Regulation 6 Education and training for which grant can be paid

(1)

The education or training referred to in regulation 5 is any education or training other than excepted education which is provided by a person who for the time being has been approved by a person who (at the time of approval) is designated by the Scottish Ministers for the purposes of this regulation.

(2)

In this regulation, “excepted education or training” means–

(a)

secondary education within the meaning of section 135(2)(b) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980^f1;

(b)

full-time higher education (that is to say education provided by means of a full-time course of any description mentioned in section 38(2)(b), (c), (d) or (e) of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992^f2;

(c)

education or training which is a statutory requirement for the individual’s particular employment;

(d)

lessons for the purposes of sitting a test of competence to drive leading to a category A or B driving licence granted under the Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) Regulations 1999^f3;

(e)

such other education or training as may be specified by the Scottish Ministers.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1980 c. 44.
f2: 1992 c. 37; section 38 was amended by the Education (Scotland) Act 1996 (c. 43), Schedule 5, paragraph 9.
f3: S.I. 1999/2864.