Regulation 5

in paragraph 1(1)(b) the words “in paragraphs 2 to 10” shall be substituted with the words “in paragraphs 2 to 10A”;

in paragraph 1(1)(b) the words “in paragraphs 7, 8 or 10” shall be substituted with the words “in paragraphs 7, 8, 10 or 10A”;

in paragraph 1(2) the words “in paragraphs 2 to 10” shall be substituted with the words “in paragraphs 2 to 10A”;

in paragraph 1(3) the words “in paragraphs 7, 9 or 10” shall be substituted with the words “in paragraphs 7, 9, 10 or 10A” each time they occur;

in paragraph 9, sub-paragraph 9(1)(b) shall be substituted with the following sub-paragraph—

“(b)

has either—

(i)

satisfactorily completed a training programme, or

(ii)

successfully completed a programme of professional training for teachers in any country outside the United Kingdom and which is recognized as such by the competent authority in that country;”; and

after paragraph 10 the following paragraph shall be inserted—

“10A

(1)

The recommending authority has submitted to the Secretary of State a recommendation that a person should be awarded qualified teacher status and a statement that—

(a)

on the date of the recommendation he is employed as—

(i)

a teacher in a further education institution; or

(ii)

an instructor in a school in accordance with paragraph 3 of Schedule 2;

(b)

he has been assessed by the recommending authority as meeting the specified standards;

(c)

(i)

before 1st January 1974 he obtained qualifications meeting the requirements of paragraph 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 or 17 of Part II of this Schedule, or

(ii)

before 1st January 1974 he obtained a degree granted by a United Kingdom university or by the Council for National Academic Awards or by a foreign institution; or

(iii)

before 1st September 1989 he obtained a degree granted by a United Kingdom university or by the Council for National Academic Awards or by a foreign institution in mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, botany, zoology, physiology, biochemistry or geology;

(d)

he was employed as a teacher in a further education institution before 1st September 1989;

(e)

he holds a Certificate in Education or a Post-graduate Certificate in Education; and

(f)

in the opinion of the recommending authority, he has sufficient teaching experience to be able to teach pupils aged from 14 years to 19 years.

(2)

In this paragraph—

(a)

“recommending authority” means—

(i)

in the case of a teacher who is not a head teacher or principal, the head teacher or principal of the further education institution at which the person is employed to teach; and

(ii)

in the case of a head teacher or principal, the chairman of the governing body;

(b)

“foreign institution” has the same meaning as in paragraph 2(2)(b); and

(c)

“specified standards” has the same meaning as in paragraph 9(2)(b).”.