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The General Teaching Council for Wales (Additional Functions) (Amendment) Order 2006

W.S.I. 2006/1341 · Made 16 May 2006

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EDUCATION, WALES

Made 16 May 2006

Coming into force 31 May 2006

In exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 7(1) and (4) and 42(6) and (7) of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998f1 and now vested in the National Assembly for Walesf2, the National Assembly for Wales, being of the opinion that the General Teaching Council for Wales may, having regard to their general objectives, appropriately discharge the additional functions hereby conferred and having carried out such consultation as appears to it to be appropriate, makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1998 c. 30. The relevant provisions apply in relation to the General Teaching Council for Wales by virtue of sections 8 and 9 of the Act and the General Teaching Council for Wales Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2911).

f2

See the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I 1999/672).

Contents

  1. 1Title and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the General Teaching Council for Wales (Additional Functions) Order 2000
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Title and commencement

The title of this Order is the General Teaching Council for Wales (Additional Functions) (Amendment) Order 2006 and it comes into force on 31 May 2006.

2Amendment of the General Teaching Council for Wales (Additional Functions) Order 2000

The General Teaching Council for Wales (Additional Functions) Order 2000f1is amended as follows-

(a)

in Part I of the Schedule, in paragraph 2 after “(c)”there is inserted “, (3B)”; and

(b)

in Part II of the Schedule, after paragraph 20 there is inserted-

“20A

Where a person is a qualified teacher who is ineligible for registration pursuant to section 3(3B) of the 1998 Actf2(ie. because the Council are not satisfied as to the person's suitability to be a teacher), particulars of the grounds on which the decision to refuse the application was taken.”.

Signature

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998f1

D. Elis-Thomas

The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly

16 May 2006

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends The General Teaching Council for Wales (Additional Functions) Order 2000. That Order requires the General Teaching Council for Wales (“the Council”) to maintain records relating to specified categories of persons. This Order adds to those categories persons ineligible for registration because the Council are not satisfied as to their suitability to be teachers. It also requires the Council to include in its records particulars of the grounds on which it was decided that a person is not suitable to be a teacher.