Education (Wales) Act 2014

(introduced by section 2(2))

SCHEDULE 1 E+W EDUCATION WORKFORCE COUNCIL

Status E+W

1 (1) The Council— E+W

(a) is not a servant or agent of the Crown, and

(b) has no status, immunity or privilege of the Crown.

(2) The Council's property is not property of, or property held on behalf of, the Crown.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 1 para. 1 in force at 1.4.2015 by S.I. 2015/29, art. 3(u)

Powers E+W

2 (1) The Council may do anything which is calculated to facilitate, or is incidental or conducive to, the carrying out of any of its functions. E+W

(2) In particular, the Council may—

(a) acquire and dispose of land or other property;

(b) enter into contracts;

(c) invest sums not immediately required for the purpose of carrying out its functions;

(d) accept gifts of money, land or other property;

(e) form bodies corporate or associated or other bodies which are not bodies corporate;

(f) enter into joint ventures with other persons;

(g) subscribe for shares and stock;

(h) borrow money.

Commencement Information

I2 Sch. 1 para. 2 in force at 1.4.2015 by S.I. 2015/29, art. 3(u)

Membership E+W

3 (1) The Council is to have 14 members. E+W

(2) But the Welsh Ministers may by order amend this paragraph to specify that the Council is to have—

(a) a different number of members, or

(b) a specified minimum and maximum number of members.

(3) Members are to be appointed by the Welsh Ministers.

(4) The Welsh Ministers must, when exercising any function in relation to the membership of the Council—

(a) have regard to the desirability of that membership including persons with the experience and skills necessary to enable the Council to perform its functions efficiently and effectively, and

(b) secure that the majority of members of the Council are, or recently have been, registered persons.

(5) Members are to act as individuals (that is, they are not to act as representatives of any organisation or body to which they may belong, nor any person, organisation or body that nominated them).

Commencement Information

I3 Sch. 1 para. 3(1)-(4)(a) (5) in force at 18.8.2014 by S.I. 2014/2162, art. 2(b)(i)

I4 Sch. 1 para. 3(1)-(4)(a) (5) in force at 1.4.2015 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2015/29, art. 3(u)

I5 Sch. 1 para. 3(4)(b) in force at 1.4.2015 by S.I. 2015/29, art. 3(u)

Membership: further provision E+W

4 (1) The Welsh Ministers may by regulations make provision relating to members and their appointment. E+W

(2) Regulations under this paragraph may, in particular, include provision about—

(a) the eligibility of a person for appointment;

(b) the procedure for an appointment;

(c) the filling of any vacancies in membership which arises otherwise than at the end of a member's term of office.

(3) Regulations under this paragraph may—

(a) apply (with or without modifications) any code of practice that is concerned with appointments to public bodies, or

(b) make other provision relating to any such code.

Commencement Information

I6 Sch. 1 para. 4 in force at 18.8.2014 by S.I. 2014/2162, art. 2(b)(ii)

Tenure E+W

5 (1) The term of office of a member is such period of up to 5 years as the Welsh Ministers may specify in the appointment. E+W

(2) A member may resign at any time by giving notice in writing to the chief officer of the Council.

Commencement Information

I7 Sch. 1 para. 5 in force at 18.8.2014 by S.I. 2014/2162, art. 2(b)(iii)

Removal from office E+W

6 (1) A member may be removed from office by a majority vote of other members if without good cause— E+W

(a) the member has been absent from 3 consecutive Council meetings, or

(b) the member has been absent from meetings for a period of 6 months or more beginning with the date on which the member last attended a Council meeting.

(2) Before any vote is taken to remove a member, the member must be given an opportunity to make oral representations to the Council.

