6.—(1) The Education (Mandatory Awards) Regulations 1987(1) and the Education (Mandatory Awards) (Amendment) Regulations 1988(2) are hereby revoked.
(2) Subject to paragraph (6) and without prejudice to section 17(2)(b) of the Interpretation Act 1978(3) and the definition of “award” in regulation 2, an award bestowed in pursuance of previous awards Regulations before the coming into force of these Regulations, in so far as it could have been bestowed in pursuance of these Regulations, shall, for the purposes thereof, be treated as having been so bestowed.
(3) Where the current academic year of a student’s course began in the spring or summer of1988 then, notwithstanding anything in these Regulations, payments in pursuance of his award in respect of the year beginning on 1st January or, as the case may be, 1st April1988 shall be the aggregate of—
(a)two-thirds or, as the case may be, one-third of the payments which would have fallen to be made in respect of that year under theEducation (Mandatory Awards) Regulations 1987 had they not been revoked, and
(b)one-third or, as the case may be, two-thirds of the payments which would have fallen to be made in respect of the year beginning on 1st September1988 under these Regulations had the academic year of his course begun in the autumn of1988.
(4) Where an award was bestowed on a student under section 2 of the Education Act 1962 (“the discretionary award”) in respect of a course to which section 1 of that Act did not then apply but the course becomes or has become a designated course and an award within the meaning of these Regulations is or has been bestowed on the student in respect of that course (“the mandatory award”) then, if the discretionary award continues to be payable it shall be disregarded in calculating the student’s income for the purposes of regulation 18(1)(b) and for the purposes of regulation 23; but payments on account of the mandatory award in respect of fees and in respect of maintenance for any period shall be respectively reduced or extinguished by those on account of the corresponding element of the discretionary award.
(5) The Education (Students' Dependants Allowances) Regulations 1983(4) revoked by the Education (Mandatory Awards) Regulation 1987 shall continue to have effect in relation to an allowance payable or paid thereunder in respect of a period falling before1st September 1987.
(6) An award bestowed under previous awards regulations upon a person mentioned in regulation 9(2)(b) or (c) of the Education (Mandatory Awards) Regulations 1987 but not mentioned in regulation 9(2)(b) of these Regulations shall, in so far as it could otherwise have been bestowed in pursuance of these Regulations, for the purposes thereof, be treated as having been so bestowed.