This paragraph applies in the case of persons who have successfully completed a programme of professional training for teachers in any country outside the United Kingdom, which programme is recognised as such by the competent authority in that country.

Persons mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) may carry out work specified in regulation 17 in a school (other than a pupil referral unit) for a period of up to two years commencing on the day on which they first carry out work specified in regulation 17 in a school.