Regulation 3 Scope

(1)

These Regulations apply to the profession of—

(a)

qualified teacher (within the meaning of section 132 of the Education Act 2002^f1) in a school (as defined in section 14(6) of the Education (Wales) Act 2014^f2) in Wales;

(b)

head teacher (within the meaning of section 135 of the Education Act 2002) in a school (as defined in section 14(6) of the Education (Wales) Act 2014) in Wales.

(2)

These Regulations apply to the profession of teacher at a further education institution (within the meaning of section 140 of the Education Act 2002) in Wales.

(3)

These Regulations apply to any profession regulated under Part 4 of the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016^f3.

(4)

These Regulations do not apply to—

(a)

any profession in relation to which specific arrangements directly related to the recognition of professional qualifications are made in any EU Regulation, EU Directive, EU decision or EU tertiary legislation and the effect of those arrangements exclude the application of Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 7th September 2005 on the recognition of professional qualifications^f4;

(b)

a professional regulatory provision to the extent that it implements EU legislation concerning the regulation of a profession, where there is no choice as to the exact way in which those requirements are to be transposed.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 2002 c. 32.
f2: 2014 anaw 5.
f3: 2016 anaw 2.
f4: OJ No. L 255, 30.9.2005, p. 22, as amended by Directive 2013/55/EU (OJ No. L 354, 28.12.2013, p. 132).