# The Time Off for Public Duties (No. 2) Order 2000

S.I. 2000/2463 · made 11 September 2000

Section 50 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 requires an employer to allow time off during working hours, subject to the provisions of the section, to an employee of his who is a justice of the peace or who is a member of a body set out in section 50(2). A “relevant education body” is one of the bodies mentioned in section 50(2), and section 50(9) lists the relevant education bodies.

Made under: Employment Rights Act 1996 (Section 50)

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/time-off-for-public-duties-no-2-order-2000/pdf/uksi_20002463_en.pdf

## Introductory text

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
Made 11th September 2000
Laid before Parliament 13th September 2000
Coming into force 5th October 2000
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 50(10) of the Employment Rights Act 1996, hereby makes the following Order:

## 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Time Off for Public Duties (No. 2) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 5th October 2000.

## 2 Time off: the General Teaching Councils

(1) Section 50(9) of the Employment Rights Act 1996 shall be modified as follows.
(2) Omit the word “or” after paragraph (g).
(3) After paragraph (h), insert—
“(i) the General Teaching Council for England, or
(j) the General Teaching Council for Wales.”.

## Signature

Jacqui Smith
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department for Education and Employment
11th September 2000

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
Section 50 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 requires an employer to allow time off during working hours, subject to the provisions of the section, to an employee of his who is a justice of the peace or who is a member of a body set out in section 50(2). A “relevant education body” is one of the bodies mentioned in section 50(2), and section 50(9) lists the relevant education bodies.
This Order modifies section 50(9) by adding the General Teaching Council for England and the General Teaching Council for Wales to the list of relevant education bodies whose members are covered by section 50.

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