Part 8Teachers

Further education

137Principals of further education institutions

(1)

Regulations may provide that a person may serve as the principal of a further education institution 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).

(3)

A provision of regulations under subsection (1) shall not apply to a person who has been appointed as the principal of an institution 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.