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61. In this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires—
“a course of advanced education” means—
a full-time course leading to a postgraduate degree or comparable qualification, a first degree or comparable qualification, a diploma of higher education, a higher national diploma, [F1a higher national diploma or higher national certificate of either the Business & Technician Education Council] or the Scottish Vocational Education Council or a teaching qualification; or
any other full-time course which is a course of a standard above ordinary national diploma, [F2a national diploma or national certificate of either the Business & Technician Education Council or the Scottish Vocational Education Council], a general certificate of education (advanced level) a Scottish certificate of education [F3(higher level)] or a Scottish certificate of sixth year studies;
“contribution” means any contribution in respect of the income of any other person which a Minister of the Crown or an education authority takes into account in assessing the amount of the student's grant and by which that amount is, as a consequence, reduced;
“covenant income” means the income net of tax at the basic rate payable to a student under a Deed of Covenant by a person whose income is, or is likely to be, taken into account in assessing the student's grant or award;
“education authority” means a government department, a local education authority as defined in section 114(1) of the Education Act 1944 F4 (interpretation), an education authority as defined in section 135(1) of the Education (Scotland) Act [F51980] F6 (interpretation), an education and library board established under Article 3 of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 F7, any body which is a research council for the purposes of the Science and Technology Act 1965 F8 or any analogous government department, authority, board or body, of the Channel Islands, Isle of Man or any other country outside Great Britain.
“grant” means any kind of educational grant or award and includes any scholarship, studentship, exhibition, allowance or bursary [F9but does not include a payment derived from funds made available by the Secretary of State for the purpose of assisting students in financial difficulties under section 100 of the Education Act 1944, sections 131 and 132 of the Education Reform Act 1988 or section 73 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980];
“grant income” means—
any income by way of a grant;
in the case of a student other than one to whom sub-paragraph (c) refers, any contribution which has been assessed whether or not it has been paid;
in the case of a student to whom paragraph 1, 2 or 7 of Schedule 1 applies (lone parent or disabled student), any contribution which has been assessed and which has been paid;
and any such contribution which is paid by way of a covenant shall be treated as part of the student's grant income.
[F10“last day of the course” means the date on which the last day of the final academic term falls in respect of the course in which the student is enrolled;]
“period of study” means—
in the case of a course of study for one year or less, the period beginning with the start of the course [F11and ending with the last day of the course];
in the case of a course of study for more than one year, in the first or, as the case may be, any subsequent year of the course, [F12other than the final year of the course,] the period beginning with the start of the course or, as the case may be, that year's start and ending with either—
the day before the start of the next year of the course in a case where the student's grant is assessed at a rate appropriate to his studying throughout the year, or, if he does not have a grant, where it would have been assessed at such a rate had he had one; or
in any other case the day before the start of the normal summer vacation appropriate to his course;
[F13in the final year of a course of study of more than one year, the period beginning with that year’s start and ending with the last day of the course;]
“periods of experience” has the meaning prescribed in paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 5 to the Education (Mandatory Awards) Regulations 1987 F14;
“sandwich course” has the meaning prescribed in paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 5 to the Education (Mandatory Awards) Regulations 1987;
“standard maintenance grant” means—
except where paragraph (b) applies, in the case of a student attending a course of study at the University of London or an establishment within the area comprising the City of London and the Metropolitan Police District, the amount specified for the time being in paragraph 2(2)(a) of Schedule 2 to the Education (Mandatory Awards) Regulations 1987 for such a student;
in the case of a student residing at his parents' home the amount specified in paragraph 3(2) thereof;
in any other case, the amount specified in paragraph 2(2) other than in sub-paragraph (a) or (b) thereof;
[F15“student” means a person, other than a person in receipt of a training allowance,] aged less than 19 who is attending a full-time course of advanced education or, as the case may be, a person aged 19 or over but under pensionable age who is attending a full-time course of study at an educational establishment; and for the purposes of this definition—
a person who has started on such a course shall be treated as attending it throughout any period of term or vacation within it, until [F16the last day of the course] or such earlier date as he abandons it or is dismissed from it;
a person on a sandwich course shall be treated as attending a full-time course of advanced education or, as the case may be, of study;
“year” in relation to a course, means the period of 12 months beginning on 1st January, 1st April or 1st September according to whether the academic year of the course in question begins in the spring, the summer or the autumn respectively.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 61 substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Income-related Benefits Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/2155), regs. 1(1), 19(a)
F2Words in reg. 61 substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Income-related Benefits Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/2155), regs. 1(1), 19(b)(i)
F3Words in reg. 61 substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Income-related Benefits Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/2155), regs. 1(1), 19(b)(ii)
F41944 c. 31 as amended by S.I. 1974/595 article 3(22) Schedule 1 Part I and by S.I. 1977/293, article 4(1).
F5Words in reg. 61 inserted (12.12.1988) by The Income Support (General) Amendment No. 5 Regulations 1988 (S.I. 1988/2022), regs. 1(1)(a), 14
F7S.I. 1986/594 (NI 3).
F9Words in reg. 61 added (1.9.1990) by The Social Security Benefits (Student Loans and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1990 (S.I. 1990/1549), regs. 1(1)(a), 5(5) (with reg. 7(1))
F10Words in reg. 61 inserted (5.8.1991) by The Income Support (General) Amendment No. 4 Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/1559), regs. 1(1)(a), 10(a) (with reg. 1(2))
F11Words in reg. 61 substituted (5.8.1991) by The Income Support (General) Amendment No. 4 Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/1559), regs. 1(1)(a), 10(b)(i) (with reg. 1(2))
F12Words in reg. 61 inserted (5.8.1991) by The Income Support (General) Amendment No. 4 Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/1559), regs. 1(1)(a), 10(b)(ii) (with reg. 1(2))
F13Words in reg. 61 inserted (5.8.1991) by The Income Support (General) Amendment No. 4 Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/1559), regs. 1(1)(a), 10(b)(iii) (with reg. 1(2))
F15Words in reg. 61 substituted (6.4.1992) by The Income Support (General) Amendment Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/468), regs. 1(1), 5(1) (with reg. 1(2))
F16Words in reg. 61 substituted (5.8.1991) by The Income Support (General) Amendment No. 4 Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/1559), regs. 1(1)(a), 10(c) (with reg. 1(2))
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 61 in force at 11.4.1988, see reg. 1
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