# The Education (Specified Work) (England) Regulations 2012, Regulation 3: Requirement to be qualified

Extent: E+W

(1) Subject to regulation 4, a person may not carry out specified work in a school unless that person—
(a) is a qualified teacher; or
(b) satisfies at least one of the requirements or conditions specified in the Schedule.
(2) Where a provision in the Schedule allows a person to carry out specified work for a specified period, that period shall be extended to take account of any period when the person is absent from work—
(a) in exercise of—
(i) her right to maternity leave conferred by section 71 or 73 of the ERA 1996 or her contract of employment and has the right to return to work by virtue of either of those sections or her contract of employment;
(ii) the right to parental leave conferred by section 76 of the ERA 1996;
(iii) the right to paternity leave conferred by section 80A, ... 80B or ... of the ERA 1996; or
(iv) the right to adoption leave conferred by section 75A or 75B of the ERA 1996; ...
(v) the right to shared parental leave conferred by section 75E or 75G of the ERA 1996;
(vi) the right to parental bereavement leave conferred by section 80EA of the ERA 1996; ...
(vii) the right to carer’s leave conferred by section 80J of the ERA 1996; ...
(viii) the right to neonatal care leave conferred by section 80EF of the ERA 1996; or
(b) because of her pregnancy.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/762/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-specified-work-england-regulations-2012/regulation-3
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