The Education (Further Education in Schools) Regulations 1993

Made: 8th August 1993

Laid before Parliament: 10th August 1993

Coming into force: 1st September 1993

In exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 16A(2) and 63(3) of the Education (No. 2) Act 1986[^f00001] and sections 89(1A) and 232(5) of the Education Reform Act 1988[^f00002] the Secretary of State for Education, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1

• (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Further Education in Schools) Regulations 1993 and shall come into force on 1st September 1993.

• (2) In these Regulations—

• (a) “the 1986 Act” means the Education (No. 2) Act 1986; and

• (b) “the 1988 Act” means the Education Reform Act 1988.

Presence of a teacher necessary

2

• (1) The circumstances referred to in section 16A(2) of the 1986 Act and in section 89(1A) of the 1988 Act shall be that a teacher is present in the room.

• (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1) a teacher means a member of the teaching staff of—

• (a) a school maintained by a local education authority;

• (b) an institution maintained or assisted by a local education authority other than a school;

• (c) a grant-maintained school;

• (d) a city technology college; or

• (e) an institution within the further education sector.

• (3) For the purposes of paragraph (1) a teacher shall be considered to be present in the room at a particular time even though no teacher is present if—

• (a) it would be impracticable to secure the presence of a teacher in the room at that time, and

• (b) the absence of a teacher at that time has not lasted more than five minutes.

Signed

T. E. Boswell — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, — Department for Education — 5th August 1993

John Redwood — Secretary of State for Wales — 8th August 1993

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations prescribe the circumstances in which the governing bodies of county, voluntary, maintained special or grant-maintained schools may provide further education in rooms where pupils are being taught. They prescribe that they may do so when a teacher is present.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1986 c. 61; section 16A was inserted by section 12(3) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (1992 c. 13).

[^f00002]: 1988 c. 40; section 89(1A) was inserted by section 13(3) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (1992 c. 13).