# The Education (Teachers) (Amendment) Regulations 1996

S.I. 1996/1603 · made 24 June 1996

These Regulations amend the Education (Teachers) Regulations 1993 by adding to the cases and circumstances where a teacher employed at a school is exempted from the requirement to be a qualified teacher as defined by the 1993 Regulations. The new exemption applies where the teacher holds a teaching qualification recognised by a competent authority outside the United Kingdom and is in temporary employment as a teacher for a period of not more than two years. There is also a requirement that the teacher should not be employed in a particular post in a school for a period or periods of more than four months in total.

Made under: Education Reform Act 1988 (Section 218, Section 232)

## Introductory text

EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made 24th June 1996
Laid before Parliament 24th June 1996
Coming into force 1st August 1996
In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 218(1)(a) and 232(5) of the Education Reform Act 1988 the Secretary of State hereby makes the following regulations:

## 1 Citation and commencement

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Teachers) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st August 1996.
(2) Any reference in these Regulations to the principal Regulations is a reference to the Education (Teachers) Regulations 1993.

## 2 Amendment of the principal Regulations

At the end of Part I of Schedule 2 to the principal Regulations there shall be inserted the following paragraph:
“Temporary teachers
3A (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, an unqualified teacher may be employed at a school (other than a pupil referral unit) if—
(a) he is recognised as a trained teacher by the competent authority in any country outside the United Kingdom, and
(b) he is employed in any one post at a school (whether by reason of the absence of the holder of that post or otherwise) for periods which do not exceed four months in total.
(2) This paragraph shall not apply in the case of an unqualified teacher after the expiry of a period of two years commencing with the day on which he is first employed as a teacher at a school.”

## Signature

Robin Squire
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department for Education and Employment
24th June 1996

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Education (Teachers) Regulations 1993 by adding to the cases and circumstances where a teacher employed at a school is exempted from the requirement to be a qualified teacher as defined by the 1993 Regulations. The new exemption applies where the teacher holds a teaching qualification recognised by a competent authority outside the United Kingdom and is in temporary employment as a teacher for a period of not more than two years. There is also a requirement that the teacher should not be employed in a particular post in a school for a period or periods of more than four months in total.

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