The Education (Student Support) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

Interpretation

1.  In this Schedule—

(a) “qualifying course” means a full-time designated course that is provided by the University of Oxford or the University of Cambridge and—

(i) is listed in regulation 5(6);

(ii) leads to qualification as a social worker; or

(iii) in respect of any academic year of which the student is eligible to receive any bursary or award of similar description under Article 44 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972, or section 63 of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 the amount of which is calculated by reference to his income; or a Scottish healthcare allowance the amount of which is calculated by reference to his income in respect of any academic year of the course;

(b) “qualifying student” means a person who meets the conditions in paragraph 3;

(c) “standard academic year” means an academic year of the qualifying course that would be taken by a person who does not repeat any part of the course and who enters the course at the same point as the qualifying student.