SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 15Further and higher education: reduction of burdens

PART 2Measures applying to England only

Regulation of qualification requirements for teaching staff and principals

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1

The following provisions of the Education Act 2002 cease to have effect in relation to England—

a

section 136(a) (which allows regulations to be made prohibiting the provision of education at a further education institution by a person who does not have a specified qualification);

b

section 136(b) (which allows regulations to be made prohibiting the provision of education at a further education institution by a person unless the person is serving or has served a probationary period);

c

section 137 (which allows regulations to be made providing that a person may serve as the principal of a further education institution only if the person has a specified qualification);

d

section 138 (which makes further provision for the purposes of sections 136 and 137).

2

Accordingly, those provisions are amended as follows—

a

in section 136(a), after “further education institution” insert “ in Wales ”;

b

in section 136(b), after “further education institution” insert “ in Wales ”;

c

in section 137(1), after “further education institution” insert “ in Wales ”;

d

in section 138, omit subsection (2).