The General Teaching Council for England (Eligibility for Provisional Registration) Regulations 2008

• Citation: S.I. 2008/1884
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation, commencement and application

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the General Teaching Council for England (Eligibility for Provisional Registration) Regulations 2008 and come into force on 1st September 2008.

(2) They apply only in relation to England.

Section 2 Eligibility for provisional registration

(1) A person is eligible for provisional registration if the person is not for the time being—

(a) subject to a direction under section 142(1)(a) of the Education Act 2002 (prohibition from teaching, etc );

(b) subject to a disciplinary order made under Schedule 2 to the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 (disciplinary powers of Council), by virtue of which the person is not eligible for registration; or

(c) ineligible for registration as a teacher in Scotland or Northern Ireland, or disqualified from being a teacher in any school, by virtue of—

(i) section 11 of the Teaching Council (Scotland) Act 1965 ;

(ii) regulation 9 of the Teachers’ (Eligibility) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 ; or

(iii) regulations made under article 36 of the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 .