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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-public-services-reform-general-teaching-council-for-scotland-order-2011/article-23",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2011/9780111012246",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Services Reform (General Teaching Council for Scotland) Order 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-public-services-reform-general-teaching-council-for-scotland-order-2011",
  "path": "article/23",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Notices",
  "text": "(1) The GTCS must notify an individual of a decision—\n(a) to refuse to register the individual because the GTCS considers that the individual—\n(i) is unfit to teach;\n(ii) is barred from regulated work with children by virtue of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007; or\n(iii) does not otherwise meet the registration criteria;\n(b) to restrict an individual’s registration under any rule made by virtue of article 21; or\n(c) to remove the individual from the register, other than in accordance with any rule made by virtue of article 22, because the GTCS considers that the individual—\n(i) is unfit to teach;\n(ii) is barred from regulated work with children by virtue of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007; or\n(iii) no longer meets the registration criteria.\n(2) The notice must—\n(a) explain why the decision was made; and\n(b) advise the individual of the right to appeal the decision under article 24.\n(3) The GTCS must advise any person whom it knows employs the individual to work in an educational establishment of the decision.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2011/9780111012246/article/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:37:17.491830+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}