PART 2EDUCATION WORKFORCE

Registration of education workforce

10Eligibility for registration

1

A person is eligible for registration if the person meets the conditions in this section.

2

The first condition is that the person—

a

meets the description of a category of registration and has satisfactorily completed any period of induction required by virtue of section 17, or

b

satisfies such requirements for provisional registration as the Welsh Ministers may by regulations specify.

3

The second condition is that the person is not—

a

barred from regulated activity relating to children (within the meaning of section 3(2) of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (c. 47)),

b

subject to a disciplinary order made under this Act by virtue of which the person is ineligible to register, or

c

disqualified from working in a post equivalent to the category of registration for which registration is sought in another part of the United Kingdom.

4

The third condition is that, at the time of registration, the Council is satisfied that the applicant is a suitable person to be registered in the category of registration for which registration is sought.

5

In exercising its functions under subsection (4), the Council must have regard to any guidance issued by the Welsh Ministers.

6

The Welsh Ministers may by order amend subsection (3) to specify such additional grounds of ineligibility as they consider necessary or expedient.

7

Before making an order under subsection (6) the Welsh Ministers must consult such persons or bodies as they consider appropriate.