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The Public Services Reform (General Teaching Council for Scotland) Order 2011

S.S.I. 2011/215 · Made 17 March 2011 · Extends to Scotland

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Public Services Reform

Education

Made 17th March 2011

Coming into force in accordance with article 2 and Schedule 1

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 14(1), (3)(a) and (b), and (7)(a) and (b) of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010f1 (“the Act”) and all other powers enabling them to do so.

The Scottish Ministers consider that the conditions in section 16(2) and (10) of the Act are satisfied.

The Scottish Ministers consider that the conditions in section 20(4) and (5)(b) of the Act are satisfied in relation to the conferral of a function of legislating on the Scottish Ministers.

The Scottish Ministers have consulted in accordance with section 26 of the Act.

The Scottish Ministers have laid a draft of this Order and an explanatory document before the Scottish Parliament in accordance with section 25(2)(b) of the Act.

In accordance with section 25(2)(c) of the Act, the draft of this Order has been approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

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2010 asp 8.

Contents

  1. Part 1: INTRODUCTORY
  2. 1Citation
  3. 2Commencement
  4. 3Interpretation
  5. Part 2: THE GENERAL TEACHING COUNCIL FOR SCOTLAND
  6. 4General Teaching Council for Scotland
  7. 5Principal aims
  8. 6General functions
  9. 7Public interest
  10. 8Best regulatory practice
  11. 9General powers
  12. 10Advice, research, publication and promotion
  13. 11Recommendations to the Scottish Ministers
  14. 12Co-operation with other teaching councils
  15. 13Employers’ duty to provide information about teachers
  16. Part 3: THE REGISTER
  17. The Register of Teachers
  18. 14The register of teachers
  19. 15GTCS rules
  20. 16Entry in the register of teachers
  21. 17Recognised teaching qualifications
  22. 18Fitness to teach
  23. 19Barred individuals
  24. 20Registration fees
  25. 21Temporary restriction
  26. 22Removal from register
  27. 23Notices
  28. 24Appeals
  29. 25Employers: duty to report misconduct or incompetence
  30. Register of other education professionals
  31. 26Register of other education professionals
  32. Offences
  33. 27Offences
  34. Part 4: STANDARDS OF EDUCATION, TRAINING, ETC.
  35. 28Consultation
  36. 29Teaching qualifications: primary and secondary education
  37. 30Teaching qualifications: further education
  38. 31GTCS duty to make re-accreditation scheme
  39. Part 5: FINAL PROVISIONS
  40. 32Transitional and savings provisions
  41. 33Consequential amendments, repeals and revocations
  42. Signature
  43. Schedule 1Provisions of this Order which come into force on 4thApril 2011
  44. Schedule 2: GTCS Membership
  45. 1Membership
  46. 2Elected members
  47. 3Nominated members
  48. 4Appointed members
  49. 5Term of office
  50. 6Initial term of office
  51. 7Membership
  52. 8Power to amend schedule
  53. Schedule 3: Further provision about the GTCS
  54. 1Status
  55. 2Convener
  56. 3Committees
  57. 4Validity of Proceedings and Actions
  58. 5Reports
  59. 6Standing Orders
  60. 7Accounts
  61. 8Remuneration, allowances etc.
  62. 9Staff
  63. 10Grants and loans
  64. 11Delegation of the GTCS’s functions
  65. Schedule 4: Fitness to teach: further provision
  66. 1GTCS rules on fitness to teach
  67. 2Proceedings
  68. 3Legal assessor
  69. Schedule 5: Transitional and savings provisions
  70. 1The Teachers (Education, Training and Recommendation for Registration) (Scotland) Regulations 1993
  71. 2Paragraph 2
  72. 3Paragraph 3
  73. 4Paragraph 4
  74. 5Investigations in progress under section 10B of the 1965 Act
  75. 6Cases in progress before the Disciplinary Sub-committee
  76. 7Persons with right to apply for variation or revocation of conditions under section 11(4) of 1965 Act
  77. 8Persons to whom section11(7) of the 1965 Act applies
  78. 9Persons to whom section 11(9) of the 1965 Act applies and directions made under section 10 of the 1965 Act
  79. 10Entries to which section 11A of the 1965 Act applies
  80. 11Appeals
  81. 12Review
  82. 13The Teaching Council (Scotland) (Legal Assessor) Rules 2006
  83. Schedule 6: Minor and Consequential Amendments
  84. Chapter: Primary legislation
  85. Education (Scotland) Act 1980
  86. 1Paragraph 1
  87. Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007
  88. 2Paragraph 2
  89. Chapter: Secondary legislation
  90. The Colleges of Education (Scotland) Regulations 1987
  91. 3Paragraph 3
  92. The Redundancy Payments (Continuity of Employment in Local Government, etc.) (Modification) Order 1999
  93. 4Paragraph 4
  94. The Scottish Social Services Council (Consultation on Codes of Practice) Order 2001
  95. 5Paragraph 5
  96. The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exclusions and Exceptions) (Scotland) Order 2003
  97. 6Paragraph 6 Repealed
  98. The Requirements for Teachers (Scotland) Regulations 2005
  99. 7Paragraph 7
  100. Schedule 7: Repeals and Revocations
  101. Repeals of primary legislation
  102. Revocations of secondary legislation
  103. Explanatory note