139. Transitional provisions---(1) This Act shall apply to any period
 of registration as a teacher under the Education Act 1964 as if it was a
 period of registration under this Act.

   (2) Subject to subsection (3) of this section,---
   (a) Every person who, immediately before the commencement of this
         section, was registered as a teacher under the Education Act
         1964 shall be deemed to have been registered under section 122
         of this Act on that commencement; and
   (b) Every person who, immediately before that commencement,---
           (i) Was not registered as a teacher under the Education Act
         1964; but
           (ii) Was permanently appointed to a teaching position at a
         registered school shall be deemed to have been registered under
         section 124 (1) of this Act on that commencement.

   (3) Every deemed registration under subsection (2) of this section
 shall, if not earlier cancelled, expire on the first anniversary of the
 commencement of this section.

   (4) For so long as a person is deemed under subsection (2) of this
 section to be registered, the person shall be deemed to hold a
 practising certificate.

   (5) For the purposes only of sections 122 to 124 of this Act,
 employment before the commencement of this section in a registered
 school (within the meaning of the Education Act 1964) shall be deemed to
 have been employment in the general education system.