1998 No. 1676
The Education (Student Loans) (Amendment) Regulations 1998
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
In exercise of the power conferred by section 1(2) and (7) of and paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 2 to the Education (Student Loans) Act 19901, the Secretary of State for Education and Employment hereby makes the following Regulations:—
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Student Loans) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 1st August 1998.
2
The Education (Student Loans) Regulations 19982 shall be amended as follows.
3
In regulation 3(1) in the definition of “accelerated course” delete the words following the words “of two academic years’ duration”.
4
In regulation 4 insert the following paragraph after paragraph (4):
5
For the purposes of paragraph (2)(a) and Schedule 1 if with the agreement of the institution or institutions in question a student withdraws from a designated course without completing it and disregarding any intervening vacation immediately commences attending another designated course provided by the same or by a different institution the first day of the first course shall be regarded as the first day of the second course; or as the first day of a third or further course which the student has commenced attending in the same fashion.
5
In regulation 6(1) to (4) for each of the figures in the first column below substitute the corresponding figure in the second column below wherever it appears:
£ 945 | £ 970 |
1,520 | 1,565 |
1,290 | 1,325 |
2,085 | 2,145 |
1,230 | 1,265 |
1,685 | 1,735 |
6
In paragraph 15 of Schedule 2 for the word “lender’s” substitute the word “borrower’s”.
(This note is not part of the Regulations)