The General Teaching Council for England (Constitution) Regulations 1999

Eligibility for election, appointment and to vote in elections

5.—(1) No person shall be eligible for election under regulation 4 or for appointment under regulation 7 or to fill a vacancy among members elected under regulation 4 or appointed under regulation 7 unless–

(a) he is employed or engaged to provide his services as a teacher at the date of his election or appointment to the Council or he has been so employed or engaged within one year preceding that date; and

(b) he has been employed or engaged to provide his services as a teacher for an aggregate period of two years or more in the five years preceding his election or appointment to the Council.

(2) No person shall be eligible for election under regulation 4, for appointment under regulation 7, 8, 9 or 11, or to vote in an election for elected members under a scheme made under regulation 6 at any time when–

(a) his employment as a teacher is prohibited or restricted under regulations made under section 218(6) of the 1988 Act(1);

(b) he is subject to a disciplinary order under Schedule 2 to the 1998 Act by virtue of which he is not eligible for registration as a registered teacher;

(c) he 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 under section 471 of the 1996 Act; or

(d) he is ineligible for registration as a teacher, or disqualified from being a teacher in any school, by virtue of any provisions of the law of Scotland or of Northern Ireland.

(1)

Section 218(6) was amended by section 290(3) of the Education Act 1993 (c. 35) and the amendment continues to have effect by virtue of paragraph 76(1)(b) of Schedule 37 to the Education Act 1996. The current regulations are the Education (Teachers) Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/543): the relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1995/2594.