Meaning of “undertaking a course”
13.—(1) For the purposes of these Regulations a person is to be regarded as undertaking a course of education, study or training—
(a)throughout the period beginning on the date on which the person starts undertaking the course and ending on the last day of the course or on such earlier date (if any) as the person finally abandons it or is dismissed from it, or
(b)where a person is undertaking a part of a modular course, for the period beginning on the day on which that part of the course starts and ending —
(i)on the last day, on which the person is registered as undertaking that part, or
(ii)on such earlier date (if any) as the person finally abandons the course or is dismissed from it.
(2) The period referred to in paragraph (1)(b) includes—
(a)where a person has failed examinations or has failed to complete successfully a module relating to a period when the person was undertaking a part of the course, any period in respect of which the person undertakes the course for the purpose of retaking those examinations or completing that module, and
(b)any period of vacation within the period specified in paragraph (1)(b) or immediately following that period except where the person has registered to attend or undertake the final module in the course and the vacation immediately follows the last day on which the person is to attend or undertake the course.
(3) In this regulation “modular course” means a course which consists of two or more modules, the successful completion of a specified number of which is required before a person is considered by the educational establishment to have completed the course.
(4) A person is not to be regarded as undertaking a course for any part of the period mentioned in paragraph (1) during which the following conditions are met—
(a)the person has, with the consent of the relevant educational establishment, ceased to attend or undertake the course because they are ill or caring for another person,
(b)the person has recovered from that illness or ceased caring for that person within the past year, but not yet resumed the course, and
(c)the person is not eligible for a grant or student loan.