Part 8Teachers

Further education

I1I2137 Principals of further education institutions

F41

Regulations may provide that a person may serve as the principal of a further education institution F5in Wales only if he has a specified qualification.

2

Regulations under subsection (1) shall not prevent a person from serving as the principal of an institution while he is following a course or programme which—

a

is of a kind specified in the regulations, and

b

is designed to lead to the award of a qualification specified under subsection (1).

F12A

Regulations under subsection (1) may limit the period of time during which a person may serve as the principal of an institution in reliance on subsection (2).

3

A provision of regulations F2made under subsection (1) by the Welsh Ministers in relation to Wales shall not apply to a person who has been appointed as the principal of an institution F3in England or Wales ” before the commencement of the provision.

4

Regulations under subsection (1) shall not prevent a person from carrying out the functions of the principal of an institution—

a

pending the appointment of a principal, or

b

in the absence of the principal.