The Education (Grants for Training of Teachers and Community Education Workers) (Scotland) Regulations 1990

• Citation: S.I. 1990/277
• Sections: 6

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Grants for Training of Teachers and Community Education Workers) (Scotland) Regulations 1990 and shall come into force on 1st April 1990.

Section 2 Interpretation

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.

Section 3 Grants by the Secretary of State to education authorities

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 attending courses of in-service training in subject areas approved by him or attending seminars organised by the Scottish Committee for Staff Development in Education or in respect of the development or preparation of materials for in-service training of teachers in subject areas approved by him.

Section 4 Grants by the Secretary of State to local authorities

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.

Section 5 Application for and payment of grants

(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 arrear.

Section 6 Revocation

The Education (Grants for Training of Teachers and Community Education Workers) (Scotland) Regulations 1989 are hereby revoked.