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Statutory Instruments
Education, England
Made
19th March 2012
Laid before Parliament
26th March 2012
Coming into force
1st September 2012
The Secretary of State for Education makes the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 123(4)(a) of the Education Act 2002(1):
1.-(1) This Order may be cited as the School Teachers' Incentive Payments (England) Order 2012 and comes into force on 1st September 2012.
(2) This Order applies only in relation to school teachers in England.
2. In this Order-
"authority" means a local authority in England;
"credit" means a credit awarded by the higher education institution provider of the Mathematics Specialist Teacher Programme.
3. A lump sum payment made to a school teacher-
(a)by an authority or the governing body of a school maintained by an authority,
(b)following that teacher's attainment of 60 credits at masters level at the completion of the second year of the Mathematics Specialist Teacher Programme funded by the Department for Education,
is not to be treated as remuneration for the purpose of section 122(1) of the Education Act 2002.
Nick Gibb
Minister of State
Department for Education
19th March 2012
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order provides that lump sum payments paid to those school teachers in England who have attained 60 credits at masters level at the completion of the second year of the Mathematics Specialist Teacher Programme, which is funded by the Department for Education, are not to be treated as remuneration for the purpose of section 122(1) of the Education Act 2002.
An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on businesses or civil society organisations. The instrument has a minimal impact on the public sector.
