{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teaching-and-higher-education-act-1998/section-15A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teaching-and-higher-education-act-1998/section-15A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1998/30",
  "legislation_title": "Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teaching-and-higher-education-act-1998",
  "path": "section/15A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "15A",
  "heading": "Supply of information by contractor, agency, &c.",
  "text": "(1) This section applies to arrangements made by one person (the “agent”) for a registered teacher (the “teacher”) to carry out work at the request of or with the consent of a relevant employer (whether or not under a contract).\n(2) Subsection (4) applies where an agent—\n(a) has terminated the arrangements on a ground mentioned in section 15(1A),\n(b) might have terminated the arrangements on a ground mentioned in that subsection if the worker had not terminated them, or\n(c) might have refrained from making new arrangements for a teacher on a ground mentioned in that subsection if he had not ceased to make himself available for work.\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) ... The agent shall provide prescribed information to the Council.\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(6) If the National Assembly thinks that an agent has failed or is likely to fail to comply with a duty arising under subsection (4), the National Assembly may direct the person to comply with the duty.\n(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(8) A direction under subsection (6) shall be enforceable, on the application of the National Assembly, by a mandatory order.\n(9) Subsection (5) of section 15 shall apply for the purposes of this section as it applies for the purposes of that section.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 15, 15A substituted for s. 15 (31.3.2003 for W. and 1.6.2003 for E.) by Education Act 2002 (c. 32), s. 216(4), Sch. 21 para. 83 (with ss. 210(8), 214(4)); S.I. 2002/3185, art. 5, Sch. Pt. II; S.I. 2003/1115, art. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 15A(1) substituted (17.12.2008 for E. for specified purposes) by Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (c. 47), s. 65, Sch. 9 para. 6(2) (with ss. 51, 57(3), 60(4), 64(5)); S.I. 2008/3204, art. 2(b)(iv)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 15A(2) substituted (1.4.2012) by Education Act 2011 (c. 21), s. 82(3), Sch. 2 para. 12(a); S.I. 2012/924, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 15A(2)(a) substituted (17.12.2008 for E. for specified purposes) by Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (c. 47), s. 65, Sch. 9 para. 6(3)(a) (with ss. 51, 57(3), 60(4), 64(5)); S.I. 2008/3204, art. 2(b)(iv)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Word in s. 15A(2)(b) substituted (17.12.2008 for E. for specified purposes) by Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (c. 47), s. 65, Sch. 9 para. 6(3)(b) (with ss. 51, 57(3), 60(4), 64(5)); S.I. 2008/3204, art. 2(b)(iv)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Word in s. 15A(2)(c) substituted (17.12.2008 for E. for specified purposes) by Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (c. 47), s. 65, Sch. 9 para. 6(3)(c)(i) (with ss. 51, 57(3), 60(4), 64(5)); S.I. 2008/3204, art. 2(b)(iv)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Word in s. 15A(2)(c) substituted (17.12.2008 for E. for specified purposes) by Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (c. 47), s. 65, Sch. 9 para. 6(3)(c)(ii) (with ss. 51, 57(3), 60(4), 64(5)); S.I. 2008/3204, art. 2(b)(iv)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "S. 15A(3) omitted (1.4.2012) by virtue of Education Act 2011 (c. 21), s. 82(3), Sch. 2 para. 12(b); S.I. 2012/924, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in s. 15A(4) omitted (1.4.2012) by virtue of Education Act 2011 (c. 21), s. 82(3), Sch. 2 para. 12(c)(i); S.I. 2012/924, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in s. 15A(4) substituted (1.4.2012) by Education Act 2011 (c. 21), s. 82(3), Sch. 2 para. 12(c)(ii); S.I. 2012/924, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "S. 15A(5) omitted (1.4.2012) by virtue of Education Act 2011 (c. 21), s. 82(3), Sch. 2 para. 12(b); S.I. 2012/924, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "S. 15A(7) omitted (1.4.2012) by virtue of Education Act 2011 (c. 21), s. 82(3), Sch. 2 para. 12(b); S.I. 2012/924, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F13",
      "text": "Word in s. 15A(9) substituted (17.12.2008 for E. for specified purposes) by Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (c. 47), s. 65, Sch. 9 para. 6(6)(a) (with ss. 51, 57(3), 60(4), 64(5)); S.I. 2008/3204, art. 2(b)(iv)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F14",
      "text": "Words in s. 15A(9) substituted (17.12.2008 for E. for specified purposes) by Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (c. 47), s. 65, Sch. 9 para. 6(6)(b) (with ss. 51, 57(3), 60(4), 64(5)); S.I. 2008/3204, art. 2(b)(iv)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/30/section/15A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:22:41.955368+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}