Article 2

In this Order—

• “authority” means a local education authority;

• “graduate teacher” means an unqualified teacher who—

  1. (a)

     has been granted an authorisation under Part II of Schedule 2 to the Education (Teachers' Qualifications and Health Standards) (England) Regulations 1999^f1, or

  2. (b)

     participates in a training programme referred to in paragraph 9 of Schedule 3 to those Regulations; and

• “school which has a delegated budget” means a school which has a delegated budget within the meaning of Part II of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998^f2.

In this Order, a reference to employing a graduate teacher includes engaging a graduate teacher to provide his services as a teacher otherwise than under a contract of employment.