Disciplinary Committee

The Disciplinary Committee is a statutory Committee set up under section 14 of the Act. No person who has acted as a member of the Investigating Committee with respect to any one case shall act as a member of the Disciplinary Committee with respect to that same case.

The Committee is a properly constituted judicial tribunal applying the civil standard of proof, that is, on the balance of probabilities. If the Committee find the charges against the Respondent proven it may order his or her name to be removed or suspended from the Register of Farriers.