Statutory Instruments
2016 No. 831
Education, England And Wales
The School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Order 2016
Made
4th August 2016
Laid before Parliament
8th August 2016
Coming into force
1st September 2016
Following the reference by the Secretary of State to the School Teachers’ Review Body (“the STRB”) of certain matters under section 120(1) of the Education Act 2002( 1 ) (“the Act”), and after following the procedure set out in section 121 of the Act, the STRB have reported to the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State in accordance with section 120(3) of the Act.
In accordance with section 120(4) of the Act the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State have arranged for the report of the STRB to be published.
In accordance with section 125(1)(b) of the Act the Secretary of State has considered the STRB’s report, and in accordance with section 126 of the Act has consulted such of the persons and bodies referred to in that section as appeared to her to be appropriate.
The Secretary of State for Education makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 122(1), 123, and 124 of the Act.
Citation, commencement, application and interpretation
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Order 2016 and comes into force on 1st September 2016.
(2) This Order applies to school teachers( 2 ) in England and Wales.
(3) In this Order, “the Document” means the document entitled “School teachers’ pay and conditions document 2016 and guidance on school teachers’ pay and conditions” published on the gov.uk website.
The Document
2. The provisions set out in section 2 of the Document have effect on and after 1st September 2016 for the purposes of determining—
(a) the remuneration of school teachers, and
(b) other conditions of employment of school teachers which relate to their professional duties and working time.
Revocation
3.The School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Order 2015( 3 ) is revoked.
Nick Gibb
Minister of State
Department for Education
4th August 2016
School teachers are defined for these purposes in section 122(3)-(5) of the Education Act 2002.
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