{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-teaching-council-for-england-registration-of-teachers-regulations-2000/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2000/2176",
  "legislation_title": "The General Teaching Council for England (Registration of Teachers) Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/general-teaching-council-for-england-registration-of-teachers-regulations-2000",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—\n“the 1988 Act” means the Education Reform Act 1988;\n“the 1998 Act” means the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998;\n“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;\n“Code of Practice” means the code of practice authorised to be issued under regulation 13;\n“the Council” means the General Teaching Council for England;\n“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;\n“independent school” has the same meaning as in section 463 of the Education Act 1996;\n“induction period” means an induction period served in accordance with regulations made in relation to England or Wales under section 19 of the 1998 Act;\n“institution within the further education sector” has the same meaning as in section 91(3) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992;\n“institution within the higher education sector” has the same meaning as in section 91(5) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992;\n“non-maintained special school” means a special school which is neither a community special school nor a foundation special school;\n“qualified teacher” has the same meaning as in section 218(2) of the 1988 Act;\n“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 these Regulations, and “registration” shall be construed accordingly;\n“registered teacher” means a person for the time being registered under section 3 of the 1998 Act;\n“school maintained by a local education authority” has the same meaning as in section 142(1) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998; and\n“special school” has the same meaning as in section 337(1) of the Education Act 1996.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1988 c. 40."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1996 c. 56; section 463 is amended by paragraphs 57 and 124 of Schedule 30 to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c. 31)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Section 19 is amended by section 139 the Learning and Skills Act 2000 (c. 21). The regulations currently in force under this provision are the Education (Induction Arrangements for School Teachers) (England) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/1065) amended by S.I. 1999/2211, 2000/1001 and 2000/2211."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1992 c. 13."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "The Regulations currently in force under this provision are the Education (Teachers' Qualifications and Health Standards) (England) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/2166)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "1996 c. 56; section 337(1) is amended by paragraph 80 of Schedule 30 to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "added",
      "affecting": "uksi/2001/1267",
      "affecting_title": "The General Teaching Council for England (Registration of Teachers) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2001"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/2176/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:46:57.550456+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."
}