# The Education Workforce Council (Membership and Appointment) (Wales) Regulations 2014, Note: Explanatory note

Extent: E+W

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
Section 2 in Part 2 of the Education (Wales) Act 2014 provides that the General Teaching Council for Wales is to continue to exist but will change its name to the Education Workforce Council (“the Council”). Part 2 makes further provision in relation to the Council. These Regulations make provision in relation to membership of the Council and the appointment of the chief officer and they come into force on 29 September 2014 except for those provisions in regulation 2 which come into force on 1 April 2015 when it is anticipated that the Council will be fully operational.
Schedule 1 to the Education (Wales) Act 2014 (“the 2014 Act”) provides that the Council will have 14 members appointed by the Welsh Ministers. Seven of those members must be appointed from nominees of organisations set out in the Schedule to these Regulations (regulations 4 and 6). The remaining seven will be appointed by the Welsh Ministers without nomination (regulations 4 and 7).
Regulation 5 sets out the grounds on which a person will not be eligible for appointment. This provision mirrors the grounds for removal from office set out in paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to the 2014 Act.
Regulation 8 makes provision about the filling of vacancies among members of the Council before the expiry of that member’s term of office.
Regulation 9 makes provision about the appointment of the chief officer of the Council.
Regulation 10 makes provision about the selection panel that must be appointed in relation to the appointment of the chief officer.
The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result, it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2014/2365/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-workforce-council-membership-and-appointment-wales-regulations-2014/note
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