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1Citation and commencement#
These Regulations may be cited as the Education (General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 and come into operation on 21st December 2009.
2Amendments to the General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland (Constitution) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001#
(1)The General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland (Constitution) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2)In regulation 4 (Eligibility for election, appointment and to vote in elections) after sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (2) add—“d he is barred from regulated activity relating to children in accordance with Article 7(2) of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order 2007.”
(3)In regulation 8 (Term of office) after sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (4) add—“d he is barred from regulated activity relating to children in accordance with Article 7(2) of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order 2007.”
3Amendments to the General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland (Registration of Teachers) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004#
(1)The General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland (Registration of Teachers) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 are amended in accordance with paragraph (2).
(2)For regulation 3 (Disqualification from registration), substitute—“3 For the purposes of Article 35 of the 1998 Order, a person is not eligible for registration unless he is a qualified teacher or if he is not eligible to teach, or disqualified from being a teacher in any school, by virtue of—a section 3(3)(d) of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998;b section 11 of the Teaching Council (Scotland) Act 1965;c the Teachers’ (Eligibility) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997;d regulations made under Article 36 of the 1998 Order;e his inclusion in the list kept under regulation 8 of the Education (Prohibition from Teaching or Working with Children) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007; orf being barred from regulated activity relating to children in accordance with Article 7(2) of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order 2007.”
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