Statutory Instrument 1989 No. 302

The Education (Prescribed Courses of Higher Education) (England) Regulations 1989

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1989 No. 302

EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Education (Prescribed Courses of Higher Education) (England) Regulations 1989

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 132(5), (7) and (11) of the Education Reform Act 1988^[1] the Secretary of State for Education and Science hereby makes the following Regulations:

    1.    These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Prescribed Courses of Higher Education) (England) Regulations 1989 and shall come into force on 1st April 1989.

    2.—(1)  In these Regulations -
"the Act" means the Education Reform Act 1988;
"block release" and "day release" have the same meanings as in paragraph 3 of Schedule 9 to the Act;
"a course providing education at a higher level" is to be construed in accordance with paragraph 3 of Schedule 6 to the Act;
"professional examination at a higher level" has the same meaning as in paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 to the Act;
"recognised award" has the same meaning as in section 214(2)(a) and (b) of the Act; and
"sandwich course" has the same meaning as in paragraph 3 of Schedule 9 to the Act.


    (2)  For the purposes of these Regulations a course does not cease to be a prescribed course of higher education merely because persons enrolled to take part in it include persons who study otherwise than by the mode of attendance described in the Schedule to these Regulations.

    3.    The courses of higher education set out in the Schedule to these Regulations, when provided by institutions in England, are hereby prescribed for the purposes of section 132(5), (7) and (11) of the Act.

[1] 1988 c. 40; for the expression "prescribed" see section 235(7) of that Act and section 114 of the Education Act 1944 (c. 31) and for the transfer of functions to the Secretary of State see S.I. 1964/490, 1970/1536 and 1978/274. back

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