Statutory Instrument 1988 No. 437 (S.45)

The Education (Grants for Training of Teachers and Community Education Workers) (Scotland)

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1988 No. 437 (S.45)

EDUCATION, SCOTLAND

The Education (Grants for Training of Teachers and Community Education Workers) (Scotland)

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 73(a), (f) and (g) and 74(1) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980(^[1]), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement
    1.    These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Grants for Training of Teachers and Community Education Workers) (Scotland) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 31st March 1988.

Interpretation
    2.    For the purposes of these Regulations—
 (a) any reference to a teacher shall include a teacher employed in providing further education and an educational psychologist;
 (b) any reference to a community education worker shall mean any person other than a teacher who works for a local authority whether for payment or otherwise wholly or partly for purposes of education; and
 (c) any reference to a local authority shall mean a regional or islands council.

Grants by the Secretary of State to education authorities
    3.    The Secretary of State may, subject to and in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations, pay to education authorities grants of such amounts as appear to him appropriate in respect of teachers in their employment undergoing in-service training or in respect of the development or preparation of materials for in-service training of teachers.

Grants by the Secretary of State to local authorities
    4.    The Secretary of State may, subject to and in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations, pay to local authorities grants of such amounts as appear to him appropriate in respect of the attendance at courses to which these Regulations apply by community education workers.

Training in respect of which grants may be paid
    5.    A grant may be paid only in respect of a course within a subject area listed in the Schedule to these Regulations.

Application for and payment of grants
    6.—(1)  Applications for grants shall be made in writing to the Secretary of State by an education authority or local authority.

    (2)  Payment of these grants shall be made to the education authority or local authority in arrears.

    (3)  If any person in respect of whom a grant has been approved fails to complete the course, the education authority or local authority, as the case may be, shall at the request of the Secretary of State repay to the Secretary of State the whole or such part as the Secretary of State considers appropriate of such grant.

Revocation
    7.    The Education (Grants for Training of Teachers and Community Education Workers) (Scotland) Regulations 1986(^[2]) and the Education (Grants for Training of Teachers and Community Education Workers) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1987(^[3]) are hereby revoked.

Michael B Forsyth

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office
New St Andrew's House, Edinburgh

7th March 1988

[1] 1980 c. 44 back

[2] S.I. 1986/510 back

[3] S.I. 1987/208 back

Explanatory Note