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Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998

An Act to make provision for the establishment of General Teaching Councils for England and Wales and with respect to the registration, qualifications and training of teachers and the inspection of such training; to make new provision with respect to grants and loans to students in higher or further education and fees payable by them; to make provision with respect to the funding of higher education institutions and certain further education, and other matters relating to further and higher education institutions; to enable the higher and further education funding councils in Scotland to discharge certain functions jointly; to enable young persons to have time off work for study or training; to make provision with respect to the inspection of training and careers services provided in pursuance of arrangements or directions under the Employment and Training Act 1973; to provide that the Scottish Further Education Funding Council shall be a relevant body for the purposes of section 19(5) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995; and for connected purposes.

1998-07-16

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Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998

s. 26(3)

Education Act 2011

Sch. 5

para. 14(2)(a)

s. 82(3)

art. 2

Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998

s. 26(3)

Education Act 2011

Sch. 5

para. 14(2)(c)

s. 82(3)

art. 2

Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998

s. 26(3)(c) and word

Education Act 2011

Sch. 5

para. 14(2)(b)

s. 82(3)

art. 2

Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998

s. 26(11)

Education Act 2011

Sch. 5

para. 14(3)(a)

s. 82(3)

art. 2

Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998

s. 26(11)(b)

Education Act 2011

Sch. 5

para. 14(3)(b)

s. 82(3)

art. 2

Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998

s. 22(1)

Higher Education and Research Act 2017

s. 86(2)

s. 124(2)

Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998

s. 22(2)(a)

Higher Education and Research Act 2017

s. 86(3)(a)

s. 124(2)

Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998

s. 22(2)(b)

Higher Education and Research Act 2017

s. 86(3)(a)

s. 124(2)

Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998

s. 22(2)(c)

Higher Education and Research Act 2017

s. 86(3)(a)

s. 124(2)

Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998

s. 22(2)(g)

Higher Education and Research Act 2017

s. 86(3)(b)(i)

s. 124(2)

Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998

s. 22(2)(g)

Higher Education and Research Act 2017

s. 86(3)(b)(ii)

s. 124(2)

Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998

s. 22(2)(i)

Higher Education and Research Act 2017

s. 86(3)(c)

s. 124(2)

Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998

s. 22(2)(j)

Higher Education and Research Act 2017

s. 86(3)(d)

s. 124(2)

Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998

s. 22(4A)

(4B)

Higher Education and Research Act 2017

s. 86(4)

s. 124(2)

Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998

s. 22(5)

Higher Education and Research Act 2017

s. 86(5)(a)

s. 124(2)

Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998

s. 22(5)(a)(i)

Higher Education and Research Act 2017

s. 86(5)(b)

s. 124(2)

Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998

s. 22(5)(c)

Higher Education and Research Act 2017

s. 86(5)(b)

s. 124(2)

Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998

s. 22(5)(d)(ii)

Higher Education and Research Act 2017

s. 86(5)(c)

s. 124(2)

Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998

s. 22(5)(ea)

Higher Education and Research Act 2017

s. 86(5)(d)

s. 124(2)

Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998

s. 22(5)(f)

Higher Education and Research Act 2017

s. 86(5)(e)(i)

s. 124(2)

Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998

s. 22(5)(f)

Higher Education and Research Act 2017

s. 86(5)(e)(ii)

s. 124(2)

Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998

s. 22(5)(h)

Higher Education and Research Act 2017

s. 86(5)(f)

s. 124(2)

Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998

s. 22(10)

Higher Education and Research Act 2017

s. 86(6)

s. 124(2)

Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998

s. 22(11)

Higher Education and Research Act 2017

s. 86(7)

s. 124(2)

Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998

s. 46(7)

Higher Education and Research Act 2017

s. 86(8)(a)

s. 124(2)

Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998

s. 46(8)

Higher Education and Research Act 2017

s. 86(8)(b)

s. 124(2)

Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998

s. 23(7)(a)(i)

Higher Education and Research Act 2017

s. 87(2)

s. 124(2)

Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998

s. 24(2)

Higher Education and Research Act 2017

s. 87(3)(a)

s. 124(2)

Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998

s. 24(3)(b)(i)

Higher Education and Research Act 2017

s. 87(3)(a)

s. 124(2)

Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998

s. 24(6)(c)

Higher Education and Research Act 2017

s. 87(3)(b)(i)

s. 124(2)

Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998

s. 24(6)(c)(i)

Higher Education and Research Act 2017

s. 87(3)(b)(ii)

s. 124(2)

Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998

s. 24(10)

Higher Education and Research Act 2017

s. 87(3)(c)

s. 124(2)

Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998

s. 3(3)(a)

Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006

Sch. 10

s. 51

57(3)

60(4)

64(5)

s. 65

Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998

s. 28A

Skills and Post-16 Education Act 2022

s. 15(1)

s. 15(2)

s. 36(3)

Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998

s. 27

Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022

Deddf Addysg Drydyddol ac Ymchwil (Cymru) 2022

Sch. 4

para. 10

s. 19

s. 148(2)

SCHEDULES

F4 SCHEDULE 1 General Teaching Council for Wales

Section 1(9).

Annotations:

Amendments (Textual)

Sch. 1 repealed (1.4.2015) by Education (Wales) Act 2014 (anaw 5), s. 50(4), Sch. 3 para. 3; S.I. 2015/29, art. 3(x) (with art. 4)

F4 Status of Council

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F4 Powers

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F4 Chairman and members of Council

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F4 Salaries, allowances, pensions and other payments

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F4 Staff

F45

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F46

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F47

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F4 Finance

F48

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F4 Committees

F49

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F4 Delegation of functions

F410

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F4 Proceedings

F411

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F412

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F413

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F4 Accounts

F414

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F4 Annual reports

F415

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F4 Application of seal and proof of instruments

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F417

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F418Power to amend Schedule

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F5SCHEDULE 2 Disciplinary powers of Council

Section 6.

Annotations:

Amendments (Textual)

Sch. 2 repealed (1.4.2015) by Education (Wales) Act 2014 (anaw 5), s. 50(4), Sch. 3 para. 3; S.I. 2015/29, art. 3(x) (with art. 4)

F5 Investigation, hearing and determination of disciplinary cases

F51

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F5 Disciplinary orders: general

F52

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F5 Conditional registration orders

F53

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F5 Suspension orders

F54

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F5 Prohibition orders

F55

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F5 Appeals against disciplinary orders

F56

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F5 Supplementary provisions

F57

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F5 Interpretation

F58

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SCHEDULE 3 Minor and consequential amendments

Section 44(1).

Public Records Act 1958 (c.51)

1

In Schedule 1 to the Public Records Act 1958 (definition of public records), in Part II of the Table at the end of paragraph 3 (organisations whose records are public records), insert at the appropriate places—

General Teaching Council for England.

General Teaching Council for Wales.

Superannuation Act 1972 (c.11)

2

In Schedule 1 to the Superannuation Act 1972 (kinds of employment to which schemes may apply), in the list of “Other Bodies”, insert at the appropriate places—

~~F1A body corporate created by virtue of section 59A(2)(c) of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992.~~

General Teaching Council for England.

General Teaching Council for Wales.

House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c.24)

3

In Part III of Schedule 1 to the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (disqualifying offices) insert at the appropriate places—

Any member of the General Teaching Council for England in receipt of remuneration.

Any member of the General Teaching Council for Wales in receipt of remuneration.

Education (Scotland) Act 1980 (c.44)

4

In section 133 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 (regulations)—

a

in subsection (2), at the beginning insert “ Subject to subsections (2A) and (2B) below, ”; and

b

after subsection (2) insert—

2A
Subsection (2) above shall not apply to the first regulations to be made under section 73(f) of this Act with respect to loans; and no such regulations shall be made (whether alone or with other regulations) unless a draft of the statutory instrument containing the regulations has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.
2B
Subsection (2) above shall not apply to any regulations under section 73(f) of this Act with respect to loans, other than the regulations mentioned in subsection (2A) above, where a draft of the statutory instrument containing the regulations has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.

