The Education (School Teachers' Qualifications) (England) Regulations 2003

1.  In this Schedule –

“EEA Agreement” means the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992(1) as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993(2);

“the CNAA” means the Council for National Academic Awards;

“foreign institution” means any institution other than a United Kingdom institution;

“graduate teacher” means a person who has been granted an authorisation to teach in accordance with paragraphs 5 to 11 of Schedule 2 to the 1999 Regulations before 1st September 2002;

“recommending body” means the body that is the organiser of the training given or to be given to the person named in the recommendation;

“registered teacher” means a person who has been granted an authorisation to teach in accordance with paragraphs 12 to 18 of Schedule 2 to the 1999 Regulations before 1st September 2002;

“specified standards” means the standards applying as at the time of assessment specified by the Secretary of State as the standards required of a person who seeks to achieve qualified teacher status;

“Switzerland Agreement” means the Agreement between the European Community and its Member States of the one part and the Swiss Confederation of the other on the Free Movement of Persons signed at Luxembourg on 21st June 1999(3) and which came into force on 1st June 2002; and

“United Kingdom institution” means an institution established in the United Kingdom, other than one which is, or is affiliated to or forms part of, an institution whose principal establishment is outside the United Kingdom and includes the CNAA.

(1)

Cm. 2073.

(2)

Cm. 2183.

(3)

Cm. 4904.