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5.—(1) A “part-time higher education course” means a higher education course which meets the following conditions—
(a)it is of at least one academic year’s duration;
(b)it is ordinarily possible to complete the higher education course in not more than four times the period ordinarily required to complete the full-time equivalent; and
(c)the intensity of study in one academic year is less than or equal to 75%.
(2) In paragraph (1)—
(a)“period ordinarily required to complete the full-time equivalent” means the period in which a standard full-time student would complete the full-time equivalent.
(b)“standard full-time student” is a student who is to be taken—
(i)to have begun the full-time equivalent on the same date as the part-time student began the part-time higher education course in question;
(ii)not to have been excused any part of the full-time equivalent;
(iii)not to have repeated any part of the full-time equivalent; and
(iv)not to be absent from the full-time equivalent other than during vacations.