2020 No. 205
Education

The Registration of Independent Schools (Prescribed Person) (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2020

Made
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 98A(6) and 133(2D)(b) of the Education (Scotland) Act 19801 and all other powers enabling them to do so.
In accordance with section 133(2C)(a) of that Act2, the Scottish Ministers have consulted such persons as they think fit on a draft of this instrument.

In accordance with section 133(2C)(b) of that Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Citation and commencement1.

These Regulations may be cited as the Registration of Independent Schools (Prescribed Person) (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2020 and come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.

Amendment of the Registration of Independent Schools (Prescribed Person) (Scotland) Regulations 20172.

In regulation 3 of the Registration of Independent Schools (Prescribed Person) (Scotland) Regulations 20173 (transitory provision), for “1st October 2020” substitute “1 June 2021”.
JOHN SWINNEY
A member of the Scottish Government

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend regulation 3 of the Registration of Independent Schools (Prescribed Person) (Scotland) Regulations 2017 to provide that the requirement for a person employed as a teacher by an independent school on or before 1 October 2017 to register with the General Teaching Council for Scotland will take effect from 1 June 2021. The change made by these Regulations is necessary as a result of disruption caused by coronavirus (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARSCoV-2)).