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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations amend the Students Awards (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Irelan 1996 and have effect retrospectively from 1st September 1996.

Retrospection is authorised by Article 50(2) of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/594 (N.I. 3)).

The Regulations make the following principal changes—

Provision has been made for the designation by the Secretary of State for Education and Employment of full-time courses for the initial training of teachers which are not provided wholly by publicly funded institutions in the United Kingdom, or by such institutions in conjunction with certain other institutions in the United Kingdom, or wholly by those certain other institutions. A definition of an EEA migrant worker has been added. (Regulation 3).

Provision has been made for the payment of awards to the spouses of EEA migrant workers (Regulation 5).

First degrees comparable to Bachelor of Education degrees are now conferred by some institutions under different names so provision has been made for them to be treated for the purposes of the Regulations as Bachelor of Education degrees. (Regulation 6).