2005 No. 68 (W.6)
The General Teaching Council for Wales (Additional Functions) (Amendment) Order 2005
Made
Coming into force
In exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 7(1) and (4) and 42(6) and (7) of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 19981 and now vested in the National Assembly for Wales2, the National Assembly for Wales, being of the opinion that the General Teaching Council for Wales may, having regard to their general objectives, appropriately discharge the additional functions hereby conferred and having carried out such consultation as appears to it to be appropriate, makes the following Order:
Name and commencement1
This Order is called the General Teaching Council for Wales (Additional Functions) (Amendment) Order 2005 and comes into force on 21 January 2005.
Amendment of the General Teaching Council for Wales (Additional Functions) Order 2002
2
The General Teaching Council for Wales (Additional Functions) Order 20003 is amended as follows.
3
In article 2 —
a
omit the definition of “the 1988 Act”;
b
substitute for the definition of “qualified teacher” the following —
“qualified teacher” (“athro neu athrawes gymwysedig”) has the same meaning as in section 132(1) of the Education Act 20024;
4
In Part II of the Schedule —
a
substitute for paragraph 12 the following —
12
If known,
a
the date on which the person took up his or her first post as a qualified teacher;
b
the date on which the person was first employed (if at all) as a supply teacher under paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the Education (Induction Arrangements for School Teachers) (Wales) Regulations 20035; and
c
the date on which the person was first employed (if at all) as a supply teacher by virtue of regulation 18(2)6 of the Education (Induction for School Teachers) (Wales) Regulations 2003.
b
omit paragraph 14(e) and the preceding “and”;
c
in paragraph 16(c) add, after “person” the words “which the Council considers relevant to employment as a teacher”;
d
in paragraph 19 substitute for the words “to his or her employment as a teacher under regulations made under section 218(1) and (2) of the 1988 Act” the words “to the person carrying out specified work under regulations made under section 133 of the Education Act 20027”; and
e
substitute for paragraph 22 the following —
22
The terms of any restriction or particulars of any prohibition for the time being in force in relation to the person as the result of a direction given by the National Assembly or the Secretary of State under section 142 of the Education Act 20028.
Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 19989
(This note is not part of the Order)