The Education (Teachers) Regulations 1993

Continued employment of existing teachers of pupils who are hearing or visually impaired or both

4.—(1) A person who has satisfied the requirements of regulation 18 of the 1982 Regulations for employment at a special school as the teacher of a class of pupils who were both deaf or partially hearing and blind may, notwithstanding that he is not a qualified teacher for the purpose of regulation 16(1), be employed at a school as a teacher of a class of pupils who are both hearing and visually impaired.

(2) Any person who on 31st March 1993 was employed as the teacher of a class of pupils who are—

(a) hearing impaired;

(b) visually impaired, or

(c) both hearing impaired and visually impaired,

may continue to be so employed until 31st August 1994 notwithstanding that he is not a qualified teacher in accordance with regulation 14, 15, 16(1), as the case may be, for the purpose of such employment, if his employers are satisfied that it is his intention to acquire a qualification approved by the Secretary of State under regulation 14, 15 or 16(1), as the case may be.