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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-school-teachers-qualifications-england-regulations-2003/schedule-2/paragraph-12",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/1662",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (School Teachers' Qualifications) (England) Regulations 2003",
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  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/12",
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  "number": "12",
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  "text": "(1) Before 1st September 2004 the recommending authority has submitted to the Council a recommendation that the person should be awarded qualified teacher status and a statement that –\n(a) on the date of the recommendation he is employed as a teacher in an independent school;\n(b) he has been assessed by the recommending authority as meeting the specified standards;\n(c) before –\n(i) 1st January 1974 he obtained qualifications meeting the requirements of paragraph 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 or 20 of Part 2 of this Schedule, or\n(ii) 1st January 1974 he obtained a degree granted by a United Kingdom university or by the CNAA or by a foreign institution, or\n(iii) 1st September 1989 he obtained a degree granted by a United Kingdom university or by the CNAA or by a foreign institution in mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, botany, zoology, physiology, biochemistry or geology; and\n(d) he was employed as a teacher in an independent school at any time before 1st September 1989.\n(2) In this paragraph – “recommending authority” means –\n(a) in the case of a teacher who is not a head teacher or principal, the head teacher or principal of the independent school at which he is employed to teach, and\n(b) in the case of a head teacher or principal, the chairman of the governing body of the school, or if none the proprietor of the school.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1662/schedule/2/paragraph/12",
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  "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."
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