(3) A person ceases to hold office as a member if—

(a) the person is barred from regulated activity relating to children within the meaning of section 3(2) of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006;

(b) the person is prohibited from being employed as a teacher by virtue of a prohibition order under section 141B of the 2002 Act;

(c) a disciplinary order is made in respect of the person under section 26 by virtue of which the person becomes ineligible for registration under section 9;

(d) the person is disqualified from being employed as a teacher in any school by virtue of an order made—

(i) by an Independent Schools Tribunal under section 470 of the 1996 Act, or

(ii) by the Secretary of State or the Welsh Ministers under section 471 of that Act; or

(e) the person becomes ineligible for registration as a teacher, or is disqualified from being a teacher in a school or further education institution, in another part of the United Kingdom.

Commencement Information

I8 Sch. 1 para. 6 in force at 18.8.2014 by S.I. 2014/2162, art. 2(b)(iv)

Remuneration, allowances and expenses of members E+W

7 (1) The Council may— E+W

(a) pay to its members such remuneration, allowances and expenses as it may determine, and

(b) pay or make provision for the payment of such sums by way of pension, allowance and gratuities to or in respect of a member as it may determine.

(2) If a person ceases to be a member of the Council and it appears to the Council that there are special circumstances which make it appropriate that the person should receive compensation, the Council may make to that person a payment of such amount as it may determine.

(3) The Council may pay to members of any of its committees who are not members of the Council such expenses and allowances as it may determine.

(4) The Council may pay to the employer of a person who is a member of the Council (or a member of any of its committees but not a member of the Council) such compensation in respect of the loss of that person's services as it may determine.

Commencement Information

I9 Sch. 1 para. 7 in force at 18.8.2014 by S.I. 2014/2162, art. 2(b)(v)

Chairing member E+W

8 (1) The Council must elect a chairing member from amongst its membership. E+W

(2) The chairing member is to hold office for such period as the Council may determine.

(3) The chairing member may—

(a) resign as chairing member at any time by giving notice in writing to the chief officer of the Council, and

(b) be removed as chairing member by a two-thirds majority vote of the other members.

Commencement Information

I10 Sch. 1 para. 8 in force at 1.4.2015 by S.I. 2015/29, art. 3(u)

Chief officer and other staff E+W

9 (1) The Council must have a chief officer. E+W

(2) The Welsh Ministers may by regulations make provision about the appointment of the chief officer, including, in particular—

(a) specifying who is to appoint the chief officer;

(b) the procedure for such an appointment;

(c) how the terms and conditions (including remuneration, allowances, expenses and pensions) of the chief officer are to be determined.

(3) Regulations under this paragraph may—

(a) apply (with or without modifications) any code of practice that is concerned with appointments to public bodies, or

(b) make other provision relating to any such code.

(4) The Council may appoint such other employees as it considers appropriate.

(5) Employees (other than the chief officer) are to be appointed on such terms and conditions (including as to remuneration, allowances, expenses and pensions) as the Council may determine.

(6) The Council may—

(a) pay, or make payments in respect of pensions or gratuities to or in respect of employees or former employees;

(b) provide and maintain schemes (whether contributory or not) for the payment of pensions and gratuities to or in respect of employees or former employees.

(7) References in this paragraph to pensions and gratuities include references to pensions and gratuities by way of compensation to or in respect of employees who suffer loss of employment or loss or diminution of emoluments.

(8) If any person—

(a) on ceasing to be employed by the Council, becomes or continues to be one of its members, and

(b) was, by reference to the person's employment, a participant in a pension scheme maintained by the Council,

the Council may make provision for that person to continue to participate in that scheme, on such terms and conditions as it may determine, as if the person's service as a member were service as an employee; and any such provision is to be without prejudice to paragraph 7.

Commencement Information

I11 Sch. 1 para. 9(1)-(3) in force for specified purposes at 18.8.2014 by S.I. 2014/2162, art. 2(b)(vi)

I12 Sch. 1 para. 9(1)-(3) in force at 1.4.2015 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2015/29, art. 3(u)

I13 Sch. 1 para. 9(4)-(8) in force at 1.4.2015 by S.I. 2015/29, art. 3(u)

Schemes relating to remuneration etc. E+W

10 (1) The Council must— E+W

(a) prepare a scheme setting out its approach to determining the amounts which it may pay—

(i) to members under paragraph 7, and

(ii) to employees under paragraph 9 (including the chief officer if so required by regulations made under paragraph 9(2)(c)), and

(b) submit the scheme to Welsh Ministers for approval.

