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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Head Teachers Education and Training Standards (Scotland) Regulations 2019 and come into force on 1 August 2020.
(2) In these Regulations—
 “the GTCS” means the body corporate known as the General Teaching Council for Scotland as referred to in article 4 of the Public Services Reform (General Teaching Council for Scotland) Order 2011 (“the 2011 Order”),
 “the Standard for Headship” means the professional standard awarded to a person by the GTCS pursuant to the GTCS’s functions under article 6 of the 2011 Order and rules made under article 15 of the 2011 Order,
 “the 1980 Act” means the Education (Scotland) Act 1980.
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(1) Subject to regulation 3, only persons falling within section 90A(2) of the 1980 Act may be appointed by education authorities or managers of grant-aided schools as head teachers of schools.
(2) A person falls within section 90A(2) of the 1980 Act if the person has achieved the Standard for Headship.
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(1) Regulation 2 does not apply to a person who on or before 1 August 2020 held a permanent appointment as a head teacher of a public school, a grant-aided school or an independent school.
(2) Regulation 2 does not prevent the appointment of a person as a head teacher by an education authority or manager of a grant aided school on or after 1 August 2020 where that person has not yet achieved the Standard for Headship, provided the appointment does not exceed 30 months.
JOHN SWINNEY
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
11th June 2019