Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

These Regulations may be cited as the Education and Training (Scotland) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st September 2000.

In these Regulations–

• “account holder’s year” means the period of 12 months ending with the first anniversary of a learning account holder’s initial payment to a person providing education or training of the kind specified in regulation 6(1) for the provision of such education or training in respect of which the individual is eligible for a grant under these Regulations, and each subsequent period of 12 months;

• “the Act” means the Education and Training (Scotland) Act 2000;

• “European Economic Area” means the European Community and, subject to the conditions laid down in the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992^f1, as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993^f2, the area comprised by the Republic of Ireland, the Kingdom of Norway and the Principality of Liechtenstein;

• “Learning Account administrator” means a body which has an approval given by the Scottish Ministers for the purposes of these Regulations which has not been withdrawn;

• “learning account holder” means a person who is a party to qualifying arrangements as specified in regulation 2; and

• “qualifying person” has the meaning given in regulation 3.