SCHEDULEConstitution and Procedure of Appeal Panels

Training requirements for clerks and members4

1

A person satisfies the training requirements referred to in paragraph 2(7)(e) or 3(2) if—

a

subject to sub-paragraph (2), the person has served, as the case may be, as a member of or clerk to an appeal panel since 6th September 2005; or

b

the person has, within the last two years, been given sufficient training and received such information and instruction as is suitable and sufficient to know—

i

the requirements of these Regulations, or, where appropriate, the Education (Pupil Exclusions and Appeals) (Pupil Referral Units) (England) Regulations 2002;

ii

the role of the chair of an appeal panel;

iii

the role of the clerk to an appeal panel;

iv

the duties of the appeal panel under the Race Relations Act 19768;

v

the duties of the appeal panel under the Disability Discrimination Act 19959;

vi

the duties the appeal panel may have under Part 4 of the Equality Act 200610;

vii

the effect of section 6 of the Human Rights Act 199811 (acts of public authorities unlawful if not compatible with certain human rights) and the need to act compatibly with human rights protected by that Act; and

viii

the need for the appeal panel to observe procedural fairness and the rules of natural justice.

2

Sub-paragraph (1)(a) shall cease to have effect from 1st January 2009.

3

Any local education authority who are required to make arrangements under regulation 7(1) shall provide the training, information and instruction referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(b) as necessary and without cost to the persons trained.

4

In sub-paragraph (1)(a) the reference to an appeal panel includes an appeal panel constituted in accordance with the Education (Pupil Exclusions and Appeals) (Pupil Referral Units) (England) Regulations 2002.