http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/215/article/2/madeThe Public Services Reform (General Teaching Council for Scotland) Order 2011Public servicesFurther and higher educationSchool performance and standardsCareers and career developmentenKing's Printer for Scotland2017-09-22PUBLIC SERVICES REFORMEDUCATION This Order repeals the Teaching Council (Scotland) Act 1965 and the Teaching Council (Scotland) Act 1971, which establish the General Teaching Council for Scotland (“the GTCS”). The Order provides for the continuation of the GTCS with amendments to its functions, constitution and governance arrangements under powers in the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010. The Public Services Reform (General Teaching Council for Scotland) Order 2011Sch. 6 para. 6The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exclusions and Exceptions) (Scotland) Order 2013Sch. 5art. 1(1) The Public Services Reform (General Teaching Council for Scotland) Order 2011 PART 1 2 1 The following provisions of this Order come into force on 4th April 2011:— a articles 1, 2 and 3 (in so far as article 3 relates to the other provisions coming into force on that day); and b the provisions of this Order specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 and described by reference to the subject matter in column 2 of that Schedule but, where a particular purpose is specified in relation to any provision in column 3 of that Schedule, that provision shall come into force on that day for that purpose only. 2 All the provisions of this Order, in so far as not already in force on 2ndApril 2012, come into force on that date. 3 This article is subject to article 32 (transitional and savings provisions) and Schedule 5. 4 Where a provision of this Order requires consultation to take place and, before that provision comes into force, consultation takes place which would have satisfied the requirements to any extent had the provision been in force, the requirement is to be taken to have been satisfied to that extent.