The General Teaching Council for England (Disciplinary Functions) Regulations 2001

Disciplinary orders

18.—(1) A disciplinary order shall record the decision of the Committee, the date on which the order is made, and the date on which the order takes effect.

(2) A conditional registration order shall in addition to the items referred to in paragraph (1) specify all the conditions relevant to his employment as a teacher with which the registered teacher is required to comply, and in relation to each such condition, either the period for which it has effect, or that it has effect without limit of time (as the case may be).

(3) A suspension order shall in addition to the items referred to in paragraph (1) specify the period (not exceeding two years) at the end of which the registered teacher again becomes eligible for registration.

(4) A prohibition order shall in addition to the items referred to in paragraph (1) specify the period (which shall not be less than two years beginning with the date on which the order takes effect) before the end of which no application may be made for a determination that the registered teacher is eligible for registration.

(5) Except where a Committee otherwise decide, a disciplinary order shall take effect on the date on which notice of it is served on the person in relation to whom it is made.

(6) A Committee shall—

(a)serve a notice of the disciplinary order on the person in relation to whom it is made containing the following information:

(i)the text of the order,

(ii)a description of the effect of the order,

(iii)the Committee’s reasons for making the order,

(iv)notification of his right to appeal to the High Court against the order and the time period for making such an appeal,

(v)where the order is a conditional registration order, an explanation of the steps a Committee are empowered to take should he fail to comply with a condition specified in it, and an explanation of his right to apply to vary or revoke a condition specified in the order and the method for making such an application, and

(vi)where the order is a prohibition order, an explanation of his right to apply for a determination that he is eligible for registration and the method for making such an application;

(b)serve notice of the order on his present or last employer; and

(c)send a copy of the order to the Department for Education and Employment.

(7) Where following the determination of a case by a Committee they decide not to make a disciplinary order in relation to a registered teacher, the Committee shall notify him of their decision and when they do so they shall at the same time inform him of their reasons for the decision including if they decided that the case against him was not proved.

(8) Where they do not find the case against a registered teacher proved, a Committee shall at his request publish a statement to that effect.