13 Grants for teacher training.E+W
(1)Section 50 of the M1Education (No.2) Act 1986 (grants for teacher training, &c.) is amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (1) (power of Secretary of State to make provision for payment of grants), omit “by him”.
(3)In subsection (3)(b)—
(a)omit “by the Secretary of State” in the first place where it occurs; and
(b)for “by the Secretary of State” in the second place where it occurs substitute “ in accordance with the regulations ”.
(4)After subsection (3) insert—
“(3A)Grants shall be payable in accordance with the regulations by the Secretary of State or, in the case of grants to facilitate and encourage the training of teachers, by the Teacher Training Agency or the Secretary of State according as the regulations may provide.”.
(5)Until the coming into force of the first regulations made under section 50 as amended by this section, the M2Education (Bursaries for Teacher Training) Regulations 1988 shall have effect as if so made and as if references therein to the Secretary of State included the Teacher Training Agency.