2019 No. 1363 (W. 236)

Education, Wales

The School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions (Wales) Order 2019

Made

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales

Coming into force

The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 122(1), 123 and 124 of the Education Act 20021, and now vested in them2, make the following Order.

The Welsh Ministers in accordance with section 1263 of that Act have consulted such of the persons and bodies referred to in that section as appeared to the Welsh Ministers to be appropriate.

Title, commencement, application and interpretation1

1

The title of this Order is the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions (Wales) Order 2019 and it comes into force on 12 November 2019.

2

This Order applies to school teachers4 in Wales.

3

In this Order, “the Document” means the document entitled “School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions (Wales) Document 2019 and guidance on school teachers’ pay and conditions” dated September 20195.

The Document2

The provisions set out in section 2 of the Document have effect on and after 1 September 2019 for the purposes of determining—

a

the remuneration of school teachers, and

b

other conditions of employment of school teachers which relate to their professional duties and working time.

Revocation3

The School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Order 20186 is revoked to the extent that it applies in relation to school teachers in Wales.

Kirsty WilliamsMinister for Education, one of the Welsh Ministers
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order makes provision for the determination of the remuneration of school teachers (within the meaning of section 122 of the Education Act 2002 (c. 32)) in Wales and other conditions of employment of school teachers in Wales which relate to their professional duties and working time.

The Order makes this provision by reference to section 2 of a document entitled “School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions (Wales) Document 2019 and guidance on school teachers’ pay and conditions” (“the Document”). It can be found on the Welsh Government website, www.gov.wales.

The Order makes retrospective provision, under section 123(3) of the Education Act 2002, to provide that the provisions set out in section 2 of the Document have effect on and after 1 September 2019 notwithstanding that the Order comes into force after that date (article 2).

The Order revokes the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Order 2018 as it applies in Wales (article 3).

The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to this Order. As a result, a regulatory impact assessment has been prepared as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with this Order. A copy can be obtained from the Workforce Strategy Unit, The Education Directorate, Welsh Government, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NQ.