Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 (c. 30)
5(1)Section 15 (supply of information following dismissal etc) is amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (1)—
(a)in paragraph (a) for “a person’s services on a ground mentioned in section 142 of the Education Act 2002” substitute “the services of a registered teacher on a ground mentioned in subsection (1A)”;
(b)in paragraph (b)—
(i)for “a person's” substitute “a registered teacher's”;
(ii)for “section” substitute “subsection”;
(iii)for “the person” substitute “the teacher”.
(3)After subsection (1) insert—
“(1A)The grounds are—
(a)misconduct;
(b)professional incompetence;
(c)conviction of a relevant offence within the meaning of paragraph 8 of Schedule 2.”
(4)In subsection (2)—
(a)for “a person” substitute “a teacher”;
(b)for the words from “such of the following” to the end substitute “the Council”.
(5)In subsection (3)—
(a)for “a person” substitute “a teacher”;
(b)for the words from “such of the following” to the end substitute “the General Teaching Council for Wales”.
(6)Omit subsection (4).
(7)In subsection (5) for the definition of “relevant employer” substitute—
““relevant employer” means—
(a)a local education authority;
(b)a person exercising a function relating to the provision of education on behalf of a local education authority;
(c)the proprietor of a school;
(d)the governing body of a further education institution;
“education” includes vocational, social, physical and recreational training;
“proprietor” and “school” have the meanings given in the Education Act 1996;
“further education institution” has the meaning given in section 140 of the Education Act 2002;”.