# The Education (Teachers) Regulations 1989, Paragraph 4: Existing qualifications for teaching visually impaired pupils


Any person who on 31st August 1989 possessed–
(i) a qualification mentioned in regulation 16(1) of the 1982 Regulations, or
(ii) a qualification approved for the purpose of that regulation as comparable to a qualification so mentioned, or
(iii) a qualification for teaching blind pupils which, immediately before 8th April 1982, satisfied the requirements of the Secretary of State under regulation 15(2) of the Handicapped Pupils and Special Schools Regulations 1959
shall be treated as possessing a qualification approved for the purpose of regulation 16.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1319/schedule/1/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-teachers-regulations-1989/schedule-1/paragraph-4
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