(2) The Council may determine the amounts it pays to members and employees only in accordance with a scheme approved under this paragraph by the Welsh Ministers.

(3) The Council must publish a scheme approved by Welsh Ministers in such manner as the Welsh Ministers may specify.

(4) The Council may from time to time revise the scheme (in which case sub-paragraphs (1)(b), (2) and (3) apply to such a revised scheme).

Commencement Information

I14 Sch. 1 para. 10 in force at 1.4.2015 by S.I. 2015/29, art. 3(u)

Eligibility for superannuation scheme E+W

11 (1) Employment with the Council is among the kinds of employment to which a scheme under section 1 of the Superannuation Act 1972 (c. 11) (superannuation schemes as respects civil servants etc.) can apply. E+W

(2) The Council must pay to the Minister for the Civil Service, at such times as the Minister may direct, such sums as the Minister may determine in respect of the increase attributable to sub-paragraph (1) in the sums payable out of money provided by Parliament under that Act.

(3) Where an employee of the Council is, by reference to that employment, a participant in a scheme under section 1 of the Superannuation Act 1972 and is also a member of the Council, the Secretary of State may determine that the person's service as a member is to be treated for the purposes of the scheme as service as an employee (whether or not any benefits are payable to or in respect of him by virtue of paragraph 7).

Commencement Information

I15 Sch. 1 para. 11 in force at 1.4.2015 by S.I. 2015/29, art. 3(u)

Committees generally E+W

12 (1) The Council— E+W

(a) may establish committees for any purpose, and

(b) if so required by regulations made by the Welsh Ministers, must establish such committees for such purposes as may be specified in the regulations;

(but see also paragraphs 19 and 20).

(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), the Council—

(a) may determine the number of members which a committee established under this paragraph are to have, and

(b) must determine the terms on which such members are to hold and vacate office.

(3) Regulations under sub-paragraph (1)(b) may make provision about—

(a) the membership of a committee established under the regulations;

(b) the terms on which such a committee's members are to vacate office;

(c) the procedure of any such committee.

(4) Regulations under sub-paragraph (1)(b) may also authorise the Council to make provision with respect to any matter as to which provision may be made by those regulations.

(5) Subject to any conditions as may be imposed by regulations made under sub-paragraph (1)(b), the Council may include on a committee persons who are not members of the Council.

Commencement Information

I16 Sch. 1 para. 12 in force at 18.8.2014 by S.I. 2014/2162, art. 2(b)(vii)

Delegation of functions E+W

13 (1) The Council may authorise the chairing member or any committee established under paragraph 12 to exercise such of its functions as it may determine. E+W

(2) Sub-paragraph (1) does not affect the Council's—

(a) responsibility for the exercise of delegated functions, or

(b) ability to exercise delegated functions.

Commencement Information

I17 Sch. 1 para. 13 in force at 1.4.2015 by S.I. 2015/29, art. 3(u)

Proceedings E+W

14 (1) The Council may regulate its own procedure and that of any its committees (except to the extent that this Schedule or regulations made under it provide otherwise). E+W

(2) The validity of the Council's proceedings are not affected by—

(a) any vacancy in its members;

(b) any defect in the appointment of a member;

(c) the disqualification of a person as a member after appointment.

(3) The Council must provide the Welsh Ministers with such copies of any documents distributed to its members or committees as the Welsh Ministers may require.

Commencement Information

I18 Sch. 1 para. 14 in force at 1.4.2015 by S.I. 2015/29, art. 3(u)

Application of seal E+W

15 E+W The application of the seal of the Council is to be authenticated by the signature of—

(a) the chairing member or some other person authorised either generally or specifically by the Council to act for that purpose, and

(b) one other member.

