Explanatory note

These Regulations amend the General Teaching Council for England (Disciplinary Functions) Regulations 2001 (“the Disciplinary Regulations”).

Regulation 4 amends regulation 9 of the Disciplinary Regulations to provide a duty on the General Teaching Council for England (“the Council”) and its committees to provide information about cases to the Secretary of State where an issue relating to the safety and welfare of children arises and where a prohibition order has been made on grounds of unacceptable professional conduct or following a conviction for a relevant offence.

Regulation 5 inserts a new regulation to provide an Investigating Committee with a power to request information from an employer or an agent which the committee considers relevant to an investigation.

Regulation 6 amends regulation 18 of the Disciplinary Regulations to allow for suspension orders to contain conditions which a registered teacher must comply with before he becomes eligible for registration. Regulation 7 amends regulation 20 of the Disciplinary Regulations to allow a registered teacher to apply for such conditions to be varied or revoked by the Council.

Regulations 8 and 9 amend regulation 29 of, and the Schedule to, the Disciplinary Regulations to provide the circumstances where an employer or a person who arranges for a registered teacher to carry out work for such an employer are required to provide information to the Council.