Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the General Teaching Council for Wales (Constitution) (Amendment) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 29th October 1999.
Amendment of the General Teaching Council for Wales (Constitution) Regulations 1999
2. The General Teaching Council for Wales (Constitution) Regulations 1999(1) shall be amended in accordance with regulations 3, 4, 5 and 6 below.
3. In paragraph (1) of regulation 2 —
(a)the definitions of “primary school”, “secondary school” and “special school” shall be omitted;
(b)after the definition of “the Council” there shall be inserted — “junior pupils” means children who have not attained the age of 12;
(c)after the definition of “members” there shall be inserted —
““senior pupils” means persons who have attained the age of 12.”.
4. For paragraph (2) of regulation 2 there shall be substituted —
“(2) In regulations 4 and 9 references to “teachers” shall only include a person who
(a)on and after the date of establishment of a register of teachers under section 3 of the 1998 Act, is a registered teacher; and
(b)before that date, is a qualified teacher within the meaning of section 218(2) of the 1988 Act.”
5. For regulation 4 there shall be substituted the following —
“4. The elected members shall comprise —
(a)four teachers of junior pupils;
(b)four teachers of senior pupils;
(c)four head or deputy head teachers.”.
6. In regulation 9, after the word “Council” there shall be inserted the words “are teachers who”.
Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998(2)
Dafydd Elis Thomas
Presiding Officer, National Assembly for Wales
28th October 1999