(1)Where, as respects a registered person—
(a)a preliminary investigation under section 10B(1) of this Act is pending, the Investigating Sub-committee; or
(b)proceedings under section 10C of this Act are pending, the Disciplinary Sub-committee,
may, if it is satisfied that there is prima facie evidence of circumstances on the basis of which the person’s name might come to be removed from the register, direct that, until the date on which the case is finally disposed of, the entry for the person’s name shall be marked on the register as suspended; but if in determining the case the Disciplinary Sub-committee makes no direction for the removal of the name from the register, it shall direct that the suspension be cancelled and the mark on the register removed accordingly.
(2)When the Investigating Sub-committee or the Disciplinary Sub-committee makes a direction under subsection (1) above, it shall serve notice of the direction—
(a)on the person; and
(b)if the person is in employment as a teacher, on the employer.
(3)Subsections (1) and (2) above shall apply in relation to proceedings under section 10A(2) of this Act and to the Professional Conduct Committee as they apply in relation to proceedings under section 10C of this Act and to the Disciplinary Sub-committee.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 10-11B substituted for ss. 10, 11 (1.1.2001 for specified purposes, 1.7.2006 for specified purposes) by Standards in Scotland’s Schools etc. Act 2000 (asp 6), s. 50; S.S.I. 2000/361, art. 3(2), sch. pt. II; S.S.I. 2006/232, art. 2(b) (with art. 3)