# The Teaching Council (Scotland) Election Scheme 1989 Approval Order 1989, Paragraph 5: Qualifications of candidates and electors


(1) Candidates
(a) Only teachers employed on a whole-time basis on 1st Sep tember of an election year in post in a category of employment shall be eligible to be nominated for election for that category;
(b) for the purposes of any election under this Scheme, a candidate for election shall be taken to belong to the category of employment appearing against the candidate’s name on the register on 1st September in each election year;
(c) a teacher who shall have attained the age of 70 years on 1st February of the year succeeding an election shall not be eligible to be nominated for election.
(2) Electors
An elector must be a teacher whose name is on the register on 15th October in an election year.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/2308/schedule/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/teaching-council-scotland-election-scheme-1989-approval-order-1989/schedule/paragraph-5
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