{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-induction-arrangements-for-school-teachers-england-regulations-2012/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-induction-arrangements-for-school-teachers-england-regulations-2012/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2012/1115",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Induction Arrangements for School Teachers) (England) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-induction-arrangements-for-school-teachers-england-regulations-2012",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“appropriate body” means the appropriate body under regulation 4;\n“authority” means a local authority;\n“institution” means a school or institution in which an induction period may be served under these Regulations;\n“teaching school hub” means a school which has been designated as such by the Secretary of State\n“the 1998 Act” means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 ;\n“the 2003 Qualifications Regulations” means the Education (School Teachers' Qualifications) (England) Regulations 2003 ;\n“the 2008 Induction Regulations” means the Education (Induction Arrangements for School Teachers) (England) Regulations 2008 ;\n“the Welsh Induction Regulations” means the Education (Induction Arrangements for School Teachers) (Wales) Regulations 2015.\n(2) For the purposes of these Regulations, “head teacher” includes the principal of an institution.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 3 substituted (1.9.2021) by The Education (Coronavirus) (School Teachers’ Qualifications, Induction, Inspection Arrangements, Etc) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/385), regs. 1(4), 5(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 3 substituted (1.9.2021) by The Education (Coronavirus) (School Teachers’ Qualifications, Induction, Inspection Arrangements, Etc) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/385), regs. 1(4), 5(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1998 c. 31."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "S.I. 2003/1662, as amended by section 74 of the Education Act 2005 (c.18) and further amended by S.I. 2007/2782, 2009/3156, 2010/1172 and 2012/431."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "S.I. 2008/657, as amended by S.I. 2010/1172 and S.I. 2012/513."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1115/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:33:25.324999+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."
}