1. These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Induction Arrangements for School Teachers) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st May 2000.

2. The Education (Induction Arrangements for School Teachers) (England) Regulations 1999(2) shall be amended as follows.

3. For paragraph (c) of regulation 4 there shall be substituted the following paragraph-

"(c)the appropriate body in relation to an independent school is-

(i)an authority, or

(ii)such persons or body as the Secretary of State may determine, which persons or body shall include as a member a representative of an authority.".

4.-(1) The word "and" shall be inserted at the end of sub-paragraph (b) of regulation 7(3).

(2) The following sub-paragraph shall be added after sub-paragraph (b) of regulation 7(3)-

"(c)in all cases, before the start of the induction period the proprietor of the school and either an authority or the persons or body determined by the Secretary of State under regulation 4(c) have agreed that the authority or the persons or body, as the case may be, shall act as the appropriate body in relation to the school.".

5. The following paragraph shall be inserted after regulation 14(5)-

"(6) Notice under paragraph (5) may be given to a person by facsimile, electronic mail or other similar means which are capable of producing a document containing the text of the communication, and a notice sent by such a method shall be regarded as given when it is received in legible form.".

6. The following paragraphs shall be added at the end of Schedule 1-

"10. A person who has successfully completed a probationary period for teachers under arrangements approved and supervised by the Director of Education of Gibraltar.

11. A person who has successfully completed the States of Jersey Induction Programme for Newly Qualified Teachers.

12. A person who has been approved by the States of Guernsey Education Council as having successfully completed an induction period for teachers.".

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Education (Induction Arrangements for School Teachers) (England) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/1065).

Regulation 3 enables any local education authority to act as the appropriate body in relation to teacher induction at an independent school.

Regulation 4 prescribes an additional circumstance for the completion of an induction period in an independent school which is that either a local education authority or the persons or body determined by the Secretary of State under regulation 4(c) must have agreed to act as the appropriate body.

Regulation 5 permits appropriate bodies to give notice of their decisions in relation to induction by facsimile or electronic mail or other similar means.

Regulation 6 adds teachers who have successfully completed induction in Gibraltar, Jersey or Guernsey to the list in Schedule 1 of cases in which teachers are exempt from the requirement to serve an induction period.