208.Sections 146 and 147amend sections 22, 23, 26 and 28 of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998, removing references to FE and HE students “attending” an institution in order to qualify for financial support. This allows the Secretary of State to make provision in regulations for students on open learning courses that do not have attendance requirements to receive financial support. The Secretary of State proposes to make loans and disabled students’ allowances available to part-time students on open learning courses in the coming academic year 2000-01.