Academic yearE+W
46.—(1) For the purposes of section 46 of the Act, an academic year is the period of twelve months which ends—
(a)in relation to a young person attending an institution within the further education sector on 31st July;
(b)in relation to a young person receiving apprenticeship training, on the date that that apprenticeship training finishes, or on the day before the young person attains the age of 26 if earlier;
(c)in all other cases, on the day that the young person's course of education or training is scheduled to end, or on the day before the young person attains the age of 26 if earlier.
(2) In this regulation ‘apprenticeship training’ has the same meaning as in section 83(5) of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 M1.