2. Any person who immediately before 1st September 1999 possessed—
(a)a qualification approved for the purpose of regulation 15 of the 1993 Regulations; or
(b)a qualification approved for the purpose of regulation 16 of the 1989 Regulations; or
(c)a qualification mentioned in regulation 16(1) of the 1982 Regulations; or
(d)a qualification approved for the purpose of that regulation as comparable to a qualification so mentioned; or
(e)a qualification for teaching blind pupils which, immediately before 8th April 1982, satisfied the requirements of the Secretary of State under regulation 15(2) of the Handicapped Pupils and Special Schools Regulations 1959(1),
shall be treated as possessing a qualification approved for the purpose of regulation 12.
S.I. 1959/365; the relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1968/1281 and 1971/342.