The Education (Induction Arrangements for School Teachers) (Amendment No. 3) (England) Regulations 2001

Statutory Instruments

2001 No. 1642

EDUCATION, ENGLAND

The Education (Induction Arrangements for School Teachers) (Amendment No. 3) (England) Regulations 2001

Made

30th April 2001

Laid before Parliament

2nd May 2001

Coming into force

25th May 2001

In excercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 19 and 42(6) and (7) of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998(1), the Secretary of State for Education and Employment hereby makes the following Regulations.

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Induction Arrangements for School Teachers) (Amendment No. 3) (England) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 25th May 2001.

2.  The Education (Induction Arrangements for School Teachers) (England) Regulations 1999(2) shall be amended as follows.

3.  For regulation 5 there shall be substituted the following regulation—

“5.— (1) In these Regulations,“appeal body” means—

(a) in relation to an appeal against a decision of the appropriate body falling within regulation 14(3)(b) or (c), where the induction period ends on or before 30th June 2001, the Secretary of State; and

(b) in all other cases, the General Teaching Council for England(3).

(2) In paragraph (1) “induction period” includes an induction period which has been extended following its completion in accordance with regulation 14(3)(b), regulation 17(3)(c) or regulation 17(4)(c) so that the period as extended ends on or before 30th June 2001.”.

4.  In paragraph 3(1)(c) of Schedule 2 for “if any” there shall be substituted “if employed in a teaching capacity”.

Estelle Morris

Minister of State,

Department for Education and Employment

30th April 2001

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations further amend the Education (Induction Arrangements for School Teachers (England) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/1065).

The definition of “appeal body” in regulation 5 of those regulations is amended so that, where an appeal is made against a decision of the appropriate body and the induction period of the person making the appeal ended on or after 1st July 2001, the appeal body is the General Teaching Council for England (regulation 3).

A minor amendment is made to paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the regulations (regulation 4).

(1)

1998 c. 30; section 19 is amended by section 139 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000 (c. 21); the Secretary of State can exercise the power under section 19 only in relation to England; see article 2 of and Schedule 1 to the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672). For the meaning of “prescribed” and “regulations” see section 43(1).

(2)

S.I. 1999/1065, amended by S.I. 1999/2211, S.I. 2000/1001, 1177 and 2171 and S.I. 2001/103 and 1390.

(3)

Established by section 1 of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 (c. 30).