(1) The title of this Order is the Education Workforce Council (Accreditation of Initial Teacher Training) (Additional Functions) (Wales) Order 2017.
(2) This Order comes into force on 16 February 2017.
(3) This Order applies in relation to Wales.
S.I. 2017/154 (W.)
The Education Workforce Council (Accreditation of Initial Teacher Training) (Additional Functions) (Wales) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/154 (W.))
The Education Workforce Council (βthe Councilβ) was continued in existence by section 2 of the Education (Wales) Act 2014 (βthe 2014 Actβ). Section 4 of the 2014 Act sets out the main functions of the Council. Section 5 of the 2014 Act allows the Welsh Ministers to make an Order conferring or imposing additional functions on the Council. Accordingly, this Order confers additional functions on the Council relating to the accreditation and withdrawal of accreditation of courses or programmes of study of initial school teacher training (article 3).
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In this Orderβ
βthe accreditation criteriaβ (β y meini prawf achredu β) means the criteria for the accreditation or the withdrawal of accreditation specified by the Welsh Ministers under regulations made under section 132 of the Education Act 2002 ;
β the Council β (β y Cyngor β) means the Education Workforce Council continued in existence by section 2 of the Education (Wales) Act 2014.
(1) The Council is to have the functions ofβ
(a) accrediting courses or programmes of initial school teacher training (βthe Serviceβ);
(b) monitoring compliance of accredited courses or programmes of initial teacher training with the accreditation criteria;
(c) withdrawing accreditation of courses or programmes of initial school teacher training; and
(d) charging fees in connection with providing the Service.
(2) The fees charged by the Council pursuant to paragraph (1)(d) may not exceed the cost of providing the Service.
(3) In exercising the functions in paragraph (1) the Council is to have regard to any forecast of demand for newly qualified teachers that is notified to it in writing by the Welsh Ministers.
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