# The Education (School Teachers' Qualifications) (England) Regulations 2003, Regulation 8: Mandatory Qualifications for teachers of pupils who are both hearing and visually impaired

Extent: E+W

(1) Subject to paragraph (2) and regulation 9, a person shall not be a qualified teacher for the purpose of teaching a class of pupils who are both hearing impaired and visually impaired unless in addition to being a qualified teacher in accordance with regulation 5, he possesses a qualification approved by the Secretary of State for the purpose of this regulation.
(2) A person who possesses a qualification approved under regulation 6 or 7 shall be a qualified teacher for the purpose of paragraph (1) if his head teacher is satisfied that no teacher with a qualification approved under paragraph (1) is available to teach the class in question.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1662/regulation/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2003/regulation-8
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