Commencement Information

I19 Sch. 1 para. 15 in force at 1.4.2015 by S.I. 2015/29, art. 3(u)

Proof of documents E+W

16 E+W Every document purporting to be an instrument made or issued by or on behalf of the Council and to be duly executed under the seal of the Council, or to be signed or executed by a person authorised by the Council to act in that behalf, is to be received in evidence and treated, without further proof, as being so made or issued unless the contrary is shown.

Commencement Information

I20 Sch. 1 para. 16 in force at 1.4.2015 by S.I. 2015/29, art. 3(u)

Finance E+W

17 E+W The Welsh Ministers may make grants to the Council of such amounts and subject to such terms and conditions (including as to repayment) as they may determine.

Commencement Information

I21 Sch. 1 para. 17 in force at 1.4.2015 by S.I. 2015/29, art. 3(u)

Accounting officer E+W

18 (1) The Welsh Ministers may designate a person to act as the Council's accounting officer. E+W

(2) The accounting officer has, in relation to the Council's accounts and finances, the responsibilities specified in a direction by the Welsh Ministers.

(3) The responsibilities that may be specified include responsibilities—

(a) in relation to the signing of accounts;

(b) for the propriety and regularity of the Council's finances;

(c) for the economy, efficiency and effectiveness with which the Council uses its resources;

(d) owed to the Welsh Ministers, the National Assembly for Wales or the Public Accounts Committee of the National Assembly;

(e) owed to the House of Commons or the Committee of Public Accounts of that House.

Commencement Information

I22 Sch. 1 para. 18 in force at 1.4.2015 by S.I. 2015/29, art. 3(u)

Audit committee E+W

19 (1) The Council must establish a committee (an “audit committee”) to— E+W

(a) review and scrutinise the Council's financial affairs,

(b) review and assess the Council's risk management, internal control and corporate governance arrangements,

(c) review and assess the economy, efficiency and effectiveness with which resources have been used in discharging the Council's functions, and

(d) make reports and recommendations to the Council in relation to reviews conducted under paragraphs (a), (b) or (c).

(2) The audit committee must send copies of its reports and recommendations to the Welsh Ministers.

(3) It is for the audit committee to determine how to exercise its functions under this paragraph.

Commencement Information

I23 Sch. 1 para. 19 in force at 1.4.2015 by S.I. 2015/29, art. 3(u)

Audit committee: membership E+W

20 (1) The audit committee is to consist of— E+W

(a) at least two members of the Council, and

(b) at least one lay member.

(2) The Council's chairing member may not be a member of the audit committee.

(3) The Council may pay such remuneration, allowances and expenses to a lay member as it may determine.

(4) The Council must consult the Welsh Ministers before determining the remuneration or allowances payable to a lay member.

(5) In this paragraph “lay member” means any person other than a member or an employee of the Council.

Commencement Information

I24 Sch. 1 para. 20 in force at 1.4.2015 by S.I. 2015/29, art. 3(u)

Accounts and external audit E+W

21 (1) The Council must— E+W

(a) keep proper accounts and proper records in relation to them, and

(b) prepare in respect of each financial year a statement of accounts.

(2) In preparing a statement of accounts, the Council must comply with any direction given by the Welsh Ministers as to—

(a) the form and content of such accounts;

(b) the methods and principles according to which the statement is to be prepared.

(3) No later than 31 August after the end of each financial year, the Council must submit a copy of its statement of accounts to—

(a) the Welsh Ministers, and

(b) the Auditor General for Wales.

(4) The Auditor General for Wales must—

(a) examine, certify and report on the statement of accounts, and

(b) no later than 4 months after the copy is submitted under sub-paragraph (3), lay before the National Assembly for Wales a copy of the certified statement and report.

(5) In this Schedule “financial year” means the period of 12 months ending on 31 March.

Commencement Information

I25 Sch. 1 para. 21 in force at 1.4.2015 by S.I. 2015/29, art. 3(u)

Annual reports E+W

22 (1) No later than 30 November after the end of each financial year the Council must submit a report to the Welsh Ministers on the discharge of its functions during that year. E+W

(2) The Welsh Ministers must lay a copy of the report before the National Assembly for Wales.

