9.—(1) Subject to the following provisions of this regulation, and to regulations 10 and 11, the governing body of a school shall determine the timing of the appraisal cycle for the head teacher (including an acting head teacher) and the head teacher shall determine the timing of the appraisal cycle for every other teacher at the school.
(2) Except as provided for in regulation 10(4), (5), (6) and (7) the length of an appraisal cycle shall be one year.
(3) Once begun, appraisal cycles for every teacher shall be continuous.