Further Education Teachers' Qualifications (Wales) Regulations 2002

Welsh Statutory Instrument 2002 No. 1663 (W.158)

Further Education Teachers' Qualifications (Wales) Regulations 2002

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

2002 No. 1663 (W.158)
EDUCATION, WALES
Further Education Teachers' Qualifications (Wales) Regulations 2002

	Made	25th June 2002
	Coming into force	1st July 2002

In exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 218(1)(b) and (10)(aa) and 232(5) and (6) of the Education Reform Act 1988[1] and now vested in the National Assembly for Wales[2], the National Assembly for Wales makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and application
     1. - (1) These Regulations are called the Further Education Teachers' Qualifications (Wales) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 1st July 2002.

    (2) These Regulations apply only to Wales.

Interpretation
     2. In these Regulations -

Tystysgrif Addysg

"institution within the further education sector" ("sefydliad o fewn y sector addysg bellach") means an institution within the meaning of section 91(3) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992[

y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol

athro neu athrawes berthnasol

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cymhwyster addysgu AB cam 2

cymhwyster addysgu AB cam 1

swydd cam 3

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swydd cam 1

Rheoliadau 1999

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Relevant teachers to have qualifications
3. - (1) This regulation applies to every person who becomes a relevant teacher on or after 1st July 2002 at an institution within the further education sector in Wales who has not at any time before that date been -

(a) a relevant teacher (at an institution within the further education sector in England or Wales);

(b) a teacher at -

(c) a teacher at an institution (in England or Wales) which, before 1st April 2001 was an external institution within the meaning of section 6(5) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992[5];

(d) a teacher at -

(e) a teacher at an institution in the European Economic Area, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man providing education which is equivalent to secondary or further education and which is part of the public system of education of the state or territory in question.

(2) Every relevant teacher to whom this regulation applies who at any time is employed full-time must, before the date determined in accordance with regulation 4(1) (if it occurs), hold -

(3) Every relevant teacher to whom this regulation applies who at any time is employed part-time under a contract to work for a specified proportion of the period for which a full-time teacher is employed to work must, before the date determined in accordance with regulation 4(1) (if it occurs), hold -

(4) Every relevant teacher to whom this regulation applies who is at any time employed part-time and who does not fall within paragraph (3) must, before the date determined in accordance with regulation 4(2) (if it occurs), hold -

(5) For the purposes of this regulation -

Dates referred to in regulation 3
4. - (1) The date referred to in regulation 3(2) and (3) is the date on which the teacher has been employed full-time, or part-time under a contract such as is mentioned in regulation 3(3) for a period of, or for discontinuous periods which when added together amount to -

(a) two years from the date on which the relevant course started, where the teacher is employed full-time; and

(b) four years from the date on which the relevant course started, where the teacher is employed part-time.

(2) The date referred to in regulation 3(4) is -

(a) where the teacher is employed in a stage 1 post, the date on which the teacher has been employed for a period of, or for discontinuous periods which when added together amount to, two years from the date on which the relevant course started;

(b) where the teacher is employed in a stage 2 post, the date on which the teacher has been employed in a stage 2 or stage 3 post for a period of, or for discontinuous periods which when added together amount to, four years from the date on which the relevant course started;

(c) where the teacher is employed in a stage 3 post, the date on which the teacher has been employed in a stage 3 post for a period of, or for discontinuous periods which when added together amount to, four years from the date on which the relevant course started.

(3) The "relevant course" referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) is -

(a) for the purposes of paragraph (1), the first course leading to a stage 3 FE teaching qualification which the teacher might reasonably attend, starting after the teacher first becomes a relevant teacher employed full-time, or employed part-time under a contract such as is mentioned in regulation 3(3);

(b) for the purpose of paragraph (2)(a), the first course leading to a stage 1 FE teaching qualification which the teacher might reasonably attend, starting after the teacher first becomes a relevant teacher;

(c) for the purposes of paragraph (2)(b), the first course leading to a stage 2 FE teaching qualification which the teacher might reasonably attend, starting after the teacher takes up a stage 2 or stage 3 post for the first time; and

(d) for the purpose of paragraph (2)(c), the first course leading to a stage 3 FE teaching qualification which the teacher might reasonably attend, starting after the teacher takes up a stage 3 post for the first time.

(4) In computing the periods referred to in paragraphs (1) to (3) the following periods are not to be taken into account -

(a) any periods during which the teacher is on sick leave, maternity leave or parental leave; and

(b) any other periods which in all the circumstances it is reasonable to leave out of account.

Amendment of the 1999 Regulations
5. Regulation 4 of the 1999 Regulations is amended as follows -

(a) in paragraph (2)(b) after "further education institution" there is inserted "maintained by a local education authority"; and

(b) for paragraph (3) there is substituted -

" (3) The requirement in paragraph (1) is additional to the requirements relating to qualifications for employment at schools and institutions within the further education sector contained in Part IV of these Regulations and the Further Education Teachers' Qualifications (Wales) Regulations 2002 respectively.".