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Regulation 2 General interpretation

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(1)

In these Regulations—

  • “appropriate period” means the period of the pilot scheme for approved training during which a teacher is eligible in accordance with regulation 6 for bursaries and grant;

  • “approved” means approved by the Secretary of State for the purposes of these Regulations;

  • “authority” means a local education authority;

  • “Excellence in Cities” means the programme of action by the Department for Education and Employment to raise education standards in selected urban areas;

  • “maintained school” means a school maintained by an authority;

  • “non-maintained special school” means a special school not maintained by an authority;

  • “supply teacher” means a teacher employed wholly or mainly for the purpose of supervising or teaching pupils whose regular teacher is not available to teach them; and

  • “unattached teacher” means a teacher employed in the provision of primary or secondary education who is not attached to a particular school or who is employed otherwise than in a school.

(2)

In these regulations, a reference to a teacher employed in a school includes a teacher who is engaged to provide his services as a teacher in a school otherwise than under a contract of employment.