10(1)This paragraph applies if the Commissioner refers a complaint to a designated professional body under paragraph 9(1)(c).U.K.
(2)The Commissioner may give directions setting a timetable to be followed by the designated professional body—
(a)in considering the complaint; and
(b)if appropriate, in taking disciplinary proceedings in connection with the complaint.
(3)In making his annual report to the Secretary of State under paragraph 21, the Commissioner must take into account any failure of a designated professional body to comply (whether wholly or in part) with directions given to it under this paragraph.
(4)Sub-paragraph (5) applies if the Commissioner or the Secretary of State considers that a designated professional body has persistently failed to comply with directions given to it under this paragraph.
(5)The Commissioner must take the failure into account in determining whether to make a report under section 86(9)(b) and the Secretary of State must take it into account in determining whether to make an order under section 86(2).