The Student Fees (Qualifying Courses and Persons) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

Transitional Cases

6.—(1) Where a qualifying person, disregarding any intervening vacation, begins an end-on course within the meaning of regulation 2(1) of the Education (Student Support) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006(1) immediately after a qualifying course (“the relevant course”) in a case where paragraph (3) or (4) applies, the end-on course shall be treated as if the offer for it had been received on the same date as the offer for the relevant course.

(2) In a case where paragraph (3) or (4) applies, where a qualifying person undertakes a qualifying course (“the relevant course”) which is a single course, an offer received for any part of the relevant course shall be treated as if it had been received on the same date as the offer for the first part of the relevant course.

(3) This paragraph applies where—

(a) the qualifying person had on or before 1^st August 2005 received an offer, whether conditional on obtaining specified qualifications or not, of a place on the relevant course, or a similar course, and

(b) the first academic year of the relevant course begins before 1^st September 2007.

(4) This paragraph applies where—

(a) the qualifying person had received an offer of a place on a qualifying course (whether or not at the same institution as the relevant course) the first academic year of which began before 1^st September 2006,

(b) he was unable to take up the offer because a specified qualification or grade was not awarded to him,

(c) he appealed against the decision not to award him the qualification or grade,

(d) the appeal was allowed after the last date on which he could have taken up the offer,

(e) as a result he was offered a place on the relevant course, and

(f) the first academic year of the relevant course begins after 31^st August 2006 but before 1^st September 2007.

(5) For the purpose of paragraph (3)(a) a course (“the original course”) is similar to the relevant course if—

(a) it appears to the governing body of the institution providing the relevant course that the subject matter of the course is in whole or in part the same as the subject matter of the original course, and

(b) except where the original course is no longer being provided, the relevant course is provided by the institution which was to have provided the original course.

(1)

S.R. 2006 No.312, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations