3.—(1) The Education (Student Loans) (Scotland) Regulations 2007(1) are amended in accordance with the following paragraphs.
(2) In the definition of “loan” in regulation 2(1) (interpretation)(2)—
(a)in paragraph (a) after “undertaking a” insert “full-time or part-time”;
(b)after paragraph (a) before the word “and” insert—
“(aa)in relation to a student undertaking a full-time (but not a part-time) vocational course leading to a Postgraduate Diploma or to a Postgraduate masters degree, a loan towards that student’s maintenance under the Act and any regulations made under the Act, including the interest accrued on the loan and any penalties or charges made in connection with it;”.
(3) For regulation 3(2A) (eligible students)(3), substitute—
“(2A) Paragraph (2)(b) does not apply when assessing a person’s eligibility for a loan falling within paragraph (a) of the definition of loan in regulation 2(1)”.
S.S.I. 2007/154, as amended by S.S.I. 2007/503, S.S.I. 2008/205 and S.S.I. 2008/206, S.S.I. 2009/188, S.S.I. 2009/189 and S.S.I. 2009/309, S.S.I. 2010/300, S.S.I. 2012/72, S.S.I. 2013/80 and S.I. 2013/1881.
The definition of “loan” in regulation 2(1) was substituted by S.S.I. 2012/72.
Paragraph 2A of regulation 3 was inserted by S.S.I. 2012/72.