The Housing Renewal Grants (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001

Regulation 41

12.  In regulation 41 (interpretation of Part II)(1) —

(a) before the definition of “college of further education”, add

• ““access funds” means —

  (a)

  grants made under section 7 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992(2) or section 49 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000(3) and described as “learner support funds” or grants made under section 68 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 and described as “access bursary funds” or “hardship funds”;

  (b)

  grants made under sections 73(a) and (c) and 74(1) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980(4)

  (c)

  grants made under Article 30 of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1993(5), or grants, loans or other payments made under Article 5 of the Further Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1997(6) in each case being grants, or grants, loans or other payments as the case may be, made for the purpose of assisting students in financial difficulties;”;

(b) in the definition of “course of study”, omit the words from “and for the purposes of” to the end.

(c) in the definition of “full time course of study” for paragraph (b) substitute —

“(b) is funded in whole or in part by the FEFC, the LSC or the NCETW and involves more than 16 guided learning hours per week for that student set out in the case of a course funded by the FEFC for England or the LSC, in his learning agreement signed on behalf of the establishment which is funded by the FEFC or the LSC for the delivery of that course or, in the case of a course funded by the FEFC for Wales or the NCETW, in a document signed on behalf of the establishment which is funded by the FEFC or the NCETW for the delivery of that course; or”;

(d) for the definition of “grant” substitute —

• ““grant” (except in the definition of “access funds”) means any kind of educational grant or award and includes any scholarship, studentship, exhibition, allowance or bursary but does not include a payment from access funds,”;

(e) after the definition of “last day of the course”, insert —

““the LSC” means the Learning and Skills Council for England;

“the NCETW” means the National Council for Education and Training in Wales;

“qualifying course” has the meaning given in regulation 17A(7) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations;”;

(f) for the definition of “sandwich course” substitute —

• ““sandwich course” has the meaning prescribed in regulation 5(2) of the Education (Student Support) Regulations 2000(7), regulation 5(2) of the Education (Student Loans) (Scotland) Regulations 2000(8), or regulation 5(2) of the Education (Student Support) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000(9) as the case may be;”;

(g) for the definition of “student” substitute —

• ““student” means a person, other than a person in receipt of a training allowance, who is attending or undertaking —

  (a)

  a course of study at an educational establishment; or

  (b)

  a qualifying course;”;

(1)

Regulation 41 was amended by S.I. 1999/1523 and 2000/973(W.43).

(2)

1992 c. 13.

(3)

2000 c. 21.

(4)

1980 c. 44. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).

(5)

S.I. 1993/2810 (N.I. 12)

(6)

S.I. 1997/1772 (N.I. 15).

(7)

S.I. 2000/1121.

(8)

S.S.I. 2000/200.

(9)

S.R. (N.I) 2000 No. 213.