Amendment of the General Teaching Council for England (Disciplinary Functions) Regulations 2001
8. For regulation 29 substitute the following new regulation—
“29.—(1) Where an employer—
(a)has ceased to use a registered teacher’s services on grounds relating to his professional incompetence; or
(b)might have ceased to use a registered teacher’s services on such a ground had the registered teacher not ceased to provide those services,
the employer shall report the facts of the case to the Council and provide the Council with all the information listed in Part 1 of the Schedule that is available to him in relation to the registered teacher.
(2) Where an agent, in relation to a worker who is a registered teacher—
(a)has terminated the arrangements on grounds relating to his professional incompetence;
(b)might have terminated the arrangements on such a ground if the registered teacher had not terminated them; or
(c)might have refrained from making new arrangements for a registered teacher on such a ground if the registered teacher had not ceased to make himself available for work,
the agent shall report the facts of the case to the Council and provide the Council with all the information listed in Part 2 of the Schedule that is available to him in relation to the registered teacher.
(3) The Council shall make all information provided to them under this regulation available to an Investigating Committee.
(4) In this regulation “employer” includes a former employer.”