2006 No. 232 (C.20)

EDUCATION

The Standards in Scotland’s Schools etc. Act 2000 (Commencement No. 8 and Savings) Order 2006

Made28th April 2006

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 61(2), (3) and (4) of the Standards in Scotland’s Schools etc. Act 20001, hereby make the following Order:

Citation and Interpretation1.

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Standards in Scotland’s Schools etc. Act 2000 (Commencement No. 8 and Savings) Order 2006.

(2)

In this Order “the 1965 Act” means the Teaching Council (Scotland) Act 19652.

Appointed day2.

1st July 2006 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Standards in Scotland’s Schools etc. Act 2000:–

(a)

section 49 (Provision of information to Council), in so far as not already in force; and

(b)

section 50 (Professional Conduct Committee and Investigating and Disciplinary Sub-committees) for the purpose of the insertion, into the 1965 Act, of—

(i)

section 11(1)(ii) and (iii), (2) to (7) and, insofar as not already in force, (9); and

(ii)

section 11A(1) and (2).

Savings3.

Where the General Teaching Council for Scotland3 has received the notification, under section 9B of the 1965 Act, before the day appointed under article 2—

(a)

neither the Disciplinary Sub-committee nor the Investigating Sub-committee4 shall make a direction under section 11A of the 1965 Act; and

(b)

the Disciplinary Sub-committee shall not make a direction under section 11(1)(ii) or (iii) of the 1965 Act.

PETER J PEACOCK

A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

28th April 2006

(This note is not part of the Order)

Article 2(a) brings into force the remaining provisions of section 49 of the Standards in Scotland’s Schools etc Act 2000 which inserts section 9B(a)(ii) and (c) into the Teaching Council (Scotland) Act 1965. Article 2(b) brings into force further provisions of section 50 of the 2000 Act which inserts section 11(1) (ii) and (iii), (2) to (7) and, in so far as not already in force, (9) and, section 11A(1) and (2) into the 1965 Act.

Article 3 makes savings provisions. The article provides that the relevant sub-committees of General Teaching Council for Scotland shall not make directions under the powers commenced in this Order in respect of a notification under section 9B of the 1965 Act which is received by the Council before 1st July 2006.

(This note is not part of the Order)

Provision	Date of Commencement	S.S.I.No.
Section 22	28th July 2000	2000/258
Section 9	23rd August 2000	2000/298
Section 10
Section 28
Section 60(1) (partially)
Sections 1-8, 11-14, 16-21, 24-27, 29-31, 38, 40-43	13th October 2000	2000/361
Section 44 (other than the words from “or (vii)” to “numbers;” in section 44(4))
Section 45
Section 46 (partially)
Sections 47 and 48
Section 49 (partially)
Section 51 (partially)
Section 52 (partially)
Sections 53 and 54
Sections 56-59
Section 60 (partially)
Section 46 (so far as not already in force)	1st November 2001	2000/361
Section 50 (partially)
Section 51 (so far as not already in force)
Section 52 (so far as not already in force)
Section 60 (partially)
Section 55	23rd March 2001	2001/102
Section 32	4th March 2002	2002/72
Section 33
Section 34
Section 35
Section 36
Section 37
Section 39	1st April 2002	2002/72
Section 15	1st August 2003	2003/84
Section 44 (so far as not already in force)	31st December 2004	2004/528
Section 60 (partially)