21. In relation to a person who commenced attendance at an institution of higher education in the Republic of Ireland providing a full time course comparable to one listed in paragraph 1, 2, 3 or 4 of Schedule 3 before 10th July 1996 or could have commenced such attendance before that date but for choosing to defer such attendance, the following provisions of the Students Awards Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 shall continue to apply as if these Regulations had not been made—
(a)the definition of “institution” in regulation 3(1);
(b)sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (a) in Schedule 6.