(3) The Council may publish the report in such manner as it considers appropriate (including electronically).

Commencement Information

I26 Sch. 1 para. 22 in force at 1.4.2015 by S.I. 2015/29, art. 3(u)

(introduced by section 9(3))

SCHEDULE 2 E+W CATEGORIES OF REGISTRATION

1 E+W The first column in table 1 sets out the categories of registration and the second column describes the category by reference to the persons who fall within it.

TABLE 1

Category	Description
School teacher	A person who is a qualified teacher and who provides (or wishes to provide) any services specified in regulations made under section 14 in a school.
School learning support worker	[F1 A person who satisfies the requirements specified in regulations made under section 14(1)(a)(ii) and who supports (or wishes to support) the provision of any of the services specified in regulations made under that section in a school.]
Further education teacher	A person who provides (or wishes to provide) education (as defined by section 140(3) of the 2002 Act) in or for a further education institution in Wales.
Further education learning support worker	A person F2 ... who directly or indirectly provides (or wishes to provide) any of the services described in section 16(2) in or for a further education institution in Wales.
[F3 Youth worker	A person who provides (or wishes to provide) youth development services and who— (a) possesses at least one of the qualifications specified as youth worker qualifications in an order made under paragraph 2, or (b) otherwise meets such alternative requirements as are specified in an order under that paragraph.
Youth support worker	A person who provides (or wishes to provide) youth development services and who– (c) possesses at least one of the qualifications specified as youth support worker qualifications in an order made under paragraph 2, or (d) otherwise meets such alternative requirements as are specified in an order under that paragraph.
Work based learning practitioner	A person who provides (or wishes to provide) work based learning practitioner services.]
[F4 Independent school teacher	A person who provides (or wishes to provide) independent school teacher services in or for an independent school in Wales.
Independent school learning support worker	A person who supports (or wishes to support) the provision of independent school teacher services in or for an independent school in Wales.
Independent special post-16 institution teacher	A person who provides (or wishes to provide) independent special post-16 institution teacher services in or for an independent special post-16 institution in Wales.
Independent special post-16 institution learning support worker	A person who supports (or wishes to support) the provision of independent special post-16 institution teacher services in or for an independent special post-16 institution in Wales.]
[F5 Adult learning practitioner	A person who provides (or wishes to provide) further education and training to adults for or on behalf of a community-based adult learning provider.
Principal or senior leader in further education	A person who is undertaking (or wishes to undertake) a senior leadership role in managing teaching and learning in or for a further education institution in Wales.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 2 para. 1 Table 1 substituted (22.5.2023) by The Education Workforce Council (Additional Categories of Registration) (Wales) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/551), arts. 1(2), 11(2)(a)

F2 Words in Sch. 2 para. 1 Table 1 omitted (22.5.2023) by virtue of The Education Workforce Council (Additional Categories of Registration) (Wales) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/551), arts. 1(2), 11(2)(b)

F3 Words in Sch. 2 para. 1 inserted (1.3.2017) by The Education Workforce Council (Registration of Youth Workers, Youth Support Workers and Work Based Learning Practitioners) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/1183), arts. 1(2), 8(2)

F4 Words in Sch. 2 para. 1 Table 1 inserted (22.5.2023) by The Education Workforce Council (Additional Categories of Registration) (Wales) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/551), arts. 1(2), 11(2)(c)

F5 Words in Sch. 2 para. 1 Table 1 inserted (10.5.2024) by The Education Workforce Council (Additional Categories of Registration and Further Education Teacher Qualifications) (Wales) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/613), arts. 1(2), 6(2)

Commencement Information

I27 Sch. 2 para. 1 in force at 16.1.2015 for specified purposes by S.I. 2015/29, art. 2(z)

I28 Sch. 2 para. 1 in force at 1.1.2016 for specified purposes by S.I. 2015/1688, art. 2(c)

Changing the categories of registered worker E+W

2 (1) The Welsh Ministers may by order add, amend or remove a category of registration (or the description of a category) which may include, amongst other things, adding a category of registration relating to independent schools (within the meaning of section 463 of the 1996 Act), and amending or removing such a category. E+W

(2) An order under sub-paragraph (1) may make such provision about or in connection with the new category of registration as the Welsh Ministers consider necessary or expedient.

