# The Requirements for Teachers (Scotland) Regulations 2005, Regulation 9: Existing qualifications for teaching hearing impaired or visually impaired pupils

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Any teacher, who immediately before 30th September 2005 possessed–
(a) a special qualification to act as a teacher of deaf pupils for the purposes of regulation 7(1) of the Schools (Scotland) Code 1956 shall be treated as possessing a qualification as referred to in regulation 5 above; or
(b) a special qualification to act as a teacher of blind pupils or as a blind teacher of the blind for the purposes of regulation 7(2) of the Schools (Scotland) Code 1956 shall be treated as possessing a qualification as referred to in regulation 6 above.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2005/355/regulation/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/requirements-for-teachers-scotland-regulations-2005/regulation-9
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