The Education Workforce Council (“the Council”) was continued in existence by section 2 of the Education (Wales) Act 2014 (“the 2014 Act”). Section 4 of the 2014 Act sets out the main functions of the Council. Section 5 of the 2014 Act allows the Welsh Ministers to confer or impose additional functions on the Council. Accordingly, the Education Workforce Council (Accreditation of Initial Teacher Training) (Additional Functions) (Wales) Order 2017 (“the 2017 Order”) confers the following additional functions on the Council (“the Accreditation and Compliance Functions”)—the accreditation of courses or programmes of study of initial school teacher training;monitoring compliance of accredited courses or programmes of study of initial school teacher training with the accreditation criteria;the withdrawal of the accreditation of courses or programmes of study of initial school teacher training; andcharging fees in connection with providing the services in paragraphs (a) to (c).