The General Teaching Council for Wales (Constitution) (Amendment) Regulations 2003

Made: 25th February 2003

Coming into force: 17th March 2003

The National Assembly for Wales makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 1(5) and (7) of, and paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998[^f00001] and now vested in the National Assembly for Wales[^f00002]:

Name and commencement

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These Regulations are called the General Teaching Council for Wales (Constitution) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 17th March 2003.

Amendment of the General Teaching Council for Wales (Constitution) Regulations 1999

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• (1) The General Teaching Council for Wales (Constitution) Regulations 1999[^f00003] are amended as follows.

• (2) The Schedule to the General Teaching Council for Wales (Constitution) Regulations 1999 is replaced by the following Schedule —

SCHEDULE (1) National Union of Teachers (Cymru) (2) National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (Cymru) (3) Secondary Heads Association in Wales (4) Professional Association of Teachers (5) National Association of Head Teachers in Wales (6) Undeb Cenedlaethol Athrawon Cymru (7) Association of Teachers and Lecturers (8) NATFHE — The University and College Lecturers' Union (9) Fforwm Ltd (10) Further Education National Training Organisation (11) National Association for Special Educational Needs (12) National Council for Education and Training for Wales (13) Association of Directors of Education in Wales (14) Welsh Local Government Association (15) Wales TUC Cymru (16) Governors Wales (Confederation of School Governors Associations in Wales) (17) Roman Catholic Church in Wales (18) Church in Wales (19) Churches Joint Education Policy Committee (20) Heads of Higher Education Wales (21) Universities Council for the Education of Teachers Cymru (22) Confederation of British Industry Wales (23) Parent Teacher Associations of Wales (24) Independent Schools Information Service Wales (25) Welsh Secondary Schools Association (26) Welsh Primary Schools Association (27) Institute of Directors (28) Welsh Association of Standing Advisory Councils on Religious Education (29) Association of Directors of Social Services in Wales (30) Wales Council for Voluntary Action

Signed

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998[^f00004]

D. Elis-Thomas — The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly — 25th February 2003

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the General Teaching Council for Wales (Constitution) Regulations 1999 by replacing the Schedule to those Regulations.

The replacement Schedule updates the list of organisations that have the right to nominate persons for appointment by the National Assembly for Wales to the General Teaching Council for Wales.

The following organisations have been removed from Part Two of the Schedule:

• Wales Special Needs Action Group

• Council of Welsh TECs Ltd

• Council for Industry and Higher Education

• Head Masters' and Headmistresses' Conference

• Independent Schools Council

• Federation of Small Businesses

The following organisations have been added to Part Two of the Schedule:

• National Council for Education and Training for Wales

• Wales TUC Cymru

The name “University Council for the Education of Teachers Cymru” has been changed to “Universities Council for the Education of Teachers Cymru”.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1998 c. 30; for the meaning of “prescribed” and “regulations” see section 43(1). Section 1(5) and (7) and Schedule 1 have effect in relation to the General Teaching Council for Wales by virtue of the General Teaching Council for Wales Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2911).

[^f00002]: See the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672).

[^f00003]: S.I. 1999/1619, amended by S.I. 1999/3185(W.43).

[^f00004]: 1998 c. 38.