(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Education (Student Support) (No. 2) Regulations 2002 (the “2002 Regulations”). The 2002 Regulations provide for support for students taking designated higher education courses.
Regulation 4 amends paragraph 1(g) of Schedule 3 to the 2002 Regulations so that a student who begins a course on or after 1st September 2004 is treated as having begun that course before 1st September 2004 if he has transferred to that course from a course which began before that date. As a consequence, the requirement in the 2002 Regulations to take into account the income of the partner of the student’s natural parent in assessing the amount of support payable to a student beginning a course on or after 1st September 2004 does not apply to such a student.
Regulations 5 and 6 amend paragraphs 4 and 5 of Schedule 3 to ensure that, for the purposes of assessing the amount of support payable to a student, the same method is used for calculating the income of the student’s natural parent, any partner of the student and any partner of the student’s natural parent.
A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the costs of business.