The Education (Mandatory Awards) Regulations 1991

Duty to bestow an award

7.  In pursuance of section 1(1) of the Education Act 1962 it shall be the duty of an authority, subject to the conditions and exceptions hereinafter provided, to bestow–

(1) a full award in respect of a person’s attendance at a designated course within the meaning of these Regulations during an academic year beginning after 31st August 1991 if the person concerned is ordinarily resident in the authority’s area within the meaning of section 1 of the said Act of 1962 and Schedule 1 thereto, read with these Regulations;

(2) where paragraph (1) does not apply, a fees only award in respect of a person’s attendance at a designated course at an establishment in England or Wales during an academic year beginning after the 31st August 1991 if the person is a European student—

(a) in respect of whose fees Essex local education authority has made a payment otherwise than pursuant to previous Awards Regulations or section 1(6) of the Education Act 1962, and the establishment at which he attends his course is within the area of the authority; or

(b) who resided in the area of the authority on the last day of the month of October, February, April or June (according as the academic year of the course begins in the winter, the spring, the summer or the autumn respectively) preceding the beginning of the course, or if he was not resident in England or Wales on that date, if the establishment at which he attends his course is in the area of the authority.