Regulation 2(2)
1. Any prohibition or restriction on a person’s employment in force immediately before 1st April 1993 which—
(a)is contained in a direction under regulation 10 of the 1989 Regulations, or
(b)has effect, by virtue of paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to those Regulations, as if so contained regulation 10(2) of these Regulations and accordingly regulation 10(6) shall apply in relation thereto.
2. Any person who on 31st March 1993 possessed—
(i)a qualification approved for the purpose of regulation 15 of the 1989 Regulations, or
(ii)a qualification mentioned in regulation 15(1) of the 1982 Regulations, or
(iii)a comparable qualification approved for the purposes of that regulation, or
(iv)a qualification mentioned in regulation 20(3) of the 1959 Regulations, or
(v)an equivalent qualification approved for the purposes of that regulation,
shall be treated as possessing a qualification approved for the purpose of regulation 14.
3. Any person who on 31st March 1993 possessed—
(i)a qualification approved for the purpose of regulation 16 of the 1989 Regulations, or
(ii)a qualification mentioned in regulation 16(1) of the 1982 Regulations, or
(iii)a qualification approved for the purpose of that regulation as comparable to a qualification so mentioned, or
(iv)a qualification for teaching blind pupils which, immediately before 8th April 1982, satisfied the requirements of the Secretary of State under regulation 15(2) of the Handicapped Pupils and Special Schools Regulations 1959(1),
shall be treated as possessing a qualification approved for the purpose of regulation 15.
4.—(1) A person who has satisfied the requirements of regulation 18 of the 1982 Regulations for employment at a special school as the teacher of a class of pupils who were both deaf or partially hearing and blind may, notwithstanding that he is not a qualified teacher for the purpose of regulation 16(1), be employed at a school as a teacher of a class of pupils who are both hearing and visually impaired.
(2) Any person who on 31st March 1993 was employed as the teacher of a class of pupils who are—
(a)hearing impaired;
(b)visually impaired, or
(c)both hearing impaired and visually impaired,
may continue to be so employed until 31st August 1994 notwithstanding that he is not a qualified teacher in accordance with regulation 14, 15, 16(1), as the case may be, for the purpose of such employment, if his employers are satisfied that it is his intention to acquire a qualification approved by the Secretary of State under regulation 14, 15 or 16(1), as the case may be.
5. An approval for the purposes of paragraph 2(2)(a) of Schedule 3 to the 1989 Regulations of a period exceeding two years during which a person may be employed as a student teacher shall have effect as if given for the purposes of paragraph 2(2)(a) of Schedule 2.
6. Any approval of a course as one for the initial training of teachers given for the purposes of—
(a)paragraph 2(a)(ii) of Schedule 5 to the 1982 Regulations and in force immediately before 1st September 1989; or
(b)paragraph 2(2)(a)(iii) of Schedule 5 to the 1989 Regulations and in force immediately before 1st April 1993
shall have effect as if given for the purposes of paragraph 2(1)(c) of Schedule 3.
7.—(1) In the case of a person who, on 1st September 1992, had commenced but not completed a period of probation under regulation 14 of, and Schedule 6 to, the 1989 Regulations, regulation 14 and Schedule 6 shall continue to have effect until all their provisions have been complied with.
(2) A teacher who has been determined to be unsuitable for further employment as a qualified teacher pursuant to paragraph 2(c) of Schedule 2 to the 1959 Regulations or who received written notice under paragraph 5(2) of Schedule 6 to the 1982 Regulations shall not be employed as a teacher in a school maintained by a local education authority or a grant-maintained school or a special school which is not maintained by a local education authority without the consent of the Secretary of State.