Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “the 1996 Act” (“Deddf 1996”) means the Education Act 1996^f1;

• “the 1998 Act” (“Deddf 1998”) means the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998^f2;

• “the 2002 Act” means the Education Act 2002 (“Deddf 2002”)^f3;

• “the 2014 Act” (“Deddf 2014”) means the Education (Wales) Act 2014;

• “the 2012 Regulations” (“Rheoliadau 2012”) means the School Teachers’ Qualifications (Wales) Regulations 2012^f4;

• “accredited course or programme of study” (“cwrs neu raglen astudio achrededig”) means a course or programme of initial school teacher training accredited by the Council under article 3(1)(a) of the Education Workforce Council (Accreditation of Initial Teacher Training) (Additional Functions) (Wales) Order 2017;

• “accreditation criteria” (“meini prawf achredu”) means the criteria specified by the Welsh Ministers under regulation 4;

• “accredited institution” (“sefydliad achrededig”) means an institution accredited by the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales under regulation 7 of the 2012 Regulations;

• “Appeals Committee” (“Pwyllgor Apelau”) means the accreditation of initial school teacher training appeals committee established under regulation 7;

• “the applicant” (“y ceisydd”) means an institution submitting an application for accreditation by the Council of a course or programme of initial school teacher training;

• “Committee” (“Pwyllgor”) means the accreditation of initial school teacher training committee established under regulation 5;

• “the Council” (“y Cyngor”) means the Education Workforce Council continued in existence by section 2 of the 2014 Act;

• “chief officer” (“prif swyddog”) means the chief officer of the Council;

• “further education institution” (“sefydliad addysg bellach”) has the meaning given in section 140 of the 2002 Act;

• “member of the Council” (“aelod o’r Cyngor”) means a member of the Council appointed in accordance with paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the 2014 Act;

• “provider” (“darparwr”) means a body that provides courses or programmes of initial school teacher training.