32.—(1) A [F1Fitness to Practise] Committee must announce its determination of the outcome of all hearings in public and subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) all hearings of a [F1Fitness to Practise] Committee must take place in public.
(2) A [F1Fitness to Practise] Committee may deliberate in private at any time and for any purpose during or after a hearing.
(3) A [F1Fitness to Practise] Committee may exclude the public from a hearing or any part of a hearing—
(a)where it appears to the committee that it is necessary in the interests of justice to exclude the public;
(b)where the registered person against whom disciplinary proceedings are being taken makes a written request that the hearing should be in private, and the [F1Fitness to Practise] Committee does not consider it to be contrary to the public interest to hold the hearing in private; or
(c)where it is necessary to protect the interests of children.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Regulations substituted (1.3.2024) by The Education Workforce Council (Main Functions) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/74), regs. 1(2), 2(2)
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