Regulation 3 Interpretation

Save where the context otherwise requires, in these Regulations —

• “the 1998 Act” (“Deddf 1998”) means the School Standards and Framework Act 1998^f1;

• “the 2002 Act” (“Deddf 2002”) means the Education Act 2002^f2;

• “the 1999 Regulations” (“Rheoliadau 1999”) means the Education (Teachers' Qualifications and Health Standards) (Wales) Regulations 1999^f3;

• “appropriate body” (“corff priodol”) means the appropriate body under regulation 5;

• “authority” (“awdurdod”) means a local education authority;

• “the Council” (“y Cyngor”) means the General Teaching Council for Wales;

• “employer” (“cyflogwr”) includes an authority, governing body or other person who engage (or make arrangements for the engagement of) a person to provide his or her services as a teacher otherwise than under a contract of employment, and “employed” (“cyflogi”), “employment” (“cyflogaeth”) and any expressions relating to the termination of employment are to be construed accordingly;

• “employment-based teacher training scheme” (“cynllun hyfforddi athrawon ar sail cyflogaeth”) means a scheme established by the National Assembly under regulation 8 of the School Teachers' Qualifications Regulations;

• “England’s Induction Regulations” (“Rheoliadau Ymsefydlu Lloegr”) means regulations made from time to time under section 19 of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998^f4 in relation to teachers in England;

• “FE college” (“coleg AB”) means an institution within the further education sector as defined in section 91(3) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992^f5;

• “governing body” (“corff llywodraethu”) in relation to an FE college has the same meaning as in section 90(1) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992;

• “graduate teacher” (“athro neu athrawes raddedig”) means a person who was granted an authorisation to teach in accordance with paragraphs 5 to 11 of Schedule 2 to the 1999 Regulations before 1 September 2004;

• “head teacher” (“pennaeth”) includes the principal of an FE college;

• “induction period” (“cyfnod ymsefydlu”) means an induction period required by these Regulations;

• “institution” (“sefydliad”) means a relevant school, an independent school or an FE college in which an induction period may be served under these Regulations, as the context requires;

• “key stage” (“cyfnod allweddol”) has the same meaning as in section 103(1) of the 2002 Act;

• “the National Assembly” (“y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol”) means the National Assembly for Wales;

• “non-maintained special school” (“ysgol arbennig nas cynhelir”) means a special school which is neither a community special school nor a foundation special school;

• “qualified teacher” (“athro neu athrawes gymwysedig”) means a person who satisfies requirements specified in regulations made under section 132 of the 2002 Act^f6;

• “registered teacher” (“athro neu athrawes gofrestredig”) means a person who was granted an authorisation to teach in accordance with paragraphs 12 to 18 of Schedule 2 to the 1999 Regulations before 1 September 2004;

• “relevant school” (“ysgol berthnasol”) means a school maintained by an authority or a non-maintained special school;

• “school day” (“diwrnod ysgol”) in relation to a school means any day on which at that school there is a school session, and in relation to an FE college, means any day on which the college meets;

• “school session” (“sesiwn ysgol”) has the same meaning as in regulations 4 and 5 of the Education (School Day and School Year) (Wales) Regulations 2003^f7;

• “the School Teachers' Qualifications Regulations” (“Rheoliadau Cymwysterau Athrawon Ysgol”) means the Education (School Teachers' Qualifications) (Wales) Regulations 2004^f8;

• “school term” (“tymor ysgol”) includes a term of a an FE college;

• “school year” (“blwyddyn ysgol”) includes the academic year of an FE college;

• “short term supply teacher” (“athro neu athrawes gyflenwi tymor byr”) means a supply teacher who is employed for a period of less than one term;

• “special school” (“ysgol arbennig”) has the same meaning as in section 337(1) of the Education Act 1996^f9;

• “supply teacher” (“athro neu athrawes gyflenwi”) 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

• “working day” (“diwrnod gwaith”) means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day which is a bank holiday within the meaning of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971^f10.

For the purposes of these Regulations a person has completed an induction period when that person has served an induction period of —

where the appropriate body extends the induction period in accordance with regulation 10, the period of that extension.

Any reference in these Regulations to —