Regulation 7
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
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
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)
Formerly the Department of Agriculture; see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1) Article 3