Education or training for which grants can be paid7

1

The education or training referred to in regulation 6 is any education or training other than excepted education which is—

a

of a kind specified by the Department in any way it thinks fit; and

b

provided by a person who has registered with a learning account administrator and whose registration has not been withdrawn.

2

In this regulation, excepted education is—

a

secondary education as defined in Article 2(2) of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 19864;

b

full-time higher education (that is to say education provided by means of a course of any description mentioned in Schedule 1 to the Further Education (Northern Ireland) Order 19975);

c

education or training which is a statutory requirement for the person’s particular employment;

d

other such education or training as may be specified by the Department.