Supply of information to employers
48.—(1) This regulation applies to an employer who is—
(a)a local authority;
(b)the governing body of a school maintained by a local authority;
(c)the governing body of a non-maintained special school;
(d)the proprietor of an independent school;
(e)an institution within the higher education sector;
(f)an institution within the further education sector;
(g)a supply teacher agency; or
(h)the Service Children’s Education.
(2) The following are to be treated as an employer or prospective employer—
(a)a local authority where the employer or prospective employer is the governing body of a school maintained by that authority (whether or not the governing body has made a request under paragraph (3));
(b)the appropriate diocesan authority in relation to a Church in Wales or Roman Catholic Church school (within the meaning of section 142 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998(1)) where the employer or prospective employer is the governing body of the school or the local authority maintaining the school (whether or not the governing body or the authority have made a request under paragraph (3)); and
(c)the Ministry of Defence in relation to a person appointed, or being considered for appointment, as a teacher at a school maintained or assisted by the Ministry of Defence.
(3) The Council must if requested by an employer or prospective employer supply the information set out in paragraph (4) in respect of the registered or unregistered person concerned to that employer or prospective employer of—
(a)a registered person; or
(b)an unregistered person about whom they maintain records in accordance with these Regulations.
(4) The information referred to in paragraph (3) is—
(a)where a person is found to be ineligible for registration pursuant to section 10(3)(b) of the 2014 Act, that fact and, where that information is provided to the General Teaching Council for Scotland, An Chomhairle Mhúinteoireachta or the Teaching Council, or the General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland (but not otherwise), particulars of the grounds on which the decision to refuse the person’s application for registration was taken;
(b)paragraphs 1, 2, 15, 16 and 18 to 25 of Schedule 2 in all cases; and
(c)paragraphs 26 to 36 of Schedule 2 (where the registered person is a school teacher).
(5) A person to whom information is supplied pursuant to (3) applies must not disclose information supplied under this regulation to any person other than one of the persons set out in paragraph (3)(a) or (b) to whom the information relates.
(6) Paragraph (5) does not prevent a local authority from disclosing information supplied to them under this regulation to the governing body of the school or institution at which the person concerned is or is proposed to be employed.
(7) The supply of any information under paragraph (3) must be subject to the condition that the information is only to be used for the purposes of ascertaining the suitability of the registered or unregistered person for employment or continued employment (as the case may be).