Welsh Statutory Instruments
2003 No. 389 (W.51)
EDUCATION, WALES
The General Teaching Council for Wales (Constitution) (Amendment) Regulations 2003
Made 25th February 2003
Coming into force 17th March 2003

The National Assembly for Wales makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 1(5) and (7) of, and paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 and now vested in the National Assembly for Wales:
1998 c. 30; for the meaning of “prescribed” and “regulations” see section 43(1). Section 1(5) and (7) and Schedule 1 have effect in relation to the General Teaching Council for Wales by virtue of the General Teaching Council for Wales Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2911).
See the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672).

Name and commencement
1. These Regulations are called the General Teaching Council for Wales (Constitution) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 17th March 2003.

Amendment of the General Teaching Council for Wales (Constitution) Regulations 1999
2. (1) The General Teaching Council for Wales (Constitution) Regulations 1999 are amended as follows.
S.I. 1999/1619, amended by S.I. 1999/3185(W.43).
(2) The Schedule to the General Teaching Council for Wales (Constitution) Regulations 1999 is replaced by the following Schedule —

“SCHEDULE ORGANISATIONS ENTITLED TO NOMINATE PERSONS FOR APPOINTMENT BY THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FOR WALES
PART ONE 1. National Union of Teachers (Cymru)
2. National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (Cymru)
3. Secondary Heads Association in Wales
4. Professional Association of Teachers
5. National Association of Head Teachers in Wales
6. Undeb Cenedlaethol Athrawon Cymru
7. Association of Teachers and Lecturers
8. NATFHE — The University and College Lecturers' Union
PART TWO 9. Fforwm Ltd
10. Further Education National Training Organisation
11. National Association for Special Educational Needs
12. National Council for Education and Training for Wales
13. Association of Directors of Education in Wales
14. Welsh Local Government Association
15. Wales TUC Cymru
16. Governors Wales (Confederation of School Governors Associations in Wales)
17. Roman Catholic Church in Wales
18. Church in Wales
19. Churches Joint Education Policy Committee
20. Heads of Higher Education Wales
21. Universities Council for the Education of Teachers Cymru
22. Confederation of British Industry Wales
23. Parent Teacher Associations of Wales
24. Independent Schools Information Service Wales
25. Welsh Secondary Schools Association
26. Welsh Primary Schools Association
27. Institute of Directors
28. Welsh Association of Standing Advisory Councils on Religious Education
29. Association of Directors of Social Services in Wales
30. Wales Council for Voluntary Action”.

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998
1998 c. 38.
D. Elis-Thomas
The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly
25th February 2003

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the General Teaching Council for Wales (Constitution) Regulations 1999 by replacing the Schedule to those Regulations.
The replacement Schedule updates the list of organisations that have the right to nominate persons for appointment by the National Assembly for Wales to the General Teaching Council for Wales.
The following organisations have been removed from Part Two of the Schedule:
Wales Special Needs Action Group
Council of Welsh TECs Ltd
Council for Industry and Higher Education
Head Masters' and Headmistresses' Conference
Independent Schools Council
Federation of Small Businesses
The following organisations have been added to Part Two of the Schedule:
National Council for Education and Training for Wales
Wales TUC Cymru
The name “University Council for the Education of Teachers Cymru” has been changed to “Universities Council for the Education of Teachers Cymru”.