(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.