The General Teaching Council for Wales (Additional Functions) (Amendment) Order 2005

Name and commencement

1.  This Order is called the General Teaching Council for Wales (Additional Functions) (Amendment) Order 2005 and comes into force on 21 January 2005.

Amendment of the General Teaching Council for Wales (Additional Functions) Order 2002

2.  The General Teaching Council for Wales (Additional Functions) Order 2000(1) is amended as follows.

3.  In article 2 —

(a) omit the definition of “the 1988 Act”;

(b) substitute for the definition of “qualified teacher” the following —

““qualified teacher” (“athro neu athrawes gymwysedig”) has the same meaning as in section 132(1) of the Education Act 2002(2);”.

4.  In Part II of the Schedule —

(a) substitute for paragraph 12 the following —

“12.   If known,

(a) the date on which the person took up his or her first post as a qualified teacher;

(b) the date on which the person was first employed (if at all) as a supply teacher under paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the Education (Induction Arrangements for School Teachers) (Wales) Regulations 2003(3); and

(c) the date on which the person was first employed (if at all) as a supply teacher by virtue of regulation 18(2)(4) of the Education (Induction for School Teachers) (Wales) Regulations 2003.”;

(b) omit paragraph 14(e) and the preceding “and”;

(c) in paragraph 16(c) add, after “person” the words “which the Council considers relevant to employment as a teacher”;

(d) in paragraph 19 substitute for the words “to his or her employment as a teacher under regulations made under section 218(1) and (2) of the 1988 Act” the words “to the person carrying out specified work under regulations made under section 133 of the Education Act 2002(5)”; and

(e) substitute for paragraph 22 the following —

“22.   The terms of any restriction or particulars of any prohibition for the time being in force in relation to the person as the result of a direction given by the National Assembly or the Secretary of State under section 142 of the Education Act 2002(6).”.

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998(7)

D. Elis-Thomas

The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly

18 January 2005