The Education (School Teachers' Pay and Conditions) (No. 2) Order 1994

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order, which is made under section 2(1) of the School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Act 1991, refers to a document entitled “School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document 1994” published by Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, which is obtainable from Government book shops and through booksellers. The Order directs that the provisions set out in the Document shall have effect from 1st September 1994.

The Order applies to all school teachers (as defined in sections 5(1) and (2) of the Act and including teachers employed by grant-maintained special schools by virtue of S.I. 1994/653) in England and Wales. By virtue of section 2(6)(a) of the Act, the remuneration of school teachers to whom the Order applies is to be determined, and paid to them by local education authorities or, in the case of school teachers in grant-maintained or grant-maintained special schools, by the governing bodies of such schools, in accordance with the scales and other provisions set out in the Document. By virtue of section 2(6)(b) of the Act, the provisions set out in the Document relating to other statutory conditions of employment have effect as terms of the contracts of employment of school teachers to whom the Order applies.