31Conditional accreditation

31 Conditional accreditation

31 Conditional accreditation

(1) This section applies to a person who is required to be accredited and who meets the requirements specified in the professional teaching standards for provisional accreditation but who has not completed an approved course.

(2) The Authority may, on application by a person to whom this section applies—

(a) conditionally accredit the person, or

(b) refuse to conditionally accredit the person.

(3) The Authority may conditionally accredit a person only if—

(a) the person—

(i) holds a degree in an area that, in the opinion of the Authority, is relevant to the area in which the person is or is to be employed to teach, and

(ii) produces evidence of an offer of employment as a teacher, or

(b) the Authority is satisfied that the person has completed a substantial part of an approved course.

(4) The conditional accreditation of a person under this section ceases (unless sooner revoked under this Act)—

(a) at the end of the relevant period, or

(b) if the person is provisionally accredited by the Authority before the end of the relevant period, or

(c) if the person is accredited at proficient teacher level before the end of the relevant period.

(5) In this section—

relevant period, in relation to a person who is conditionally accredited under this section, means—

(a) if the person is employed on a full-time basis—the period of 4 years (or such longer period as may be determined by the Authority in any particular case) following the date on which the person was conditionally accredited, or

(b) if the person is employed on a casual or part-time basis—

(i) the period determined in accordance with the regulations to be commensurate with the 4-year period for persons employed on a full-time basis, or

(ii) such longer period as may be determined by the Authority in any particular case,