Regulation 5 Eligibility for appointmentsI1

England and Wales

No person is eligible for appointment under regulations 6 or 7 where—

(a)

the person is barred from regulated activity relating to children within the meaning of section 3(2) of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006^f1;

(b)

the person is prohibited from teaching by virtue of a direction under section 142(1)(a) of the Education Act 2002^f2;

(c)

the person is prohibited from being employed as a teacher by virtue of a prohibition order under section 141B of the Education Act 2002;

(d)

a disciplinary order is made in respect of the person under Schedule 2 to the 1998 Act by virtue of which the person becomes ineligible for registration under section 3 of the 1998 Act;

(e)

a disciplinary order is made in respect of the person under section 26^f3 of the 2014 Act by virtue of which the person becomes ineligible for registration under section 9 of the 2014 Act;

(f)

the person is disqualified from being employed as a teacher in any school by virtue of an order made—

(i)

by an Independent Schools Tribunal under section 470 of the 1996 Act^f4, or

(ii)

by the Secretary of State or the Welsh Ministers under section 471 of the 1996 Act^f5; or

(g)

the person is ineligible for registration as a teacher, or disqualified from being a teacher in any school or further education institution in another part of the United Kingdom.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 5 in force at 29.9.2014, see reg. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1: 2006 c. 47.
f2: 2002 c. 32.
f3: Section 26 of the 2014 Act is not yet in force at the date these Regulations come into force. It is anticipated that section 26 will be fully commenced on 1 April 2015.
f4: Repealed by section 215(2) of, and Part 3 of Schedule 22 to, the Education Act 2002.
f5: Repealed by section 215(2) of, and Part 3 of Schedule 22 to, the Education Act 2002.