1(1)The Teaching Council (Scotland) Act 1965 shall be amended as follows.
(2)In the following table, the expressions specified in column 3 shall be substituted for the expressions specified in column 2 where they occur in the provisions specified in column 1.
| Provision | Existing expression | Expression to be substituted |
|---|---|---|
| Sections 5 and 6. | “college of education” | “relevant institution” |
| Section 5 and Schedule 1, paragraphs 1, 2 and 6. | “colleges of education” | “relevant institutions” |
| Section 5 and Schedule 1, paragraph 1. | “colleges” | “institutions” |
| Section 5. | “college” | “institution” |
(3)In subsection (2) of section 2 (standards for entry to the teaching profession)—
(a)for the word “conditions” there shall be substituted the word “matters”; and
(b)for the words “section 7” there shall be substituted the words “section 7(1)(b) to (d)”.
(4)In subsection (1) of section 5 (duty of the teaching council in relation to colleges of education)—
(a)in paragraph (a) for the words “nature of the instruction given” there shall be substituted the words “education and training of teachers”; and
(b)in paragraph (b) for the words from “section 81 of the Act of 1962” to the end of the subsection there shall be substituted the words “section 7 of this Act.”
(5)In Schedule 1—
(a)in paragraph 1(1)(b)(v), after the words “ the central institutions” there shall be inserted the words “and such institutions in the higher education sector (other than universities) as are not relevant institutions”;
(b)in paragraph 1(3) for the words from “and to the central institutions” to the words “falls to be made;” there shall be substituted the words “, the central institutions and institutions in the higher education sector shall be construed, in relation to any appointment, as references to the universities of Scotland or, as the case may be, such institutions established at the time the appointment falls to be made;”;
(c)in paragraph 1(3)(b)(ii)—
(i)at the beginning there shall be inserted the words “a designated institution within the meaning of Part II of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992,”; and
(ii)after the word “attending” there shall be inserted the words “designated institutions,”; and
(d)after paragraph 6 there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
“6AIn Part I of this Schedule, any reference to the principal of a relevant institution shall be construed, as regards a relevant institution which does not have as its sole or main activity the provision of courses for the education and training of teachers, as a reference to the person responsible to the principal of the institution for administering such courses.”