Regulation 4013

In regulation 40 (interpretation)19 –

a

immediately before the definition of “access funds” insert –

  • “academic year” means the period of twelve months beginning on 1st January, 1st April, 1st July or 1st September according to whether the course in question begins in the winter, the spring, the summer or the autumn respectively but if students are required to begin attending the course during August or September and to continue attending through the autumn, the academic year of the course shall be considered to begin in the autumn rather than the summer;

b

in the definition of “access funds”20 –

i

in paragraph (b), for “and described as “access bursary funds” or “hardship funds” ” substitute “for the purpose of providing funds on a discretionary basis to be paid to students”;

ii

after paragraph (c) add –

or

d

discretionary payments, known as “learner support funds”, which are made available to students in further education by institutions out of funds provided by the Learning and Skills Council for England under sections 5, 6 and 9 of the Learning and Skills Act 200021;

c

in the definition of “contribution”22 –

i

after “Secretary of State” in the first place where those words appear, insert “, the Scottish Ministers”;

ii

for “Secretary of State” in the other two places where those words appear, substitute “Scottish Ministers”;

d

at the end of the definition of “student loan”23 add “and shall include, in Scotland, a young student’s bursary paid under regulation 4(1)(c) of the Students' Allowances (Scotland) Regulations 199924”;

e

omit the definition of “year”.