The Rate Relief (Education, Training and Leaving Care) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

Regulation 7

SCHEDULE 1 Designated course

1.  A course is a designated course if it is one of the following—

(a) a first degree course;

(b) a postgraduate course;

(c) a course of higher education;

(d) a course of further education;

(e) a course for the Higher National Diploma or Higher National Certificate of—

(i) the Business and Technician Education Council; or

(ii) the Scottish Qualifications Authority;

(f) a course for the initial training of teachers;

(g) a course for nursing or midwifery;

(h) a course in preparation for a professional examination of a standard higher than that of—

(i) examination at advanced level for the General Certificate of Education examination at a higher level for the Scottish Certificate of Education; or

(ii) the examination for the National Certificate or the National Diploma of either of the bodies mentioned in sub-paragraph (e),

not being a course for entry to which a first degree (or equivalent qualification) is normally required;

(i) a course providing education (whether or not in preparation for an examination) the standard of which is—

(i) higher than that of courses providing education in preparation for any of the examinations mentioned in sub-paragraph (h); but

(ii) not higher than that of a first degree course,

and for entry to which a first degree (or equivalent qualification) is not normally required.

2.  For the purposes of paragraph 1(g) a person will be considered to be undertaking a course for nursing or midwifery if he is undertaking a course in a financial year which would (if successfully completed) lead to registration on any of Parts 1 to 6, 8, 10 or 11 of the Register maintained under section 10 of the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979(1), as a first inclusion on that register.

(1)

1979 (c. 36)