art 4 Requirements to work as an adult learning practitioner
(1) A person may not work as an adult learning practitioner for or on behalf of any community-based adult learning provider unless— (a) the conditions in paragraphs (2) and (3) are met, or (b) paragraph (4) applies. (2) The first condition is that the person must be registered under section 9 of the 2014 Act (register maintained by the Council) in the category of adult learning practitioner. (3) The second condition is that the person must— (a) have at least one of the qualifications specified in Part 1 of the Schedule, or (b) meet the alternative requirement specified in Part 2 of the Schedule. (4) A person who complies with the first condition but who does not comply with the second condition may, if they are working towards a qualification specified in the Part 1 of the Schedule, work as an adult learning practitioner for a period not exceeding— (a) 3 years from the date on which they started working towards the qualification where the person is employed full-time, or (b) 5 years from the date on which they started working towards the qualification where the person is employed part-time. (5) When calculating the periods specified in paragraph 4(a) and (b), any period of absence from work is to be disregarded if it is— (a) in exercise of a person’s— (i) right to maternity leave conferred by section 71 or 73 of the 1996 Act or a contract of employment and where the person has the right to return to work by virtue of either of these sections or a contract of employment; (ii) right to parental leave conferred by section 76 of the 1996 Act ; (iii) right to paternity leave conferred by section 80A or 80B of the 1996 Act ; (iv) right to adoption leave conferred by section 75A or 75B of the 1996 Act ; (v) right to shared parental leave conferred by section 75E or 75G of the 1996 Act ; or (vi) right to parental bereavement leave conferred by section 80EA of the 1996 Act ; or (b) because of pregnancy.