S.I. No. 73/2012 - Teaching Council Act 2001 (Amendment of Nominating Bodies) Order 2012.

1. This Order may be cited as the Teaching Council Act 2001 (Amendment of Nominating Bodies) Order 2012.

2. The

Teaching Council Act 2001

is amended by

(

a

) adding the following to section 8 (2)(

c

)

(vi) Hibernia College, 2 Clare Street, Dublin 2,

(

b

) substituting for section 8(2)(

d

) (ix)

St. Angela’s College of Education, Sligo;

(

c

) substituting for section 8 (2)(

d

)(x)

such other bodies, providing university or other higher education and training (within the meaning of the

Qualifications (Education and Training) Act, 1999

), as the Council shall determine,

(

d

) deleting section 8 (2)(

d

)(xi).

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

27 February 2012.

RUAIRÍ QUINN TD,

Minister for Education and Skills.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

This instrument amends the lists of bodies with power to nominate members to the Teaching Council, by deleting the now closed St Catherine’s College of Education for Home Economics, and adding Hibernia College to the list.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

16

th March

, 2012.

I, RUAIRÍ QUINN, T.D., Minister for Education and Skills, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 8

(3) of the

Teaching Council Act 2001

(No. 8 of 2001), following consultation with the Council, hereby order as follows