The Education Workforce Council (Accreditation of Initial Teacher Training) (Wales) Regulations 2017
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).
Lifecycle
Department
Made
15 Feb 2017
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In force
10 Mar 2017
Enabling power
The Welsh Ministers in exercise of the powers in sections 132(1), 145 and 210(7) of the Education Act 2002having consulted the Education Workforce Council as required by section 132(4) of that Act, and the powers in sections 2(2) and 47(1) of, and by paragraph 12(1)(b) of Schedule 1 to, the Education (Wales) Act 2014, make the following Regulations:
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