Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Further Education Teachers’ Qualifications, Continuing Professional Development and Registration (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 and come into force on 1st April 2012.

Amendment of the Further Education Teachers’ Qualifications (England) Regulations 2007

2. In regulation 2(1) (interpretation) of the Further Education Teachers’ Qualifications (England) Regulations 2007( 2 ), in the definition of “QTS” for “General Teaching Council for England” substitute “Secretary of State”.

Amendment of the Further Education Teachers’ Continuing Professional Development and Registration (England) Regulations 2007

3. —(1)The Further Education Teachers’ Continuing Professional Development and Registration (England) Regulations 2007( 3 ) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2 (application), after paragraph (2) insert—

“ (3) These Regulations do not apply to a teacher who is employed solely in a sixth form college and who holds, or who has commenced a course of teacher training with a view to obtaining, qualified teacher status awarded by the Secretary of State. ” ;

(3) In regulation 4(6) (continuing professional development of teachers), after “teacher” omit the words “, other than one who is employed solely in a sixth form college and is registered with the GTC(E),”.

(4) In regulation 5 (registration of teachers)—

(a) in paragraph (1) for the words “paragraphs (2) and (3)” substitute “paragraph (3)”;

(b) omit paragraph (2);

(c) in paragraph (3) after “institution” omit the words “and is registered with the GTC(E),”;

(d) omit paragraph (4).