Previous attendance at a course
9.—(1) For the purposes of regulation 19(2) and 19(5) and paragraphs 1(d), 2(b) and (c) and 3 of Schedule 2—
(a)a person shall not be regarded as having previously attended a course—
(i)unless he has previously both attended and held a statutory award in respect of either more than one course or one course for a period of more than one term and seven weeks of a second term;
(ii)by reason only of his having attended from its beginning the course to which his application for an award relates;
(b)any reference to a person having attended a course shall be construed as a reference to his having done so before or after 1st September 1992.
(2) Nothing in paragraph (1) shall effect the duty of the board to bestow an award on a person—
(a)in respect of his attendance at a course for the Postgraduate Certificate in Education, the Art Teacher’s Certificate or the Art Teacher’s Diploma (or for a qualification comparable with any such certificate or diploma) unless he has previously attended such a course or successfully completed a course which—
(i)was for the degree of Bachelor of Education or a comparable academic award of either an institution or the Council for National Academic Awards; and
(ii)was approved as a course for the initial training of teachers for the purposes of Article 70 of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986.
(b)in respect of his attendance at any full-time course of initial training as a teacher of one academic year’s duration, or a comparable part-time course, not within sub-paragraph (a), unless he has for more than three years held a statutory award in respect of his attendance at a full-time course of higher education or comparable course outside Northern Ireland;
(c)in respect of his attendance at a course which—
(i)does not exceed two year’s duration;
(ii)is for the degree of Bachelor of Education or a comparable academic award of either an institution or the Council for National Academic Awards; and
(iii)is approved as a course for the initial training of teachers for the purposes of Article 70 of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986,
unless he has previously attended—
(i)a course for the Postgraduate Certificate in Education, the Art Teacher’s Certificate or the Art Teacher’s Diploma (or for a qualification comparable with any such certificate or diploma); or
(ii)a course (of any length) such as described in sub-paragraph (a)(i) and (ii).