Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

These Regulations may be cited as the Head Teachers Education and Training Standards (Scotland) Regulations 2019 and come into force on 1 August 2020.

In these Regulations—

• “the GTCS” means the body corporate known as the General Teaching Council for Scotland as referred to in article 4 of the Public Services Reform (General Teaching Council for Scotland) Order 2011^f1 (“the 2011 Order”),

• “the Standard for Headship” means the professional standard awarded to a person by the GTCS pursuant to the GTCS’s functions under article 6 of the 2011 Order and rules made under article 15 of the 2011 Order,

• “the 1980 Act” means the Education (Scotland) Act 1980.