The Teacher Training Agency (Additional Functions) Order 1997
This Order confers on the Teacher Training Agency, established under section 1 of the Education Act 1994, additional functions with regard to—the licensing or otherwise authorising of unqualified teachers to be employed as teachers at any school maintained by a local education authority, any special school not so maintained or any grant-maintained school,considering and approving the training programme of persons who seek to become qualified teachers and who are not employed at such schools during their training, andapproving persons for the purpose of assessing candidates who seek to become qualified teachers.