9(1)Section 30 (students) shall be amended as follows.
(2)The following subsection shall be inserted after subsection (1)—
“(1A)For the purposes of this Part a person shall be treated as undertaking a qualifying course of education on a particular day if (and only if) he fulfils such conditions as may be prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State.”
(3)In subsection (2)—
(a)for “The regulations” there shall be substituted “ Regulations under this section ”, and
(b)after “(1)” there shall be inserted “ or (1A) ”.
(4)In subsection (3) for “The regulations” there shall be substituted “ Regulations under subsection (1) above ”.
(5)The following subsection shall be inserted after subsection (3)—
“(3A)Regulations under subsection (1A) above must be so framed that undertaking a course of higher education is not treated as undertaking a qualifying course of education for the purposes of this Part.”
(6)In subsection (4) for “The regulations” there shall be substituted “ Regulations under this section ”.
(7)The following subsection shall be inserted after subsection (5)—
“(6)A course of higher education is a course of any description mentioned in Schedule 6 to the Education Reform Act 1988.”