Education (Fees and Awards) Act 1983 (c.40)

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Education Reform Act 1988 (c.40)

6

In section 232(6) of the Education Reform Act 1988 (orders and regulations: provision for Wales) omit “other than section 218(1)(b) or (c), (5) or (6)”.

Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c.13)

7

In section 17 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (“further education corporation” and “operative date”), at the end of subsection (1) add “or which has become a further education corporation by virtue of section 47 of this Act”.

8

In section 90(3) of that Act (interpretation), after “ “university”” insert “ (except where the context otherwise requires) ”.

Charities Act 1993 (c.10)

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Employment Rights Act 1996 (c.18)

10

After section 47 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 insert—

47A Employees exercising right to time off work for study or training.
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An employee has the right not to be subjected to any detriment by any act, or any deliberate failure to act, by his employer or the principal (within the meaning of section 63A(3)) done on the ground that, being a person entitled to—
a
time off under section 63A(1) or (3), and
b
remuneration under section 63B(1) in respect of that time taken off,
the employee exercised (or proposed to exercise) that right or received (or sought to receive) such remuneration.
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Except where an employee is dismissed in circumstances in which, by virtue of section 197, Part X does not apply to the dismissal, this section does not apply where the detriment in question amounts to dismissal (within the meaning of that Part).

11

In section 48 of that Act (complaints to employment tribunals)—

a

in subsection (1) for “46 or 47” substitute “ 46, 47 or 47A ”; and

b

at the end insert—

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In this section and section 49 any reference to the employer includes, where a person complains that he has been subjected to a detriment in contravention of section 47A, the principal (within the meaning of section 63A(3)).

12

In section 58 of that Act (right to time off for occupational pension scheme trustees), at the end of subsection (3) add

, and
c
references to training are to training on the employer’s premises or elsewhere.

13

In section 104 of that Act (assertion of statutory right) at the end insert—

5
In this section any reference to an employer includes, where the right in question is conferred by section 63A, the principal (within the meaning of section 63A(3)).

14

In section 225 of that Act (rights during employment), after subsection (4) insert—

4A
Where the calculation is for the purposes of section 63B, the calculation date is the day on which the time off was taken or on which it is alleged the time off should have been permitted.

Education Act 1996 (c.56)

15

In section 578 of the Education Act 1996 (meaning of “the Education Acts”), insert at the appropriate place—

the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998

I1SCHEDULE 4 Repeals

Section 44(2).

Annotations:

Commencement Information

Sch. 4 partly in force; Sch. 4 not in force at Royal Assent; Sch. 4 in force for specified repeals at 13.8.1998 by S.I. 1998/2004, art. 2 (subject to savings in arts. 3-7); Sch. 4 in force for specified repeals at 1.10.1998 by S.I. 1998/2215, art. 2; Sch. 4 in force for specified repeals at 1.1.1999 by S.I. 1998/3237, art. 2(1) (subject to savings in arts. 3 and 4) and art 2(2)

Chapter	Short title	Extent of repeal
1962 c. 12.	Education Act 1962.	The whole Act.
1973 c. 16.	Education Act 1973.	Section 3.
1980 c. 20.	Education Act 1980.	Section 19.
		Schedule 5.
1983 c. 40.	Education (Fees and Awards) Act 1983.	In section 2(3), paragraph (a) and in paragraph (b) the word “other”.
1988 c. 40.	Education Reform Act 1988.	Section 209.
		In section 218(1)(c), the words “schools and”.
		In section 232(6), the words “other than section 218(1)(b) or (c), (5) or (6)”.
1990 c. 6.	Education (Student Loans) Act 1990.	The whole Act.
1993 c. 10.	Charities Act 1993.	In Schedule 2, paragraphs (h) and (j).
1996 c. 9.	Education (Student Loans) Act 1996.	The whole Act.
1996 c. 56.	Education Act 1996.	In section 578, the entries relating to the Education Act 1962 and the Education (Student Loans) Acts of 1990, 1996 and 1998.
		In Schedule 37, paragraphs 4 to 7 and 98.
1998 c. 1.	Education (Student Loans) Act 1998.	The whole Act.