The FRC Committees

Investigating Committee

The Investigating Committee is a statutory Committee of the the Council set up under section 13 of the Act and comprises of six members appointed by the Council. Its duty is to investigate complaints made against Registered Farriers which contain allegations of serious professional misconduct in a professional respect (i.e. those which may be capable of leading to the removal of the farrier’s name from the Register or their registration being suspended), fraudulent registration or conviction of an offence involving cruelty to animals. The Investigating Committee must decide whether the allegation is sufficiently serious for the matter to be referred to the Disciplinary Committee.

Disciplinary Committee

The Disciplinary Committee is a statutory Committee of the Council 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 proved it will go on to consider whether the facts proved amount to serious misconduct in any professional respect.  If the Committee does find the facts proved amount to serious misconduct in any professional respect it may apply a sanction.  Sanctions available include: take no further action (i.e. no sanction is applied); postponement of sanction; reprimand and/or warning as to future conduct; suspension from the register and removal from the register.

Approvals Committee

The Council is required by statute to approve qualifications, courses of training and training institutions deliver persons eligible to join the register of farriers. The relevant legislation is set out at Farriers (Registration) Act 1975, s7, s11 and s12. 

The Council discharges this responsibility through an  advisory committee, the Approvals Committee, and by way of policy approval reports are published by the Council for the information of the public and of the profession.

Reports are available to view within the News area of the website and may be found by clicking here.

Finance Committee

The Finance Committee is an advisory Committee of the Council, with specific delegated powers.   Its terms of reference include: setting, monitoring and reviewing financial policies and procedures, expenditure, budgets, future cash flow forecasts and annual accounts.

Registration Committee

The Registration Committee is an advisory Committee of the Council, with specific delegated powers. Its terms of reference include advising the Council on Qualifications for Registration and entry to the ATF.