Part IV Teachers
Appointment, dismissal, retirement and employment of teachers
F190AHead teachers: education and training standards
(1)
The Scottish Ministers may by regulations under section 2 or 74(1) prescribe that only persons falling within subsection (2) may be appointed by education authorities or managers of grant-aided schools as head teachers of schools.
(2)
A person falls within this subsection if the person has achieved such standards of education and training as may be specified in regulations mentioned in subsection (1).
(3)
Regulations made by virtue of subsections (1) and (2) may—
(a)
provide for exemptions or exceptions,
(b)
make different provision for different purposes,
(c)
make consequential, transitional or transitory provision or savings.