(p)