The Education (Bursaries for Teacher Training) Regulations 1994

Citation, commencement, interpretation and revocation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Bursaries for Teacher Training) Regulations 1994 and shall come into force on 22nd August 1994.

(2) In these Regulations:—

“course of initial teacher training” means a course for the initial training of teachers in schools which has been approved by the Secretary of State under paragraph 2(1)(c) of Schedule 3 to the Teachers Regulations;

“full-time course” means a course which does not involve less than 700 hours of instruction a year (including any teaching practice which forms part of the course) and “part-time course” means a course involving less than 700 hours of such instruction;

“grant-maintained school” has the meaning assigned to it by sections 22(1) and 221(4) of the Education Act 1993(1);

“grant-maintained special school” has the meaning assigned to it by sections 182(3) and 187(3)(b) of the Education Act 1993;

“holder” means a person in receipt of a training bursary;

“middle school” means a school in respect of which proposals have been implemented, being proposals such as are mentioned in section 1(1) of the Education Act 1964(2);

“qualified teacher” means a qualified teacher under Schedule 3 to the Teachers Regulations;

“Teachers Regulations” means the Education (Teachers) Regulations 1993(3); and

“training bursary” means a grant made in pursuance of these Regulations to a person undergoing training as a teacher.

(3) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation bearing that number in these Regulations, any reference to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph of that regulation bearing that number, any reference in a paragraph to a sub-paragraph is a reference to a sub-paragraph of that paragraph and any reference to a Schedule, is to the Schedule to these Regulations.

(4) The following Regulations are hereby revoked—

• The Education (Bursaries for Teacher Training) Regulations 1988(4);

• The Education (Bursaries for Teacher Training) (Amendment) Regulations 1989(5);

• The Education (Bursaries for Teacher Training) (Amendment) Regulations 1990(6);

• The Education (Bursaries for Teacher Training) (Amendment) Regulations 1991(7);

• The Education (Bursaries for Teacher Training) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1991(8); and

• The Education (Bursaries for Teacher Training) (Amendment) Regulations 1993(9).

(1)

1993 c. 35.

(2)

1964 c. 82, amended by section 2 of the Education Act 1968 (c. 17), section 16(4) of and paragraph 11 of Schedule 3 to the Education Act 1980 (c. 20) and section 307(1) of and paragraph 38 of Schedule 19 to the Education Act 1993 (c. 35).

(3)

S.I. 1993/543 amended by S.I. 1993/1969 and S.I. 1994/222.

(4)

S.I. 1988/1397.

(5)

S.I. 1989/1451.

(6)

S.I. 1990/1599.

(7)

S.I. 1991/1804.

(8)

S.I. 1991/2589.

(9)

S.I. 1993/1775.