Amendment of the Education (Student Support) Regulations 2011
This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum
4. In regulation 2 (Interpretation)—
(a)in paragraph (1)—
(i)in the definition of “2008 cohort student”—
(aa)in sub-paragraph (i), insert “or” after “2008;”;
(bb)omit sub-paragraph (ii);
(ii)in the definition of “2009 cohort student”—
(aa)in sub-paragraph (i), insert “or” after “previous course;”;
(bb)omit sub-paragraph (ii);
(iii)for the definition of “2012 cohort student”, substitute—
““2012 cohort student” means a current system student who—
(a)
begins the current course on or after 1st September 2012 and before 1st August 2016 and is not a 2008, 2009 or 2016 cohort student;
(b)
transfers to the current course pursuant to regulation 7 on or after 1st August 2016 from a course that—
(i)
is not a distance learning course; and
(ii)
begins on or after 1st September 2012 and before 1st August 2016; or
(c)
begins an end-on course on or after 1st August 2016 immediately after ceasing to attend a course that begins on or after 1st September 2012 and before 1st August 2016;”;
(iv)after the definition of “2012 cohort student”, insert—
““2016 cohort student” means a current system student who—
(a)
begins the current course on or after 1st August 2016;
(b)
is not a 2008, 2009 or 2012 cohort student;
(c)
has not transferred to the current course pursuant to regulation 7 from a course that—
(i)
is not a distance learning course; and
(ii)
began before 1st August 2016; and
(d)
is not beginning an end-on course on or after 1st August 2016;”;
(v)omit the definition of “college fee loan”;
(vi)in the definition of “end-on course”—
(aa)in sub-paragraph (e), after “beginning on or after 1st September 2012” insert “, but before 1st August 2016”;
(bb)after sub-paragraph (g), insert—
“(h)a full-time honours degree course beginning on or after 1st August 2016 which, disregarding any intervening vacation, a student begins to attend immediately after ceasing to attend a full-time course mentioned in paragraph 2, 3 or 4 of Schedule 2 that is not a distance learning course or a full-time foundation or ordinary degree course that is not a distance learning course, which started before 1st August 2016, having achieved a qualification;”;
(vii)in the definition of “fees”, omit “except in references to college fees”;
(viii)omit the definition of “flexible postgraduate course for the initial training of teachers”;
(ix)omit the definition of “old flexible postgraduate course for the initial training of teachers”;
(x)in the definition of “Scottish healthcare allowance”, after “means any allowance” insert “(including a young students’ bursary or an independent students’ bursary)”;
(xi)omit the definitions of “type 1 teacher training student”, “type 2 teacher training student” and “type 3 teacher training student”;
(b)in paragraph (3) omit “Subject to paragraph (4),”;
(c)omit paragraph (4).