(3) In particular, an order under sub-paragraph (1) may specify services that may not be provided by a person unless the person—

(a) satisfies any specified requirements, and

(b) is registered.

(4) An order specifying services for the purposes of sub-paragraph (3) may make provision by reference to—

(a) one or more specified activities, or

(b) the circumstances in which activities are carried out.

(5) A requirement of such an order may, in particular, relate to—

(a) the possession of a specified qualification or experience of a specified kind;

(b) participation in or completion of a specified programme or course of training;

(c) compliance with a specified condition;

(d) an exercise of discretion by the Welsh Ministers, another specified person or another person of a specified description.

(6) Before making an order under this paragraph, the Welsh Ministers must consult such persons as they consider appropriate.

(7) An order made under this paragraph may modify this Act or any other enactment.

Commencement Information

I29 Sch. 2 para. 2 in force at 1.4.2015 by S.I. 2015/29, art. 3(v)

Interpretation E+W

[F6 3 E+W In this Schedule—

• [F7 “adult” (“oedolyn”) means a person aged 18 or over;]

• [F7 “community-based adult learning provider” (“darparwr dysgu oedolion cymunedol”) means a provider (other than a school, further education institution or higher education institution) of further education and training for adults which is based in the community and funded or otherwise provided by a local authority, the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research or the Welsh Ministers;]

• [F7 “further education” (“addysg bellach”) means education (other than higher education) suitable to the requirements of persons who are over compulsory school age;]

• [F7 “higher education” (“addysg uwch”) means education provided by means of a course of any description mentioned in Schedule 6 to the Education Reform Act 1988;]

• [F7 “higher education institution” (“sefydliad addysg uwch”) means an institution falling within section 91(5) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992;]

• [F8 “independent school” (“ysgol annibynnol”) has the meaning given in section 463 of the 1996 Act;

• “independent school teacher services” (“gwasanaethau athro neu athrawes ysgol annibynnol”) are services specified as such in an order made under paragraph 2;

• “independent special post-16 institution” (“sefydliad ôl-16 arbennig annibynnol”) has the meaning given in section 56(6) of the Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018 (anaw 2);

• “independent special post-16 institution teacher services” (“gwasanaethau athro neu athrawes sefydliad ôl-16 arbennig annibynnol”) are services specified as such in an order made under paragraph 2;]

• “school” (“ysgol”) means—

  (a)

  a school maintained by a local authority in Wales;

  (b)

  a special school in Wales not so maintained;

• “work based learning” (“dysgu seiliedig ar waith”) means education or training provided—

  (a)

  for persons aged 16 or above (regardless of whether it is also provided for persons under 16), and

  (b)

  to develop knowledge and skills relevant to a particular trade, occupation or employer;

• “work based learning practitioner services” (“gwasanaethau ymarferydd dysgu seiliedig ar waith”) are—

  (a)

  the co-ordination and delivery of work based learning;

  (b)

  the assessment of the knowledge and skills of a person receiving (or about to receive) work based learning;

• “youth development services” (“gwasanaethau datblygu ieuenctid”) are services—

  (a)

  provided mainly to persons who are aged no younger than 11 and no older than 25, and

  (b)

  which promote—

  (i)

  the development of the skills or knowledge of such persons, or

  (ii)

  the intellectual, emotional or social development of such persons.]

