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Welsh Statutory Instruments
Education, Wales
Made
18 October 2019
Laid before the National Assembly for Wales
22 October 2019
Coming into force
12 November 2019
The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 122(1), 123 and 124 of the Education Act 2002(1), and now vested in them(2), make the following Order.
The Welsh Ministers in accordance with section 126(3) of that Act have consulted such of the persons and bodies referred to in that section as appeared to the Welsh Ministers to be appropriate.
1.-(1) The title of this Order is the School Teachers' Pay and Conditions (Wales) Order 2019 and it comes into force on 12 November 2019.
(2) This Order applies to school teachers(4) in Wales.
(3) In this Order, "the Document" means the document entitled "School Teachers' Pay and Conditions (Wales) Document 2019 and guidance on school teachers' pay and conditions" dated September 2019(5).
2. The provisions set out in section 2 of the Document have effect on and after 1 September 2019 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.
3. The School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Order 2018(6) is revoked to the extent that it applies in relation to school teachers in Wales.
Kirsty Williams
Minister for Education, one of the Welsh Ministers
18 October 2019
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order makes provision for the determination of the remuneration of school teachers (within the meaning of section 122 of the Education Act 2002 (c. 32)) in Wales and other conditions of employment of school teachers in Wales which relate to their professional duties and working time.
The Order makes this provision by reference to section 2 of a document entitled "School Teachers' Pay and Conditions (Wales) Document 2019 and guidance on school teachers' pay and conditions" ("the Document"). It can be found on the Welsh Government website, www.gov.wales.
The Order makes retrospective provision, under section 123(3) of the Education Act 2002, to provide that the provisions set out in section 2 of the Document have effect on and after 1 September 2019 notwithstanding that the Order comes into force after that date (article 2).
The Order revokes the School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Order 2018 as it applies in Wales (article 3).
The Welsh Ministers' Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to this Order. As a result, a regulatory impact assessment has been prepared as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with this Order. A copy can be obtained from the Workforce Strategy Unit, The Education Directorate, Welsh Government, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NQ.
2002 c. 32. Sections 122 and 123 were amended by article 5(1) of, and paragraph 11 of Part 1 of Schedule 2 to, S.I. 2010/1158.
The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Welsh Ministers by article 39 of the Welsh Ministers (Transfer of Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/644).
This function of the Secretary of State was transferred to the Welsh Ministers by article 39 of the Welsh Ministers (Transfer of Functions) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/644).
School teacher is defined for these purposes in section 122(3) to (6) of the Education Act 2002.
Published online at https://gov.wales/teaching-and-leadership .