SCHEDULE 1 DEFINITION OF STUDENTS, ETC

Article 4

PART I APPRENTICES

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1

A person is an apprentice on a particular day if, on that day he is—

a

employed for the purpose of learning a trade, business, profession, office, employment or vocation;

b

for that purpose undertaking a programme of training leading to—

F22i

a qualification to which Part 7 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 applies which is awarded or authenticated by a body which is recognised by the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation under section 132 of that Act in respect of the qualification, or

ii

a qualification accredited by the Scottish Vocational Education Council, or

F7iii

a qualification which is awarded by a body in respect of the award of which it is recognised by Qualifications Wales under Part 3 of the Qualifications Wales Act 2015;

F23c

employed at a salary or in receipt of an allowance or both, which are, in total no more than £195 per week.

2

A person is undertaking a programme for the purposes of paragraph (1) on a particular day, if the day falls within the relevant period for that programme.

PART II STUDENTS

2

A person is to be regarded as a foreign language assistant on a particular day if—

a

on the day he is registered with F21the British Council as a foreign language assistant; and

b

the day falls within the period of his appointment as a foreign language assistant at a school or other educational institution in Great Britain.

3

A person is to be regarded as undertaking a full time course of education on a particular day if—

a

on the day he is enrolled for the purpose of F20undertaking such a course with a prescribed educational establishment within Part I of Schedule 2 to this Order, and

b

the day falls within the F1period beginning with the day on which he begins the course and ending with the day on which he ceases to undertake it,

and a person is to be regarded as ceasing to undertake a course of education for the purpose of this paragraph if he has completed it, abandoned it or is no longer permitted by the educational establishment to F2undertake it.

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1

A full-time course of education is, subject to subparagraphs (2) and (3), one—

a

which subsists for at least one academic year of the educational establishment concerned or, in the case of an educational establishment which does not have academic years, for at least one calendar year;

F15b

which persons undertaking it are normally required by the educational establishment concerned to undertake periods of study, tuition or work experience (whether at premises of the establishment or otherwise)—

i

of at least 24 weeks in each academic or calendar year (as the case may be) during which it subsists, and

ii

which taken together amount in each such academic or calendar year to an average of at least 21 hours a week.

2

In determining whether a course falls within the definition in sub-paragraph (1)—

a

in applying paragraph (c) of that definition, a person is to be treated as undertaking work experience at any time if, as part of the curriculum of the course—

i

he is at a place of employment of his and is providing services under his contract of employment, or

ii

he is at a place where a trade, business, profession or other occupation which is relevant to the subject matter of the course is carried on, and he is there for the purposes of gaining experience of that trade, business, profession or other occupation,

and references in sub-paragraph (3) below to periods of work experience shall be construed accordingly;

b

in applying paragraphs (b) and (c) of that definition, the first calendar year shall be treated as beginning with the day on which the course begins, and subsequent calendar years (if any) as beginning on the anniversary of that day;

c

in applying those paragraphs to a course which begins part-way through an academic year of the educational establishment concerned, the academic year shall be treated as beginning at the beginning of the term in which the course begins, and subsequent academic years (if any) as beginning at the beginning of the equivalent terms in those years; and

d

in applying those paragraphs to a course which subsists (or is treated as subsisting) for other than a number of complete academic or calendar years (as the case may be), any last part of the course shall be disregarded.

3

F19Except in the case of a course for the initial training of teachers in schools, a course is not to be treated as a full time course of education if the aggregate for the course as a whole of all the periods of work experience normally required to be undertaken as part of it exceeds the aggregate of all the periods of study or tuition not constituting work experience normally so required (taking account for this purpose of any period of study, tuition or work experience in a part year which, might otherwise fall to be disregarded under sub-paragraph (2)(d)).

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1

A person is to be regarded as undertaking a qualifying course of education on a particular day only if on that day—

a

he is under the age of 20,

b

he is not undertaking a course of full time education within the meaning of paragraphs 3 and 4 above; and

c

the relevant number of hours per week for that course, or where he is undertaking 2 or more qualifying courses with the same establishment, the aggregate of the relevant number of hours per week, exceeds 12.

