Prospective

PART IIE+WREGISTRATION OF TEACHERS

Disqualification from registrationE+W

3.  For the purposes of section 3(3)(d) of the 1998 Act, a person is not eligible for registration if he or she is ineligible for registration as a teacher, or disqualified from being a teacher in any school, by virtue of—

(a)section 11 of the Teaching Council (Scotland) Act 1965(1);

(b)regulation 9 of the Teachers' (Eligibility) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997(2); or

(c)regulations made under article 36 of the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1998(3).

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 3 in force at 1.9.2000, see reg. 1(2)

Applications for registrationE+W

4.—(1) An application for registration shall include —

(a)the official reference number, if any, assigned to the teacher;

(b)the applicant’s full name;

(c)the applicant’s date of birth;

(d)the applicant’s home address or other contact address; and

(e)the date on which the applicant qualified as a teacher.

(2) The Council may make further provision as to—

(a)the form and manner in which applications for registration are to be made; and

(b)the documentary and other evidence which is to accompany applications for registration.

Commencement Information

I2Reg. 4 in force at 1.9.2000, see reg. 1(2)

Registration on establishment of the RegisterE+W

5.—(1) On the establishment of the Register, the Council may register persons eligible for registration who have not made applications for registration.

(2) The Council shall send written confirmation of their registration to all persons registered under paragraph (1).

(3) The Council shall provide free of charge a copy of the information recorded on the Register against the name of a person registered under paragraph (1), if that person so requests.

Commencement Information

I3Reg. 5 in force at 1.9.2000, see reg. 1(2)

Content of RegisterE+W

6.—(1) There shall be recorded in the Register against the names of those registered in it the matters listed in Schedule 1.

(2) The Council may make provision as to additional matters to be recorded in the Register.

Commencement Information

I4Reg. 6 in force at 1.9.2000, see reg. 1(2)

Division of Register into separate partsE+W

7.  The Council may make provision as to the division of the Register into separate parts.

Commencement Information

I5Reg. 7 in force at 1.9.2000, see reg. 1(2)

Amending entries on the RegisterE+W

8.  The Council may make provision as to the restoration and alteration of entries on the Register, and the transfer of entries between different parts of the Register.

Commencement Information

I6Reg. 8 in force at 1.9.2000, see reg. 1(2)

Charging of registration feesE+W

9.  The Council may make provision—

(a)to charge fees fixed by them with the approval of the National Assembly in respect of—

(i)applications for registration or for the restoration of entries in the Register, and

(ii)the retention of entries in the Register;

(b)for there to be exceptions where fees are not charged; and

(c)for them to refuse an application for registration until the appropriate fee has been paid.

Commencement Information

I7Reg. 9 in force at 1.9.2000, see reg. 1(2)

Removal of entries from the RegisterE+W

10.  The Council may make provision as to the removal of entries from the Register where the persons concerned have ceased to be eligible for registration, have failed to pay a registration fee, or otherwise.

Commencement Information

I8Reg. 10 in force at 1.9.2000, see reg. 1(2)

Issue and form of certificates of registrationE+W

11.  The Council may make provision as to the issuing of certificates of registration to registered teachers, and as to the form of such certificates.

Commencement Information

I9Reg. 11 in force at 1.9.2000, see reg. 1(2)

Public access to the RegisterE+W

12.—(1) The Council may on receipt of a request from a member of the public inform that person whether or not a person is a registered teacher.

(2) A request under paragraph (1) shall contain such particulars as the Council determine.

(3) The Council may make available the names of teachers on the Register in such manner as the Council determine.

Commencement Information

I10Reg. 12 in force at 1.2.2001, see reg. 1(2)