Welsh Statutory Instrument 2003 No. 140 (W.12)

The Education (Teachers' Qualifications and Health Standards) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2003

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(a) In regulation 3(2) insert after the definition of "company" - 

" "the Council" ("y Cyngor") means the General Teaching Council for Wales;".

(b) In Part I of Schedule 3 - 


(i) insert after paragraph 1(1)(b): - 


" (ba) if, the Council being satisfied on or after 1st September 2003 that he or she is a person mentioned in paragraphs 2 to 6 or 8 and, if he or she is a person mentioned in paragraph 8 that the statement submitted by the States of Guernsey Education Council is correct, he or she has received written notification from the Council that he or she is a qualified teacher; or";


(ii) insert in paragraph 1(1) after the words "under paragraph (b)" the words "or (ba)", and after the words "from such date as the Assembly" the words "or the Council";

(iii) insert after paragraph 1(2) - 

    " (2A) Subject to sub-paragraph (4), the Council may provide for a person mentioned in paragraphs 2 to 6 or 8 to be a qualified teacher from a date not more than one year prior to the date of notification to the extent that that is appropriate having regard to all the circumstances of the case.";

(iv) in paragraph 1(4) for the words " the Assembly shall not provide " substitute the words "neither the Assembly nor the Council shall provide ".

Amendment of the Teacher Training Incentive (Wales) Regulations 2000
     3. The Teacher Training Incentive (Wales) Regulations 2000[5] are amended by substituting for the definition of "qualified teacher" in regulation 2, the following definition - 

" "qualified teacher" ("athro neu athrawes gymwysedig") has the same meaning as in section 218(2) of the Education Reform Act 1988.".

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998[6]


D. Elis-Thomas
The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly

28th January 2003

[2] 1998 c.30.back

[3] See the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672).back

[4] S.I. 1999/2817 (W.18) as amended by S.I. 2002/2938(W279).back

[5] S.I. 2000/2560 (W.169).back

[6] 1998 c.38.back