# The Teachers (Compulsory Registration) (Wales) Regulations 2000, Regulation 2: Compulsory registration with the General Teaching Council for Wales


(1) Subject to paragraph (2), no person who is a qualified teacher shall be employed as a teacher at a school in Wales unless that person is registered in accordance with section 3 of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998, by the General Teaching Council for Wales.
(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply in relation to a person employed as a teacher at a school if that person is employed solely in the provision of –
(a) part-time education to persons over compulsory school age only; or
(b) full-time education to persons who have attained the age of 19 years only; or
(c) both such part-time and full-time education.
(3) In this regulation —
(a) “qualified teacher” has the same meaning as in section 218(2) of the Education Reform Act 1988;
(b) references to a person employed as a teacher include references to a person who is engaged to provide his or her services as a teacher otherwise than under a contract of employment; and
(c) references to a school are references:
(i) to a school maintained by a local education authority within the meaning of section 142(1) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998; or
(ii) to a special school within the meaning of section 337(1) of the Education Act 1996 which is not so maintained.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2000/3122/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-compulsory-registration-wales-regulations-2000/regulation-2
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