Amendment to the principal Regulations2
In regulation 7 of the principal Regulations (credits for approved training) —
a
in paragraph (1), the word “full-time” shall be omitted;
b
for paragraph (2) there shall be substituted the following paragraph —
2
Paragraph (1) shall apply to a person only if —
a
the course is —
i
a course of full-time training; or
ii
a course of training which he attends for not less than 15 hours in the week in question and he is a disabled person within the meaning of the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 19444; or
iii
a course of training introductory to a course to which paragraph (i) or (ii) above applies; and
b
when the course began it was not intended to continue for more than 12 months or, if he was a disabled person within the meaning of the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1944 and the training was provided under the Employment and Training Act 19735, for such longer period as is reasonable in the cirumstances of his case; and
c
he had attained the age of 18 before the beginning of the tax year in which the week in question began.