The General Teaching Council for Wales was re-named the Education Workforce Council (“the Council”) by section 2 of the Education (Wales) Act 2014 (“the 2014 Act”).

Sections 17 and 19 of the 2014 Act makes provision in relation to the requirement for school teachers to undertake a period of induction.

These Regulations revoke and replace the Education (Induction Arrangements for School Teachers) (Wales) Regulations 2005 (“the 2005 Regulations”), as amended. The provisions of the 2005 Regulations are re-enacted but the references to the General Teaching Council for Wales have been removed and replaced with references to the Education Workforce Council.

The Welsh Ministers' Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result, it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations.