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The Agriculture (Student fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022

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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.

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