Citation, commencement and interpretation1.

(1)

—These Regulations may be cited as the Agriculture (Student Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on the…

(2)

In these Regulations—

“academic year”, in relation to a course of higher education, means an academic year applicable to the course;

“the Act” means the Agriculture Act (Northern Ireland) 1949;

“CAFRE” means the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise;

“the Department” means the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development;

“fees”, in relation to undertaking a course, means fees in respect of, or otherwise in connection with, undertaking the course, including admission, registration, tuition and graduation fees but excluding—

(a)

fees payable to the Department for rewarding or accrediting any qualification where the Department does not provide the whole or part of the course;

(b)

fees payable for board or lodging; or

(c)

fees payable for field trips (including any tuition element of such fees).

“further education” has the meaning assigned by regulation 3;

“higher education” has the meaning assigned by regulation 2;

“overseas institution” means an institution other than one in Northern Ireland, England, Wales, Scotland, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man;

“sandwich course” means a course consisting of alternate periods of full-time study and periods of experience so organised that, taking the course as a whole, the student attends the periods of full-time study for an average of not less than 19 weeks in each year of the course; and for the purpose of calculating his attendance the course shall be treated as beginning with the first period of full-time study and ending with the last such period.