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Regulation 2 Citation, commencement and interpretation

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(1)

In these Regulations–

  • “the 1996 Act” means the Education Act 1996f1;

  • “the 1988 Act” means the Education Reform Act 1988f2;

  • “the 1998 Act” means the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998;

  • “the Council” means the General Teaching Council for Wales;

  • “members” means members of the General Teaching Council for Wales;

  • “primary school” has the meaning assigned to it by section 5(1) of the 1996 Act except that it does not include a special school;

  • “secondary school” has the meaning assigned to it by section 5(2) of the 1996 Act except that it does not include a special school;

  • “special school” has the meaning assigned to it by section 337 of the 1996 Actf3.

(2)

In these Regulations “teacher” means–

(a)

on and after the date of establishment of a register of teachers under section 3 of the 1998 Act, a registered teacher; and

(b)

before that date, a qualified teacher within the meaning of section 218(2) of the 1988 Actf4.

(3)

In these Regulations a reference to a regulation is a reference to a regulation contained herein, a reference in a regulation to a paragraph is a reference to a paragraph of that regulation, and a reference to a Schedule is a reference to the Schedule to these Regulations.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

1996 c. 56.

f2

1988 c. 40.

f3

Section 337 is prospectively amended by paragraph 80 of Schedule 30 to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.

f4

The regulations currently in force under subsection (2) are the Education (Teachers) Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/543) amended by S.I. 1994/222, 1995/2594, 1997/368 and 2679 and 1998/1584.