Education (Teachers' Qualifications and Health Standards) (England) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2001

• Citation: S.I. 2001/3737
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation, commencement and application

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Teachers Qualifications and Health Standards) (England) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 15th December 2001.

(2) These Regulations shall apply only in relation to England.

(3) In these Regulations a reference to the principal Regulations is a reference to the Education (Teachers Qualifications and Health Standards) (England) Regulations 1999 .

Section 2 New regulation 15 of the principal Regulations

After regulation 14 of the principal Regulations the following regulation shall be inserted—

Accredited institutions

(15)

(1) The Teacher Training Agency may accredit an institution as a provider of courses of initial teacher training.

(2) The Teacher Training Agency shall only accredit an institution which satisfies such criteria as may from time to time be specified by the Secretary of State.

(3) The Teacher Training Agency may withdraw the accreditation of an institution in accordance with such criteria as may from time to time be specified by the Secretary of State.

(4) Before specifying any criteria under paragraphs (2) and (3) the Secretary of State shall consult the Teacher Training Agency.

Section 3 Consequential amendments to the principal Regulations

(1) In the definition of “accredited institution” in regulation 3(2) of the principal Regulations “paragraph 2 of Schedule 3” shall be replaced with “regulation 15”.

(2) Paragraph 5 of Part II of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations shall be replaced with the following paragraph:

(5) Any accreditation for the purposes of paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to the 1993 Regulations in force immediately before 1st September 1999 or for the purposes of paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to these Regulations in force immediately before 15th December 2001 shall have effect as if given for the purposes of regulation 15.

(3) In paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to the principal Regulations:

(a) insert “and” and after “Awards;”, at the end of sub-paragraph (a);

(b) replace “; and” at the end of sub-paragraph (b) with a full stop; and

(c) delete sub-paragraph (c).