Textual Amendments

F6 Sch. 2 para. 3 substituted (1.3.2017) by The Education Workforce Council (Registration of Youth Workers, Youth Support Workers and Work Based Learning Practitioners) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/1183), arts. 1(2), 8(3)

F7 Words in Sch. 2 para. 3 inserted (10.5.2024) by The Education Workforce Council (Additional Categories of Registration and Further Education Teacher Qualifications) (Wales) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/613), arts. 1(2), 6(3)

F8 Words in Sch. 2 para. 3 inserted (22.5.2023) by The Education Workforce Council (Additional Categories of Registration) (Wales) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/551), arts. 1(2), 11(3)

Commencement Information

I30 Sch. 2 para. 3 in force at 16.1.2015 by S.I. 2015/29, art. 2(z)

(introduced by section 48)

SCHEDULE 3 E+W CHANGES TO OTHER LEGISLATION

PART 1 E+W MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

Education Act 2002 (c. 32) E+W

1 (1) The 2002 Act is amended as follows. E+W

(2) In section 32 (responsibility for fixing dates of terms and holidays and times of sessions)—

(a) in subsection (1)—

(i) after “school” where it occurs the first and second time, insert “ in England ”;

(ii) in paragraph (b), omit “subject to subsections (5) to (9),”;

(b) in subsection (2)—

(i) after “school” where it occurs the first time, insert “ in England ”;

(ii) in paragraph (b), omit “subject to subsections (5) to (9)”;

(c) omit subsections (5) to (10);

(d) accordingly, the heading of section 32 becomes “ Responsibility for fixing dates of terms and holidays and times of sessions: England ”.

(3) In section 131(1) (appraisal of school teachers), after “teachers” insert “ in England ”.

(4) In section 132 (qualified teacher status), for “General Teaching Council for Wales” substitute “ Education Workforce Council ”.

(5) In section 133(1) (requirement to be qualified), after “school” insert “ in England ”.

(6) In section 210(6A) (orders and regulations), for “32(9)” substitute “ 32C(5) ”.

Commencement Information

I31 Sch. 3 para. 1(1)(2)(6) in force at 14.7.2014 by S.I. 2014/1605, art. 2(d)

I32 Sch. 3 para. 1(1)(2)(6) in force at 1.4.2015 if otherwise not already in force by S.I. 2015/29, art. 3(w)

I33 Sch. 3 para. 1(4)(5) in force at 1.4.2015 by S.I. 2015/29, art. 3(w)

School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 1) E+W

2 E+W In Schedule 4 to the School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013, in paragraph 8, for “Schedule 13 to the Schools Standards and Framework Act 1998” substitute “ regulations made under section 31 of the Education Act 2002 (control of school premises) ”.

Commencement Information

I34 Sch. 3 para. 2 in force at 1.4.2015 by S.I. 2015/29, art. 3(w)

PART 2 E+W REPEALS

3 E+W The enactments mentioned in the first column are repealed to the extent mentioned in the second column.

TABLE 2

Enactment	Extent of repeal
Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 (c. 30)	Sections 1 to 15. Section 19. Schedule 1. Schedule 2.
Education Act 2002 (c. 32)	Section 131(7). Section 134.

Commencement Information

I35 Sch. 3 para. 3 in force at 1.4.2015 for specified purposes by S.I. 2015/29, art. 3(x) (with art. 4)

(introduced by section 1)

SCHEDULE 4 E+W INDEX OF DEFINED WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS

Commencement Information

I36 Sch. 4 in force at 16.1.2015 by S.I. 2015/29, art. 2(aa)

The words and expressions in the first column of table 3—

(a) have their Welsh language equivalents noted in the second column, and

(b) are defined by, or as the case may be, are to be interpreted in accordance with the provisions of this Act listed in the third column.

