Part 8Teachers

Further education

137 Principals of further education institutions

F1(1)

Regulations may provide that a person may serve as the principal of a further education institution F2in Wales only if he has a specified qualification.

(2)

Regulations under subsection (1) shall not prevent a person from serving as the principal of an institution while he is following a course or programme which—

(a)

is of a kind specified in the regulations, and

(b)

is designed to lead to the award of a qualification specified under subsection (1).

F3(2A)

Regulations under subsection (1) may limit the period of time during which a person may serve as the principal of an institution in reliance on subsection (2).

(3)

A provision of regulations F4made under subsection (1) by the Welsh Ministers in relation to Wales shall not apply to a person who has been appointed as the principal of an institution F5in England or Wales ” before the commencement of the provision.

(4)

Regulations under subsection (1) shall not prevent a person from carrying out the functions of the principal of an institution—

(a)

pending the appointment of a principal, or

(b)

in the absence of the principal.