F1PART 11AFee support, grants and allowances for designated part-time courses

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Pt. 11A heading and ss. 140A, 140B inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Support) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/472), regs. 1(2)(a), 16

Assistance with fees in respect of attendance on a course in Wales, Northern Ireland or Scotland146

1

The Secretary of State may pay support to assist with fees to an eligible part-time student in connection with the student's attendance on a designated part-time course beginning before 1st September 2012 in Wales, Northern Ireland or Scotland.

2

The assistance paid under paragraph (1) must not exceed the lesser of—

a

the maximum amount of assistance that would have been payable to the eligible part-time student under regulation 141(1)(a) had the student been undertaking the course in England; and

b

the maximum amount of support to assist with fees that in the opinion of the Secretary of State would have been payable according to whether the student attends the designated part-time course in Wales, Northern Ireland or Scotland—

i

pursuant to regulations made by the Welsh Ministers or the National Assembly for Wales under section 22 of the 1998 Act had the student been ordinarily resident in Wales and undertaking the part-time course in Wales;

ii

pursuant to regulations made under Articles 3 and 8(4) of the Education (Student Support) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 had the student been ordinarily resident in Northern Ireland and undertaking the part-time course in Northern Ireland; or

iii

from funds of the Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding CouncilM1had the student been ordinarily resident in Scotland and undertaking the part-time course in Scotland.