Regulation 3

for the definition of “appraising body” there shall be substituted–

• ““appraising body” means–

  1. (a)

     in the case of a teacher employed at a school other than a school to which paragraph (b) refers, the local education authority, and

  2. (b)

     in the case of a teacher employed at a former grant-maintained or grant-maintained special school, the governing body of the school;”;

after the definition of “appraisal record” there shall be inserted the following definitions–

• ““former grant-maintained school” means a school maintained by a local education authority which immediately before 1st September 1999 was a grant-maintained school;

• “former grant-maintained special school” means a school maintained by a local education authority which immediately before 1st September 1999 was a grant-maintained special school;”;

for the definition of “qualified teacher” there shall be substituted–

• ““qualified teacher” has the same meaning as in section 218(2) of the Education Reform Act 1988^f1;”;

the definition of “probationary teacher” shall be omitted;

in the definition of “school” the words “, or a grant-maintained school” shall be omitted; and

in the definition of “school teacher” the words “, other than a probationary teacher,” and “maintained by a local education authority or at any one grant-maintained school” shall be omitted.