3 Amendment of the Education (Student Support) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000
1 In regulation 2(1) insert in the appropriate place the following definition:

““end-on course” means—
(a) a course mentioned in paragraph 1 of Schedule 2, which a student begins to attend immediately after ceasing to attend a course mentioned in paragraph 2 or 3 of Schedule 2 (disregarding any intervening vacation) for which the student received or was entitled to receive a transitional award, a loan under the 1998 Regulations, or support under the 1999 Regulations; or
(b) a course for the initial training of teachers mentioned in paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 the duration of which does not exceed two years (a part-time course being treated as its full-time equivalent), which a student begins to attend immediately after ceasing to attend a course mentioned in paragraph 1 or 4 (but only where the course leads to a first degree) of Schedule 2 (disregarding any intervening vacation) for which the student received or was entitled to receive a transitional award, a loan under the 1998 Regulations, or support under the 1999 Regulations;”

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2 In regulation 2(3) substitute for the words “military and air forces and of the Royal Navy forces” the words “naval, military or air forces of the Crown”.