The General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland (Constitution) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001

Elected members

5.—(1) The elected members shall comprise—

(a) one teacher (whether or not a principal) in a nursery school;

(b) one teacher (whether or not a principal) in a special school;

(c) five teachers in primary education who are not principals;

(d) five teachers in secondary education who are not principals;

(e) one principal in primary education; and

(f) one principal in secondary education.

(2) For the purposes of this regulation—

(a) “primary education” and “secondary education” have the same meaning as in the 1986 Order(1), except that they do not include education at a nursery school or special school;

(b) references to a teacher or principal in a particular kind of school or sector of education are references to the kind of school or sector of education in which a teacher or principal is or has been employed in accordance with his eligibility under regulation 4(1) for election or appointment.

(1)

The definition of “primary education” in Article 2(2) of the 1986 Order was amended by S.I. 1998/1759 (N.I. 13) Schedule 5 Part I; the definition of “secondary education” in that Article was amended by S.I. 1989/2406 (N.I. 20) Schedule 10 and S.I. 1997/1772 (N.I. 15) Schedule 4