Statutory Instruments
EDUCATION, ENGLAND
Made
31st May 2000
Laid before Parliament
2nd June 2000
Coming into force
30th June 2000
In exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 1(5) and (7) and 42(7) of, and paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to, the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998(1), the Secretary of State for Education and Employment hereby makes the following Regulations:
1. These Regulations may be cited as the General Teaching Council for England (Constitution) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 30th June 2000.
2. The General Teaching Council for England (Constitution) Regulations 1999(2) shall be amended by—
(a)the substitution in regulation 3 of “64” for “63”;
(b)the substitution in regulation 8 of “17” for “16”;
(c)the deletion of the word “and” at the end of regulation 8(m);
(d)the insertion of the word “and” at the end of regulation 8(n); and
(e)the insertion after regulation 8(n) of the following paragraph:
“(o)one member by the Disability Rights Commission.”.
Jacqui Smith
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department for Education and Employment
31st May 2000
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the General Teaching Council for England (Constitution) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/1726) to provide for the Disability Rights Commission to appoint one member of the Council. The membership of the Council is thereby increased to 64 members.
1998 c. 30: for the meaning of “prescribed” and “regulations ” see section 43(1); the Secretary of State can exercise the powers under Part I of that Act only in relation to England: see article 2 of and Schedule 1 to the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672).