CHAPTER 1INTERPRETATION OF PART 10
Interpretation
96. In this Part—
(a)“attendance confirmation” means—
(i)confirmation from the academic authority that the student has enrolled for the academic year where—
(aa)the student is applying for support in connection with a designated course for the first time;
(bb)the student has a disability; and
(cc)the student is undertaking the course but not attending (regardless of whether the reason for not attending relates to the student’s disability);
(ii)confirmation from the academic authority that the student has been present at the institution and begun to attend the course where—
(aa)the student is applying for support in connection with a designated course for the first time;
(bb)the student’s status as an eligible student has not been transferred to the course from another designated course at the same institution; and
(cc)sub-paragraph (i)(cc) does not apply;
(iii)confirmation from the academic authority that the student has enrolled for the academic year where—
(aa)the student is applying for support in connection with a designated course other than for the first time; or
(bb)the student is applying for support in connection with a designated course for the first time after the student’s status as an eligible student has been transferred to that course from another course at the same institution;
(b)“payment period” means a period in respect of which the Department pays the relevant support under Part 5 or Part 6 or would have paid such support if the eligible student’s period of eligibility had not terminated.