Explanatory note

These Regulations make provision in relation to the approval of courses for the purposes of section 2 of the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006.

Regulation 3 provides that an application for the approval of a course may only be made in response to an invitation to tender issued by the Secretary of State.

Regulation 4 provides that a person may not be required to pay more than £250 or less than £120 to attend a course.

Regulations 5 to 7 make provision about the monitoring of courses and include requirements for the course provider to provide certain information to the Secretary of State.

Regulation 8 makes provision about the withdrawal of approvals. Regulation 9 enables the Secretary of State to publish and make available on request information regarding courses and course providers.

Regulation 10 prescribes the form of a certificate of completion of a course. Regulation 11 prescribes the form of a notice of non-completion of a course.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.