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24.—(1) The registered person must operate a disciplinary procedure which, in particular —
(a)provides for the suspension of an employee where necessary in the interests of the safety or welfare of persons to whom the agency provides adoption support services;
(b)provides that the failure on the part of an employee to report, to an appropriate person, an incident of abuse, or suspected abuse, of a child is a ground on which disciplinary proceedings may be instituted.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), an appropriate person is —
(a)the registered person;
(b)an officer of the registration authority;
(c)a police officer;
(d)an officer of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children; and
(e)an officer of a local authority in whose area the agency is situated.
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