(1)The activities qualifying for funding under this Part (“qualifying activities”) are—
(a)the provision of teacher training;
(b)the provision of facilities, and the carrying on of other activities, by eligible institutions which the governing bodies of the institutions consider it necessary or desirable to provide or carry on for the purpose of or in connection with activities within paragraph (a);
(c)the provision by any person of services for the purposes of, or in connection with, such activities.
(2)The institutions eligible for funding under this Part (“eligible institutions”) are—
(a)any institution within the higher or further education sector,
(b)any school, and
(c)any other institution or body designated by order of the Secretary of State,
and any partnership or association of eligible institutions, or body established by one or more such institutions, for the purpose of carrying on qualifying activities.
(3)The Secretary of State may by order provide for references in this Part to the governing body of an institution, in relation to an institution which is conducted by a company, to be read as references to the governing body provided for in the instrument of government, or to the company or to both.
(4)In relation to a nursery school which is maintained by a local education authority references in this Part to the governing body shall be construed as references to the authority.