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7.—(1) Subject to the following provisions of this regulation, the length of the induction period is a period equivalent to three school terms of the institution in which induction is begun, based on a school year of three terms.
(2) A period of continuous employment as a qualified teacher of at least the equivalent of one school term, based on a school year of three terms, counts towards an induction period.
(3) The appropriate body may, with the consent of the teacher concerned, reduce the induction period which the teacher is required to serve to a minimum of one school term if they are satisfied that the teacher has met the standards referred to in regulation 10(5).
(4) Unless, before the start of the induction period, the head teacher of the institution agrees, no period of engagement as a supply teacher counts towards an induction period.