2

A person is undertaking a course on a day for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) if—

a

the day falls in the relevant period for that course, and

b

he is not an apprentice or a youth training trainee.

3

In relation to a qualifying course of education “the relevant number of hours per week” means the average number of hours per week a person undertaking it would normally require to spend, in the period during which the course subsists, on relevant activities within the meaning of paragraph 6 below, (excluding for the purpose of calculating that average any period of vacation).

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1

In paragraph 5, a qualifying course of education means a course—

a

which subsists for more than 3 calendar months,

b

which is not a course of higher education,

c

with respect to which tuition is principally received otherwise than through correspon dence;

d

which is not undertaken in consequence of an office or employment held by the person in question, and

e

with respect to which the relevant activities are (insofar as they are normally carried out under the course at particular times) normally so carried out principally between 8.00 am and 5.30 pm.

2

In sub-paragraph (1),—

  • “relevant activities” means the receipt of tuition, the undertaking of supervised study or examination, and the taking part (as part of the curriculum of the course) in any supervised exercise, experiment, project or practical work;

  • F10“course of higher education” means a course which is within the meaning of the definition of “higher education” in paragraph 2 of Part I of Schedule 2 to this Order.

PART III STUDENT NURSES

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F141

A person is a student nurse on a particular day if, on that day, he is undertaking a course which would (if successfully completed) lead to first registration in the Nurses' Part or the Midwives' Part of the register maintained by the Nursing and Midwifery Council under article 5 of the Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001.

2

A person is to be regarded as undertaking a course for the purposes of paragraph (1) on a particular day if the day falls within the relevant period for that course.

F11PART IV YOUTH TRAINING

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)

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F31

A person is a youth training trainee on a particular day if, on that day he is—

a

under the age of 25; and

b

undertaking training—

i

pursuant to arrangements made under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973,

ii

which is funded by the F5F9Secretary of State under section 14 of the Education Act 2002 or F8under section 100 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009.

2

A person is to be regarded as undertaking training on a particular day for the purposes of paragraph (1) if the day falls within the relevant period for that course.

PART V INTERPRETATION

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In this Schedule, the relevant period for a course or programme means the period beginning with the day on which a person begins that course or programme and ending with the day (“the last day”) on which he completes it, abandons it or is dismissed from it (which period includes any periods of vacation between terms and before the last day).

SCHEDULE 2 PRESCRIBED EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS

Article 5

PART I ESTABLISHMENTS FOR STUDENTS

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Subject to paragraph (3) below, an institution is a prescribed educational establishment within this Part if it is—

a

situated in a F18relevant territory, and

b

established solely or mainly for the purpose of providing further or higher education.

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In this Part—

  • “further education”, in relation to a F12relevant territory, means—

    1. a

      any course of education (other than a course which is within the definition of “higher education” below) which is suitable to the requirements of persons who are over the compulsory school age applicable in F13that territory, and

    2. b

      organised leisure-time occupation provided in connection with such a course;

  • “higher education”, in relation to a F12relevant territory, means any course of education the successful completion of which results in any of the following qualifications—

    1. a

      a first degree,

    2. b

      a higher degree,

    3. c

      a qualification (including a professional qualification) which is regarded by the relevant authority as being equivalent to a qualification (or part of a qualification) mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) of this definition; and

  • “relevant authority”, in relation to a F12relevant territory , means the authority which in relation to F16that territory has sole or primary responsibility for the regulation of higher education F17and

  • “relevant territory” means England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland or a member State.

3

A Ministry of Defence training establishment for the armed forces is not a prescribed educational establishment within this Part of this Schedule

PART II ESTABLISHMENTS FOR STUDENT NURSES

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An institution is a prescribed educational establishment within this Part if it is—

a

a college of nursing and midwifery; or

b

a college of health

established by a regional or a district health authority within the meaning of section 8 of the National Health Service Act 1977 M1 or a Health Board within the meaning of section 2 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 M2.