# The General Teaching Council for England (Additional Functions) Order 2000, Article 2


In this Order—
“the 1988 Act” means the Education Reform Act 1988;
“the 1998 Act” means the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998;
“advanced skills teacher” means a teacher who has been certified by an assessor appointed by the Secretary of State for Education and Employment as eligible for appointment to an advanced skills teacher post;
“Council” means the General Teaching Council for England;
“employer” in relation to a teacher includes a person who engages or makes arrangements for the engagement of that teacher to provide his services as a teacher otherwise than under a contract of employment, and “prospective employer”, “employed” and “employment” shall be construed accordingly;
“induction period” means an induction period served in accordance with regulations under section 19 of the 1998 Act;
“qualified teacher” has the same meaning as in section 218(2) of the Education Reform Act 1988;
“the Register” means the register of teachers which the Council are required to establish and maintain in accordance with section 3 of the 1998 Act and Regulations made under section 4 of that Act, and “registration” shall be construed accordingly;
“registered teacher” means a person for the time being registered under section 3 of the 1998 Act; and
“teacher” includes any person relating to whom the Council are required by this Order to maintain records.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/2175/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/general-teaching-council-for-england-additional-functions-order-2000/article-2
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