In these Regulations–

• “determine” means determine by notice in writing;

• “education authority” means a local education authority;

• “eligible training” means training of a kind mentioned in regulation 4;

• “expenditure” means expenditure of a kind mentioned in regulation 5;

• “expenditure incurred by an education authority” includes expenditure incurred–

  1. a

     by the governing body of an aided school,

  2. b

     by the persons responsible for the maintenance of a special school not maintained by an education authority or of an institution of further or higher education, or

  3. c

     by persons employing youth and community workers,

  and reimbursed by the authority;

• “further education” has the meaning assigned to it by section 41 of the Education Act 1944;2

• “grant” means a grant in pursuance of these Regulations;

• “higher education” has the meaning assigned to it by section 120(1) of the Education Reform Act 1988;3

• “higher rate” means 65 per cent;

• “institution of further or higher education” means an institution providing further education or higher education or both and either–

  1. a

     maintained by an education authority, or

  2. b

     designated by or under regulations4 for the time being in force under section 218 of the Education Reform Act 1988 as an institution substantially dependent for its maintenance on assistance from education authorities or on grants under section 100(1)(b) of the Education Act 1944;5

• “nursery nurse” means a person who holds the Certificate in Nursery Nursing or the Certificate in Post-Qualifying Studies of the National Nursery Examination Board or the National Diploma in Caring Services of the Business & Technician Education Council and who is employed in connection with the education of children under the age of 5;

• “qualified teacher” means a person who, by virtue of the regulations6 relating to the employment of teachers from time to time in force under section 218 of the Education Reform Act 1988, is qualified to be employed as a teacher at a school of the kind described in subsection (12) of that section;

• “special educational needs” has the meaning assigned to it by section 1 of the Education Act 1981;7

• “standard rate” means 60 per cent;

• “trainee” means a person undergoing eligible training in respect of whom grant is payable under these Regulations.

In these Regulations a reference to a regulation is a reference to a regulation contained therein and a reference in a regulation to a paragraph is a reference to a paragraph of that regulation.