The Education (Student Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2015

Amendment of the Education (Student Support) Regulations 2011

4.  In regulation 2 (Interpretation)—

(a) in paragraph (1)—

(i) in the definition of “2008 cohort student”—

(aa) in sub-paragraph (i), insert “or” after “2008;”;

(bb) omit sub-paragraph (ii);

(ii) in the definition of “2009 cohort student”—

(aa) in sub-paragraph (i), insert “or” after “previous course;”;

(bb) omit sub-paragraph (ii);

(iii) for the definition of “2012 cohort student”, substitute—

““2012 cohort student” means a current system student who—

(a)

begins the current course on or after 1st September 2012 and before 1st August 2016 and is not a 2008, 2009 or 2016 cohort student;

(b)

transfers to the current course pursuant to regulation 7 on or after 1st August 2016 from a course that—

(i)

is not a distance learning course; and

(ii)

begins on or after 1st September 2012 and before 1st August 2016; or

(c)

begins an end-on course on or after 1st August 2016 immediately after ceasing to attend a course that begins on or after 1st September 2012 and before 1st August 2016;”;

(iv) after the definition of “2012 cohort student”, insert—

““2016 cohort student” means a current system student who—

(a)

begins the current course on or after 1st August 2016;

(b)

is not a 2008, 2009 or 2012 cohort student;

(c)

has not transferred to the current course pursuant to regulation 7 from a course that—

(i)

is not a distance learning course; and

(ii)

began before 1st August 2016; and

(d)

is not beginning an end-on course on or after 1st August 2016;”;

(v) omit the definition of “college fee loan”;

(vi) in the definition of “end-on course”—

(aa) in sub-paragraph (e), after “beginning on or after 1st September 2012” insert “, but before 1st August 2016”;

(bb) after sub-paragraph (g), insert—

“(h) a full-time honours degree course beginning on or after 1st August 2016 which, disregarding any intervening vacation, a student begins to attend immediately after ceasing to attend a full-time course mentioned in paragraph 2, 3 or 4 of Schedule 2 that is not a distance learning course or a full-time foundation or ordinary degree course that is not a distance learning course, which started before 1st August 2016, having achieved a qualification;”;

(vii) in the definition of “fees”, omit “except in references to college fees”;

(viii) omit the definition of “flexible postgraduate course for the initial training of teachers”;

(ix) omit the definition of “old flexible postgraduate course for the initial training of teachers”;

(x) in the definition of “Scottish healthcare allowance”, after “means any allowance” insert “(including a young students’ bursary or an independent students’ bursary)”;

(xi) omit the definitions of “type 1 teacher training student”, “type 2 teacher training student” and “type 3 teacher training student”;

(b) in paragraph (3) omit “Subject to paragraph (4),”;

(c) omit paragraph (4).