2(1)The Teaching Council (Scotland) Act 1965 shall be amended as follows.S
(2)In subsection (2) of section 6 (which relates to the registration of teachers)—
(a)after paragraph (b) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
“(ba)in the case of a person who is not entitled to be registered under either of the two foregoing paragraphs, he fulfils such requirements as the Secretary of State may by regulations made under this paragraph prescribe; or”; and
(b)in paragraph (c), for the words “either of the two foregoing paragraphs” there shall be substituted the words “ paragraphs (a) to (ba) above ”.
(3)After the said subsection (2) there shall be inserted the following subsection—
“(2A)Before making regulations under subsection (2)(ba) above the Secretary of State shall consult the Council and such organisation as appears to him to be representative of the interests of education authorities.
(2B)Regulations made by the Secretary of State under subsection (2)(ba) above shall be made by statutory instrument subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.”.
(4)In subsection (4) of the said section 6—
(a)in paragraph (a), at the beginning there shall be inserted the words “ subject to subsection (5B) below, ”;
(b)in paragraph (b), for the words “may be prescribed, with the approval of the Secretary of State,” there shall be substituted the words “ the Council think appropriate ”; and
(c)for the words “subsection (2)(b)” there shall be substituted the words “ subsection (2)(b) and (ba) ”.
(5)After subsection (5A) of the said section 6 there shall be inserted the following subsection—
“(5B)The Council may with the consent of the Secretary of State make rules under subsection (4)(a) above in respect of persons entitled to be registered by virtue of regulations made under subsection (2)(ba) above.”.
(6)After paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 (which relates to the constitution of the Council) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
“4AWhere a member of the Council or of any committee of the Council has failed without good cause to attend meetings for a period of at least 6 months and to attend 3 consecutive meetings, the Council may, by a vote taken at a meeting of the Council at which the member has been given an opportunity to be heard, remove him from the Council.”.