- Statutory Instrument 2001 No. 2622
Education (Teacher Training Bursaries) (England) Regulations 2001
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| Made | 19th July 2001 | ||
| Laid before Parliament | 19th July 2001 | ||
| Coming into force | 1st September 2001 |
In exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 50 and 63(3) of the Education (No. 2) Act 1986[1], the Secretary of State for Education and Skills hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and application
1. - (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Teacher Training Bursaries) (England) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 1st September 2001.
(2) These Regulations shall only apply in relation to England.
Interpretation
2. In these Regulations:
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"governing body" in relation to an institution conducted by a company, shall be construed in accordance with any order under section 4(3) of the Education Act 1994[2];
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"institution" means an eligible institution within the meaning of section 4(2) of the Education Act 1994; and
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"post-graduate teacher training course" means a post-graduate course of initial training for teachers which is provided at an institution.
Teacher training bursaries
3.
- (1) The Secretary of State may pay grants to the governing bodies of institutions providing initial teacher training to facilitate and encourage the training of a person as a teacher in accordance with following provisions of these Regulations.
(2) Grant may only be paid in respect of expenditure incurred or to be incurred by a governing body of an institution in providing bursaries to persons undertaking, or proposing to undertake, a post-graduate teacher training course.
(3) Grant shall be paid on condition that the maximum amount thereof used by the governing body of an institution to provide a bursary to a person shall be £6,000.
Further conditions and approval
4.
- (1) The making of a payment in pursuance of these Regulations shall be dependent on the fulfilment of such further conditions as may be determined by the Secretary of State.
(2) Grant may only be paid in respect of training approved by the Secretary of State for the purpose of these Regulations.
Repayment
5.
Where in the opinion of the Secretary of State any information or assumption on the basis of which a grant has been paid is incorrect, the governing body to whom the grant was paid shall at the request of the Secretary of State repay such sum not exceeding the total grant as the Secretary of State may request.
Stephen Timms
Minister of State, Department for Education and Skills
19th July 2001
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations, which apply only in relation to England, authorise the Secretary of State to make grants to institutions providing post-graduate initial teacher training to facilitate and encourage the training of a person as a teacher (regulation 3(1)). Such grants may only be paid in respect of expenditure incurred by the institutions in providing bursaries to students undertaking, or proposing to undertake, such courses (regulation 3(2)).
The maximum amount of grant that may be used to provide a bursary is £6,000 (regulation 3(3)). The payment of grant is dependent on any further conditions imposed by, and in respect of training approved by, the Secretary of State (regulation 4).
Notes:
[1] 1986 c. 61; section 50 was amended by section 278(6) of, and paragraph 102 of Schedule 19 to, the Education Act 1993 (c. 35) (which continue in force by virtue of paragraph 65 of Schedule 37 to the Education Act 1996 (c. 56)) and section 13 of the Education Act 1994 (c. 30), and section 63(3) was amended by paragraph 107(a) of Schedule 19 to the Education Act 1993. The Secretary of State can exercise the power under section 50 only in relation to England: see article 2 of and Schedule 1 to the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672).back
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