Paragraph 1

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch.5, para 2(2)(f)(ii)(c) amended by Education (Teachers) 1991
Sch.5, para 2(2)(f)(iv)(c) inserted by Education (Teachers) 1991
sch. 5 para. 2 amended by Education (Teachers) 1990
sch. 5 amended by Education (Teachers) 1989
Sch.5, para 2(2)(f) inserted by Education (Teachers) 1991

(1)

A person shall be a qualified teacher for the purpose of regulation 13 (but subject to regulations 15 to 17) if–

(a)

he was qualified to be employed as a teacher on 31st August 1989 by virtue of Schedule 5 to the Education (Teachers) Regulations 1982, or

(b)

if paragraph 2(3) applies to him and he has received written notification from the Secretary of State that he is a qualified teacher, or

(c)

if, the Secretary of State being satisfied on or after 1st September 1989 that he is a person mentioned in paragraph 2(2) and, if he is a person mentioned in paragraph 2(2)(c) or (e), that the statement submitted by the recommending body is correct, he has received written notification from the Secretary of State that he is a qualified teacher

and in the case of a person receiving written notification under (b) or (c) the person shall, subject to sub-paragraphs (2), (3), (4) and (5), be qualified from such date as the Secretary of State may provide in the notification.

(2)

The Secretary of State may provide for a person mentioned in paragraph 2 to be a qualified teacher from a date not more than one year prior to the date of notification to the extent that that is appropriate having regard to all the circumstances of the case.

(3)

In the case of a person mentioned in paragraph 2(2)(c)(i), the Secretary of State shall not provide for a person to be a qualified teacher from a date prior to the date on which he completed two school years' full-time service or the period of part-time service specified in the licence as a licensed teacher.

(4)

In the case of a person mentioned in paragraph 2(2)(c)(ii), the Secretary of State shall not provide for a person to be a qualified teacher from a date prior to the date on which he completed one school year’s service as a licensed teacher.

(5)

In the case of a person mentioned in paragraph 2(2)(c)(iii), the Secretary of State shall not provide for a person to be a qualified teacher from a date prior to the date on which he completed one term’s service as a licensed teacher.