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The General Teaching Council for England (Eligibility for Provisional Registration) Regulations 2008

S.I. 2008/1884 · Made 15 July 2007

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Education, England

Made 15th July 2007

Laid before Parliament 22nd July 2008

Coming into force 1st September 2008

The Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 3(3A) of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998f1.

In accordance with section 42(9) of that Act he has consulted the General Teaching Council for England.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1998 c.30; subsection (3A) was inserted by paragraph 3(5) of Schedule 12 to the Education Act 2002. See section 43(1) for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and application
  2. 2Eligibility for provisional registration
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and application

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the General Teaching Council for England (Eligibility for Provisional Registration) Regulations 2008 and come into force on 1st September 2008.

(2)

They apply only in relation to England.

2Eligibility for provisional registration

(1)

A person is eligible for provisional registration if the person is not for the time being—

(a)

subject to a direction under section 142(1)(a) of the Education Act 2002f1 (prohibition from teaching, etc);

(b)

subject to a disciplinary order made under Schedule 2 to the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 (disciplinary powers of Council), by virtue of which the person is not eligible for registration; or

(c)

ineligible for registration as a teacher in Scotland or Northern Ireland, or disqualified from being a teacher in any school, by virtue of—

(i)

section 11 of the Teaching Council (Scotland) Act 1965f2;

(ii)

regulation 9 of the Teachers’ (Eligibility) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997f3; or

(iii)

regulations made under article 36 of the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1998f4.

Signature

Jim Knight

Minister of State

Department for Children, Schools and Families

15th July 2008

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations prescribe those persons who are eligible for provisional registration with the General Teaching Council for England.