SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 5 The Immigration Services Commissioner
Part I Regulatory Functions
Complaints referred to designated professional bodies
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1
This paragraph applies if the Commissioner refers a complaint to a designated professional body under paragraph 9(1)(c).
2
The Commissioner may give directions setting a timetable to be followed by the designated professional body—
a
in considering the complaint; and
b
if appropriate, in taking disciplinary proceedings in connection with the complaint.
3
In making his annual report to the Secretary of State under paragraph 21, the Commissioner must take into account any failure of a designated professional body to comply (whether wholly or in part) with directions given to it under this paragraph.
4
Sub-paragraph (5) applies if the Commissioner or the Secretary of State considers that a designated professional body has persistently failed to comply with directions given to it under this paragraph.
5
The Commissioner must take the failure into account in determining whether to make a report under section 86(9)(b) and the Secretary of State must take it into account in determining whether to make an order under section 86(2).