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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 INTRODUCTION

    1. 1.Overview

  3. PART 2 EDUCATION WORKFORCE

    1. Education Workforce Council

      1. 2.Education Workforce Council

      2. 3.Aims of the Council

      3. 4.Functions of the Council

      4. 5.Power to add functions

      5. 6.Directions

    2. Provision of advice and promotion of careers

      1. 7.Provision of advice by the Council

      2. 8.Promotion of careers

    3. Registration of education workforce

      1. 9.Register

      2. 10.Eligibility for registration

      3. 11.Appeals against refusal of registration

      4. 12.Registration fees

      5. 13.Registration: further provision

    4. Requirements to be satisfied to provide services

      1. 14.School teachers and school learning support workers

      2. 15.Further education teachers

      3. 16.Further education learning support workers

    5. Induction and appraisal of registered persons

      1. 17.Requirement to undertake period of induction

      2. 18.Induction assessment standards

      3. 19.Appeals against induction decisions

      4. 20.Induction: intervention powers

      5. 21.Induction: interpretation

      6. 22.Special provision for maintained schools with delegated budgets

      7. 23.Appraisal of registered persons

    6. Code of conduct and practice for registered persons

      1. 24.Code of conduct and practice

      2. 25.Code of conduct and practice: further provision

    7. Disciplinary functions of the Council

      1. 26.Disciplinary functions

      2. 27.Disciplinary functions: interpretation

      3. 28.Disciplinary functions: further provision

      4. 29.Conditional registration orders

      5. 30.Suspension orders

      6. 31.Prohibition orders

      7. 32.Appeals against disciplinary orders

    8. Information duties

      1. 33.Council to maintain records about certain persons

      2. 34.Supply of information: Ministers

      3. 35.Supply of information: the Council

      4. 36.Supply of information: employers

      5. 37.Supply of information: agents and contractors

      6. 38.Directions to secure compliance with information duties

    9. Transitional and transitory provision

      1. 39.Transfer of registrations of persons already registered

      2. 40.Transitory matters relating to eligibility for registration

    10. Interpretation of Part 2

      1. 41.Interpretation of Part 2

  4. PART 3 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISION

    1. Term and holiday dates and times of school sessions

      1. 42.Dates of terms and holidays and times of school sessions

    2. Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education and Training in Wales

      1. 43.Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education and Training in Wales

    3. Local authority education functions - intervention

      1. 44.Local authority education functions exercisable by the persons directed

  5. PART 4 GENERAL PROVISION

    1. 45.Status as an Education Act

    2. 46.Ancillary provision

    3. 47.Orders and regulations

    4. 48.Minor and consequential amendments and repeals

    5. 49.General interpretation

    6. 50.Commencement

    7. 51.Short title

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      EDUCATION WORKFORCE COUNCIL

      1. Status

        1. 1.(1) The Council— (a) is not a servant or agent...

      2. Powers

        1. 2.(1) The Council may do anything which is calculated to...

      3. Membership

        1. 3.(1) The Council is to have 14 members.

      4. Membership: further provision

        1. 4.(1) The Welsh Ministers may by regulations make provision relating...

      5. Tenure

        1. 5.(1) The term of office of a member is such...

      6. Removal from office

        1. 6.(1) A member may be removed from office by a...

      7. Remuneration, allowances and expenses of members

        1. 7.(1) The Council may— (a) pay to its members such...

      8. Chairing member

        1. 8.(1) The Council must elect a chairing member from amongst...

      9. Chief officer and other staff

        1. 9.(1) The Council must have a chief officer.

      10. Schemes relating to remuneration etc.

        1. 10.(1) The Council must— (a) prepare a scheme setting out...

      11. Eligibility for superannuation scheme

        1. 11.(1) Employment with the Council is among the kinds of...

      12. Committees generally

        1. 12.(1) The Council— (a) may establish committees for any purpose,...

      13. Delegation of functions

        1. 13.(1) The Council may authorise the chairing member or any...

      14. Proceedings

        1. 14.(1) The Council may regulate its own procedure and that...

      15. Application of seal

        1. 15.The application of the seal of the Council is to...

      16. Proof of documents

        1. 16.Every document purporting to be an instrument made or issued...

      17. Finance

        1. 17.The Welsh Ministers may make grants to the Council of...

      18. Accounting officer

        1. 18.(1) The Welsh Ministers may designate a person to act...

      19. Audit committee

        1. 19.(1) The Council must establish a committee (an “audit committee”)...

      20. Audit committee: membership

        1. 20.(1) The audit committee is to consist of—

      21. Accounts and external audit

        1. 21.(1) The Council must— (a) keep proper accounts and proper...

      22. Annual reports

        1. 22.(1) No later than 30 November after the end of...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      CATEGORIES OF REGISTRATION

      1. 1.The first column in table 1 sets out the categories...

      2. Changing the categories of registered worker

        1. 2.(1) The Welsh Ministers may by order add, amend or...

      3. Interpretation

        1. 3.In this Schedule— “ independent school ” (“ ysgol annibynnol...

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      CHANGES TO OTHER LEGISLATION

      1. PART 1 MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

        1. Education Act 2002 (c. 32)

          1. 1.(1) The 2002 Act is amended as follows.

        2. School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 1)

          1. 2.In Schedule 4 to the School Standards and Organisation (Wales)...

      2. PART 2 REPEALS

        1. 3.The enactments mentioned in the first column are repealed to...

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      INDEX OF DEFINED WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS

      1. The words and expressions in the first column of table...

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