2. In this Order—
(a)“the 2006 Order” means the Student Fees (Specification) (Scotland) Order 2006(1);
(b)a “2012/13 academic year” is any academic year commencing during the period beginning on 1st August 2012 and ending on 31st July 2013 and subsequent academic years are to be construed accordingly;
(c)a “higher level course of education” is any course at a higher level, including a honours or ordinary degree course, with the exception of—
(i)a course of post-graduate studies (including a higher degree course); and
(ii)a course at a higher level in preparation for a qualification from a professional body;
(d)a “post 2011/12 student” is a student, who is not a deferred student or a new deferred student within the meaning of article 1(2) of the 2006 Order, who commences a course at a [F1post-16 education] body on or after 1st August 2012.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in art. 2(d) substituted (31.3.2015) by The Post-16 Education (Scotland) Act 2013 (Modification of Legislation) Order 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/153), art. 1, sch. para. 18
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