S.L. 605.5 чл. 10Permit toestablish, teach or to or to establish, keep and operate Home Tuition.

(1) Except for English Language Teachers duly permitted under these regulations and who comply with the provisions hereof, no person may in anyway indicate or hold himself as being approved or permitted by the Council to conduct ELT or Distance

Learning, or teach English to speakers of other languages, or provide Home Tuition or use words having a similar effect, brands, marks or signs provided for in regulation 6(1)(f) in any statement or document whether in print, electronic or other format.

(2) Except for English Language Teachers and persons who teach English for specific purposes duly permitted under these regulations and who comply with the provisions hereof, no person may in any way indicate or hold himself as being approved or permitted by the Council to teach English for specific purposes in a discipline or disciplines or to use words having a similar effect, brands, marks or signs provided for in regulation 6(1)(f) in any statement or document whether in print, electronic or other format.

(3) An ELT Permit or ELT Permit for Distance Learning may only be issued to a person on application and who, in the opinion of the Council, has the required skills according to these regulations and Schedule 1 to conduct ELT.

(4) An ELT permit for Home Tuition may only be issued to an English Language Teacher on application and who, in the opinion of the Council has the required knowledge and skills to satisfy the conditions of these regulations, Schedule 1 and the requirements of Category F,

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(5) An ESP Permit may only be issued to a person on application and who, in the opinion of the Council, has the required skills according to these regulations and Schedule 1 to teach English for specific purposes to speakers of other languages.

(6) Any permit issued according to this regulation shall be valid for a period not exceeding four years and may be renewed by the Council on application within a period of four years from the date of its termination, subject to these regulations and Schedule 1, as the Council may determine.

(7) A person shall not be qualified to obtain and shall not retain any such permit if such person has been convicted by any court of criminal jurisdiction:

(a) for any crime liable to imprisonment for a term exceeding one year; or

(b) of having abused the students’ trust or having used violence in their regard; or

(c) of any crime because of which such person may not, in the Council’s opinion, be fit to teach in a School or by Distance Learning or to provide Home Tuition.

(8) Where a person loses his ELT Permit, ELT Permit for Home Tuition, ELT Permit for Distance Learning or ESP Permit, following a conviction as is referred to in sub-regulation (7), notice of such loss shall be given by the Council in the Gazette and such notice and order for the immediate return of the said permit shall be communicated by the Council to the person disqualified, unless such person has been interdicted by the judgment itself.

(9) The Council may, upon application to this effect, restore the said permit to a person who is disqualified to hold or who forfeits such permit in terms of sub-regulations (7) and (8) if the applicant meets such requirements that the Council may prescribe.

(10) The holder of an ESP Permit shall not be permitted to act as an English Language Teacher other than for the specific purpose applied for.

(11) Any permit which has been suspended or withdrawn in accordance with the provisions of this regulation shall be returned to the Council within thirty days from receipt of notice by the Council to that effect.