{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-induction-arrangements-for-school-teachers-england-regulations-2008/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-induction-arrangements-for-school-teachers-england-regulations-2008/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/657",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Induction Arrangements for School Teachers) (England) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-induction-arrangements-for-school-teachers-england-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the 1996 Act” means the Education Act 1996;\n“the 1998 Act” means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998;\n“the 2002 Act” means the Education Act 2002;\n“the 2006 Act” means the Education and Inspections Act 2006;\n“the 2001 Induction Regulations” means the Education (Induction Arrangements for School Teachers) (Consolidation) (England) Regulations 2001\n“the 2003 Qualifications Regulations” means the Education (School Teachers’ Qualifications) (England) Regulations 2003;\n“appropriate body” means the appropriate body under regulation 6;\n“authority” means a local education authority;\n“Chief Inspector” means Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills;\n“the Council”, except in regulation 18(5), means the General Teaching Council for England;\n“employment-based teacher training scheme” means a scheme established, or having effect as if established, by the Secretary of State for the purposes of paragraph 10 of Schedule 2 to the 2003 Qualifications Regulations;\n“governing body” in relation to a further education institution has the same meaning as in section 90(1) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992;\n“head teacher” is to be construed as a reference to the lead head teacher where regulation 14 applies;\n“institution” means a relevant school, an independent school or a further education institution in which an induction period may be served under these Regulations, as the context requires;\n“key stage” has the same meaning as in section 82(1) of the 2002 Act;\n“non-maintained special school” means a school approved by the Secretary of State under section 342 of the 1996 Act (approval of non-maintained special schools);\n“operating day” has the meaning given in regulation 4;\n“pupil referral unit” has the same meaning as in section 19 of the 1996 Act;\n“qualified teacher” means a person who satisfies requirements specified in regulations made under section 132 of the 2002 Act;\n“school year” means the period beginning with the first term to begin after July and ending with the beginning of the first such term to begin after the following July;\n“sixth form college” means a further education institution principally concerned with the provision of full-time education suitable to the requirements of persons who have not attained the age of 19 years;\n“special school” has the same meaning as in section 337(1) of the 1996 Act;\n“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;\n“the Welsh Induction Regulations” means the Education (Induction Arrangements for School Teachers) (Wales) Regulations 2005; and\n“working day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a day which is a bank holiday within the meaning of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 in England.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 3 in force at 1.9.2008, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1996 c. 56."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1998 c. 31."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2002 c. 32."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "2006 c. 40."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "S.I. 2001/2897; amended by S.I. 2001/3938, 2002/2063, 2003/106, 2003/2148, 2005/1740, 2007/172 and 2007/2782."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "S.I. 2003/1662, as amended by S.I. 2007/2117."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "By paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to S.I. 2003/1662, the employment-based teacher training programme established under paragraph 19 of Schedule 2 to S.I. 1999/2166 as amended has effect as if established under paragraph 10 of Schedule 2 to S.I. 2003/1662."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "1992 c.13."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "S.I. 2005/1818 (W. 146), as amended by S.I. 2007/2811 (W. 238)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f10",
      "text": "1971 c 80."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2012/513",
      "affecting_title": "The Education (Induction Arrangements for School Teachers) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012"
    },
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "uksi/2008/657",
      "affecting_title": "The Education (Induction Arrangements for School Teachers) (England) Regulations 2008"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/657/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-13T03:34:03.010384+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."
}