Education (Restriction of Employment) Regulations 2000
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2000/2419 |
| Year | 2000 |
2000 No. 2419
EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES
Education (Restriction of Employment) Regulations 2000
Made 5th September 2000
Laid before Parliament 11th September 2000
Coming into force 2nd October 2000
The Secretary of State for Education and Employment, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 218(6), (6ZA), (6A) and (6B) and 232(5) of the Education Reform Act 19881, sections 15 and 42(6) and (7) of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 19982and section 6 of the Protection of Children Act 19993, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and application
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Restriction of Employment) Regulations 2000.
(2) These Regulations shall come into force on 2nd October 2000.
(3) Subject to paragraph (4) these Regulations also apply to Wales4.
(4) Regulation 2(1) and Schedule 1, in so far as they provide for the revocation of regulation 10A of the 1993 Regulations and regulation 3(4) of the Education (Teachers) (Amendment) Regulations 19985, and regulations 10 and 11, do not apply to Wales.
Revocations and transitional provisions
2.—(1) The revocations set out in Schedule 1 shall have effect.
(2) Any prohibition or restriction on a person’s employment in force immediately before 1 October 2000 which—
(a)
(a) is contained in a direction under regulation 10 of the 1993 Regulations; or
(b)
(b) has effect, by virtue of paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the 1993 Regulations, as if so contained
shall have effect as if it were contained in a direction under these Regulations and accordingly regulations 13(1)(b) and 14 shall apply to that direction.
Interpretation
3.—(1) In these Regulations—
“further education institution” means an institution, not being a school, which provides further education (whether or not it also provides higher education) and is either maintained by a local education authority or is within the further education sector;
“worker with children or young persons” means a person, employed—
(a) by a local education authority; or
(b) by the governing body of a school or institution falling within section 218(10) or (11) of the Education Reform Act 19886,
in work, otherwise than as a teacher, which brings him regularly into contact with persons who have not attained the age of nineteen.
(2) In these Regulations any reference to the 1993 Regulations is a reference to the Education (Teachers) Regulations 19937.
Relevant employment
4. Any reference in these Regulations to relevant employment is a reference to employment—
(a) by a local education authority, as a teacher (whether or not at a school or further education institution) or worker with children or young persons;
(b) by any other body, as a teacher at a school or further education institution;
(c) by the governing body of a school or further education institution as a worker with children or young persons;
(d) by the proprietor of an independent school, as a teacher or worker with children or young persons; and
(e) at an independent school, as a teacher or worker with children or young persons; and
includes the engagement of a person to provide his services as a teacher otherwise than under a contract of employment and references to employment or relevant employment shall be construed accordingly.
Prohibition or restriction by the Secretary of State
5.—(1) The powers conferred on the Secretary of State by paragraph (2) shall only be exercisable—
(a)
(a) on medical grounds;
(b)
(b) on the grounds of misconduct;
(c)
(c) on the grounds that the person concerned is not a fit and proper person to be employed as a teacher or worker with children or young persons; or
(d)
(d) on the grounds that the person concerned is included (otherwise than provisionally) in the list kept by the Secretary of State under section 1 of the Protection of Children Act 1999 (list of individuals considered unsuitable to work with children).
(2) Where paragraph (1)(a) or (b) applies the Secretary of State may, subject to such qualifications as he may specify—
(a)
(a) in the case of a person in relevant employment, direct his employer—
(i) to suspend or terminate his employment; or
(ii) to make his continued employment subject to specified conditions; and
(b)
(b) in the case of such a person in respect of whom a direction is given under sub-paragraph (a) or of a person not in relevant employment, direct that—
(i) he be not subsequently appointed to or employed in relevant employment; or
(ii) he be only subsequently so appointed or employed subject to specified conditions, including conditions relating to the employment in question.
(3) Where paragraph (1)(c) or (d) applies, the Secretary of State shall—
(a)
(a) in the case where the person concerned is in relevant employment, direct his employers to terminate his employment and direct that he be not subsequently appointed to or employed in relevant employment; or
(b)
(b) in the case where the person is not in relevant employment, direct that he be not subsequently appointed to or employed in relevant employment.
(4) The employer of a person in relevant employment shall comply with any direction prohibiting or restricting that person’s employment or further employment given under these Regulations.
Consultation
6. Where it appears to the Secretary of State that a person is in relevant employment, he shall not exercise his powers under regulation 5 without first consulting that person’s employer save where regulation 9(1)(a) or (b) applies.
Representations, evidence and information
7.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3) where the Secretary of State is considering exercising his powers under—
(a)
(a) regulation 5, save where regulation 9(1)(a) or (b) applies; or
(b)
(b) regulation 12, save where regulation 9(1)(b) applies,
he shall afford the person concerned the opportunity to make representations to him and, where appropriate, submit medical or other evidence to him within 2 months of the date on which notice of that opportunity is served on the person concerned or, where he is satisfied that the person had good reason not to make such representations or submit such evidence within that period, such further period as the Secretary of State considers reasonable.
(2) A notice shall be deemed to be served for the purposes of this regulation 48 hours after the date on which it is sent.
(3) Paragraph (1) shall not apply where service cannot be effected by reason of the inability of the Secretary of State to ascertain the whereabouts of the person concerned.
Medical examination and evidence
8.—(1) Where the Secretary of State is considering exercising his powers under regulation 5 or 12 he may require the person concerned to submit himself for examination by a qualified medical practitioner appointed by the Secretary of State.
(2) At any time before such medical examination, the Secretary of State, or the person concerned, may submit to the qualified medical practitioner appointed by the Secretary of State a statement containing evidence or other matter relevant to the examination.
(3) The medical examination may be attended by a qualified medical practitioner appointed for the purpose by the person being examined.
Automatic prohibition
9.—(1) This regulation applies in the case of a person who—
(a)
(a) on or after 1st November 1995—
(i) has pleaded guilty to or been found guilty of an offence set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations against or involving a child under the age of sixteen or who has pleaded guilty to or been found guilty of an attempt to commit any such offence, by or before a court in the United Kingdom;
(ii) was employed in relevant employment before or at the time he committed or was convicted of the offence; and
(iii) was aged eighteen or over at the time the offence was committed; or
(b)
(b) is included (otherwise than provisionally) in the list kept by the Secretary of State under section 1 of the Protection of Children Act 1999 (list of individuals considered unsuitable to work with children).
(2) Where paragraph (1)(a) applies, the Secretary of State shall, on receipt of a certificate of conviction in respect of an offence referred to in that paragraph committed by the person concerned, determine that the person concerned is not a fit and proper person to be employed as a teacher or worker with children or young persons, and give a direction in accordance with regulation 5(3)(a) or (b) whichever applies.
(3) Where paragraph (1)(b) applies, the Secretary of State shall, on receipt of notification that the person concerned has been included in the list referred to in that paragraph, give a direction in accordance with regulation 5(3)(a) or (b) whichever applies.
(4) For the purposes of paragraph (2) “certificate of conviction” shall have the meaning given to it by section 73(2) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 19848.
Person not employed in relevant employment
10. The governing body of a school or further education institution, the local education authority so far as it relates to that school or institution and the proprietor of an independent school shall take such steps as are reasonably practicable to prevent a person who is not employed by them in relevant employment but who is the subject of a direction given by the Secretary of State under these Regulations, from providing services in relation to the school or institution or persons attending it which—
(a) are provided by whatever means and whether under contract or otherwise; and
(b) would bring that person providing them regularly into contact with persons who have not attained the age of nineteen,
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