Welsh Statutory Instruments
EDUCATION, WALES
Made
20 January 2012
Laid before the National Assembly for Wales
26 January 2012
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2)
The Welsh Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred upon the Secretary of State by sections 7(1) and (4) and 42(6) and (7) of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998(1) and now vested in them(2), being of the opinion that the General Teaching Council for Wales may, having regard to their general objectives, appropriately discharge the additional functions conferred in this Order and, in accordance with section 7(2), having carried out such consultation as appears to them to be appropriate:
1998 c. 30. The relevant provisions apply in relation to the General Teaching Council for Wales by virtue of sections 8 and 9 of the Act and the General Teaching Council for Wales Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2911).
The Secretary of State’s functions were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by virtue of the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672) and then to the Welsh Ministers by virtue of paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32).