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The Standards in Scotland’s Schools etc. Act 2000 (Commencement No. 8 and Savings) Order 2006

S.S.I. 2006/232 · Made 28 April 2006

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EDUCATION

Made 28th April 2006

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 61(2), (3) and (4) of the Standards in Scotland’s Schools etc. Act 2000f1, hereby make the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2000 asp 6.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and Interpretation
  2. 2Appointed day
  3. 3Savings
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and Interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Standards in Scotland’s Schools etc. Act 2000 (Commencement No. 8 and Savings) Order 2006.

(2)

In this Order “the 1965 Act” means the Teaching Council (Scotland) Act 1965f1.

2Appointed day

1st July 2006 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Standards in Scotland’s Schools etc. Act 2000:–

(a)

section 49 (Provision of information to Council), in so far as not already in force; and

(b)

section 50 (Professional Conduct Committee and Investigating and Disciplinary Sub-committees) for the purpose of the insertion, into the 1965 Act, of—

(i)

section 11(1)(ii) and (iii), (2) to (7) and, insofar as not already in force, (9); and

(ii)

section 11A(1) and (2).

3Savings

Where the General Teaching Council for Scotlandf1 has received the notification, under section 9B of the 1965 Act, before the day appointed under article 2—

(a)

neither the Disciplinary Sub-committee nor the Investigating Sub-committeef2 shall make a direction under section 11A of the 1965 Act; and

(b)

the Disciplinary Sub-committee shall not make a direction under section 11(1)(ii) or (iii) of the 1965 Act.

Signature

PETER J PEACOCK

A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

28th April 2006

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Article 2(a) brings into force the remaining provisions of section 49 of the Standards in Scotland’s Schools etc Act 2000 which inserts section 9B(a)(ii) and (c) into the Teaching Council (Scotland) Act 1965. Article 2(b) brings into force further provisions of section 50 of the 2000 Act which inserts section 11(1) (ii) and (iii), (2) to (7) and, in so far as not already in force, (9) and, section 11A(1) and (2) into the 1965 Act.

Article 3 makes savings provisions. The article provides that the relevant sub-committees of General Teaching Council for Scotland shall not make directions under the powers commenced in this Order in respect of a notification under section 9B of the 1965 Act which is received by the Council before 1st July 2006.