{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/further-education-principals-qualifications-england-regulations-2007/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/further-education-principals-qualifications-england-regulations-2007/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/1864",
  "legislation_title": "The Further Education (Principals’ Qualifications) (England) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/further-education-principals-qualifications-england-regulations-2007",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Principals’ qualification",
  "text": "Subject to regulation 5, a person may serve as a principal of a further education institution only if that person holds—\n(a) the Principals’ Qualification; or\n(b) a relevant qualification obtained in an EEA State or Switzerland recognised in accordance with the provisions of Council Directive 92/51/EEC and Directive 2005/36/EC.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 209, 24.7.1992, p24. This Directive as amended has been implemented by the European Communities (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) (Second General System) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/2934), as amended by S.I. 2004/1771, 2004/2033, 2005/882, 2006/1718, 2006/3214 and 2007/289. These Regulations apply to a range of professions including further education teachers, for which the Secretary of State is the designated authority."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on the recognition of professional qualifications.(OJ L 255, 30.9.2005, p22), also implemented by S.I. 2002/2934 as amended."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/1864/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:49:59.449176+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}