Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations —

• “authority” means a local education authority;

• “determine” means determine by notice in writing;

• “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 authority” includes expenditure incurred —

  1. (a)

     by the governors of an aided school,

  2. (b)

     by the persons responsible for the maintenance of a further education establishment, or

  3. (c)

     by persons employing youth and community workers

  and reimbursed by the authority;

• “further education establishment” means a further education establishment provided by an authority or designated by or under regulations^f1 made under section 27 of the Education Act 1980^f2 as an establishment substantially dependent for its maintenance on assistance from local education authorities;

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

• “higher rate” means 70 per cent;

• “lower rate” means 50 per cent;

• “qualified teacher” means a person who, in pursuance of the regulations^f3 relating to the employment of teachers from time to time in force under section 27 of the Education Act 1980, is qualified to be employed as a teacher at a school to which that section applies;

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

• “training in a national priority area” means eligible training of a kind approved by the Secretary of State for the purpose of these Regulations as training eligible for grant at the higher rate.

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.