147 Application of pay-scaleE+W
(1)This section—
(a)applies to the construction of paragraph 18 of the document referred to in article 3 of the Education (School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions) (No. 2) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2160) (classroom teachers: criteria for position on pay spine) as it had effect from 1st September 1999 to 31st March 2000, and
(b)shall be treated as having come into force on 1st September 1999 (for all purposes including the calculation of pensions).
(2)Where a person is awarded one or more points, he shall be paid the salary shown for the spine point which equates to the number of points awarded.
(3)Where a person is not awarded a point, he shall be paid the salary shown for the lowest spine point.
(4)In paragraph 18.1.1 (good honours degree)—
(a)paragraph (a) shall be ignored,
(b)paragraph (b) shall be treated as applying irrespective of the date of a person’s appointment to his first post following qualification as a teacher, and
(c)in paragraph (c) the words “before 1st September has been employed as a qualified teacher and who” shall be ignored.