PART 14AMENDMENT OF THE 2012 REGULATIONS
Amendment of the 2012 RegulationsI1132
1
The 2012 Regulations are amended in accordance with the following paragraphs.
2
In regulation 2(1), in the appropriate place, insert—
“compressed first year course” (“cwrs blwyddyn gyntaf gywasgedig”) means a designated course—
- a
which begins on or after 1 September 2013;
- b
where the first year of the course is undertaken on a compressed basis and can be completed in a period of not more than seven months; and
- c
where no other years of the course are undertaken on such a compressed basis.
3
In regulation 2(1), for the definition of “academic year”, substitute—
“academic year” (“blwyddyn academaidd”) means—
- a
in respect of an academic year of a course other than the first year of a compressed first year course, the period of twelve months beginning on 1 January, 1 April, 1 July or 1 September of the calendar year in which the academic year of the course in question begins according to whether that academic year begins on or after 1 January and before 1 April, on or after 1 April and before 1 July, on or after 1 July and before 1 August or on or after 1 August and on or before 31 December respectively; or
- b
in respect of an academic year which is the first year of a compressed first year course, the period of eight months beginning on 1 January, 1 April, 1 July or 1 September of the calendar year in which the academic year of the course in question begins according to whether that academic year begins on or after 1 January and before 1 April, on or after 1 April and before 1 July, on or after 1 July and before 1 August or on or after 1 August and on or before 31 December respectively;