TABLE 3

Word or expression	Welsh language equivalent	Relevant provision
1996 Act	Deddf 1996	Section 49
1998 Act	Deddf 1998	Section 49
2002 Act	Deddf 2002	Section 49
2013 Act	Deddf 2013	Section 49
[F9 Adult	Oedolyn	Schedule 2]
[F9 Adult learning practitioner	Ymarferydd dysgu oedolion	Schedule 2 ]
Agent	Asiant	Section 37
Appropriate body	Corff priodol	Section 21
Category of registration	Categori cofrestru	Section 41(1)
[F9 Community-based adult learning provider	Darparwr dysgu oedolion cymunedol	Schedule 2]
Disciplinary order	Gorchymyn disgyblu	Section 27(2)
Education (in sections 15 & 16)	Addysg (yn adrannau 15 ac 16)	Sections 15, 16
Education Workforce Council	Cyngor y Gweithlu Addysg	Section 2
Enactment	Deddfiad	Section 49
Financial year (in Schedule 1)	Blwyddyn ariannol (yn Atodlen 1)	Paragraph 21(5) of Schedule 1
[F9 Further education	Addysg bellach	Schedule 2]
Further education institution	Sefydliad addysg bellach	Section 41(1)
Further education learning support worker	Gweithiwr cymorth dysgu mewn addysg bellach	Schedule 2
Further education teacher	Athro neu athrawes addysg bellach	Schedule 2
[F9 Higher education	Addysg uwch	Schedule 2]
[F9 Higher education institution	Sefydliad addysg uwch	Schedule 2]
[F10 Independent school	Ysgol annibynnol	Schedule 2
Independent school learning support worker	Gweithiwr cymorth dysgu mewn ysgol annibynnol	Schedule 2
Independent school teacher	Athro neu athrawes ysgol annibynnol	Schedule 2
Independent special post-16 institution	Sefydliad ôl-16 arbennig annibynnol	Schedule 2
Independent special post-16 institution learning support worker	Gweithiwr cymorth dysgu mewn sefydliad ôl-16 arbennig annibynnol	Schedule 2
Independent special post-16 institution teacher	Athro neu athrawes sefydliad ôl-16 arbennig annibynnol	Schedule 2]
Modify	Addasu	Section 49
Period of induction	Cyfnod sefydlu	Section 22(3)
[F9 Principal or senior leader in further education	Pennaeth neu uwch-arweinydd mewn addysg bellach	Schedule 2]
Registered person	Person cofrestredig	Section 41(1) (see also section 27(1))
Registrable profession (in sections 4 & 8)	Proffesiwn cofrestradwy (yn adrannau 4 ac 8)	Section 8
Relevant employer	Cyflogwr perthnasol	Section 36(4)
Relevant maintained school (in section 22(3))	Ysgol berthnasol a gynhelir (yn adran 22(3))	Section 22(3)
Relevant matters (in section 7)	Materion perthnasol (yn adran 7)	Section 7
Relevant offence	Trosedd berthnasol	Section 27(1)
Relevant principal	Pennaeth perthnasol	Section 21
Relevant services	Gwasanaethau perthnasol	Section 41
Salary (in section 12)	Cyflog (yn adran 12)	Section 12
School (in sections 14, 23 & Schedule 2)	Ysgol (yn adrannau 14, 23 ac Atodlen 2)	Sections 14(6), 23(7), paragraph 3 of Schedule 2
School learning support worker	Gweithiwr cymorth dysgu mewn ysgol	Schedule 2
School teacher	Athro neu athrawes ysgol	Schedule 2
Specified	Penodedig	Section 49
The Council	Y Cyngor	Section 2(1)(b)
The register	Y gofrestr	Section 41(1)
[F10 Work based learning	Dysgu seiliedig ar waith	Schedule 2
Work based learning practitioner	Ymarferydd dysgu seiliedig ar waith	Schedule 2
Work based learning practitioner services	Gwasanaethau ymarferydd dysgu seiliedig ar waith	Schedule 2
Youth development services	Gwasanaethau datblygu ieuenctid	Schedule 2
Youth support worker	Gweithiwr cymorth ieuenctid	Schedule 2
Youth worker	Gweithiwr ieuenctid	Schedule 2]

Textual Amendments

F9 Words in Sch. 4 Table 3 inserted (10.5.2024) by The Education Workforce Council (Additional Categories of Registration and Further Education Teacher Qualifications) (Wales) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/613), arts. 1(2), 7(2)

F10 Words in Sch. 4 Table 3 inserted (22.5.2023) by The Education Workforce Council (Additional Categories of Registration) (Wales) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/551), arts. 1(2), 11(4)