{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-further-education-in-schools-regulations-1999/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-further-education-in-schools-regulations-1999/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/1867",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Further Education in Schools) Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-further-education-in-schools-regulations-1999",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Presence of a teacher necessary",
  "text": "(1) The circumstances referred to in section 80(2) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1999 shall be that a teacher is present in the room.\n(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1) a teacher means a member of the teaching staff of—\n(a) a school maintained by a local education authority;\n(b) an institution maintained or assisted by a local education authority other than a school;\n(c) a city technology college; or\n(d) an institution within the further education sector.\n(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1) a teacher shall be considered to be present in the room at a particular time even though no teacher is present if–\n(a) it would be impractical to secure the presence of a teacher in the room at that time; and\n(b) the absence of a teacher at that time has not lasted more than five minutes.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1867/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:20:34.371127+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."
}