The Rate Relief (Education, Training and Leaving Care) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

Regulation 7

SCHEDULE 1 Designated course

1.  A course is a designated course if it is one of the following—

(a) a first degree course;

(b) a postgraduate course;

(c) a course of higher education;

(d) a course of further education;

(e) a course for the Higher National Diploma or Higher National Certificate of—

(i) the Business and Technician Education Council; or

(ii) the Scottish Qualifications Authority;

(f) a course for the initial training of teachers;

(g) a course for nursing or midwifery;

(h) a course in preparation for a professional examination of a standard higher than that of—

(i) examination at advanced level for the General Certificate of Education examination at a higher level for the Scottish Certificate of Education; or

(ii) the examination for the National Certificate or the National Diploma of either of the bodies mentioned in sub-paragraph (e),

not being a course for entry to which a first degree (or equivalent qualification) is normally required;

(i) a course providing education (whether or not in preparation for an examination) the standard of which is—

(i) higher than that of courses providing education in preparation for any of the examinations mentioned in sub-paragraph (h); but

(ii) not higher than that of a first degree course,

and for entry to which a first degree (or equivalent qualification) is not normally required.

2.  For the purposes of paragraph 1(g) a person will be considered to be undertaking a course for nursing or midwifery if he is undertaking a course in a financial year which would (if successfully completed) lead to registration on any of Parts 1 to 6, 8, 10 or 11 of the Register maintained under section 10 of the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979(1), as a first inclusion on that register.

Regulation 2

SCHEDULE 2 Relevant institutions of higher education in the Republic of Ireland

• All Hallows College, Drumcondra

• Church of Ireland College of Education, Dublin

• Colaiste Mhuire, Marino, Dublin

• Dublin City University

• Dublin Institute of Technology

• Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology

• Froebel College of Education, Sion Hill, Co Dublin

• Holy Ghost College, Kimmage Manor, Dublin

• Institute of Technology, Athlone

• Institute of Technology, Blanchardstown

• Institute of Technology, Carlow

• Institute of Technology, Cork

• Institute of Technology, Dundalk

• Institute of Technology, Galway/Mayo

• Institute of Technology, Letterkenny

• Institute of Technology, Limerick

• Institute of Technology, Sligo

• Institute of Technology, Tallaght

• Institute of Technology, Tralee

• Mary Immaculate College, Limerick

• Mater Dei Institute of Education

• Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy, Dublin

• Montessori College, (A.M.I.), Mount St Mary’s, Dublin

• National College of Art and Design, Dublin

• National College of Ireland, Dublin

• National University of Ireland, Dublin

• National University of Ireland, Cork

• National University of Ireland, Galway

• National University of Ireland, Maynooth

• Pontifical University of Maynooth

• Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

• St Angela’s College, Lough Gill, Sligo

• St Catherine’s College, Sion Hill, Co Dublin

• St Nicholas Montessori College, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin

• St Patrick’s College, Carlow

• St Patrick’s College, Thurles

• St Patrick’s College of Education, Drumcondra, Dublin

• Shannon College of Hotel Management

• Tipperary Rural and Business Development Institute

• Trinity College Dublin

• University of Limerick

• Waterford Institute of Technology

Regulation 13

SCHEDULE 3 Halls of Residence

• The Queen’s University of Belfast

• University of Ulster

• St Mary’s University College, Belfast

• Stranmillis University College, Belfast

• The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development(2)

(1)

1979 (c. 36)

(2)

Formerly the Department of Agriculture; see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1) Article 3