Amendment of the Education (Student Support) Regulations 2011

18.  In regulation 139 (designated part-time courses) of the Student Support Regulations—

(a) in paragraph (1), for sub-paragraph (d) substitute—

“(d) it is either—

(i) wholly provided by an authority-funded educational institution;

(ii) provided by a publicly funded institution in the United Kingdom on behalf of an authority-funded educational institution; or

(iii) provided by an authority-funded educational institution in conjunction with an institution outside the United Kingdom;”;

(b) in paragraph (6)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (b), for the words “publicly funded”, in each place where they occur, substitute “authority-funded”;

(ii) at the end of sub-paragraph (b), omit the word “and”;

(iii) in sub-paragraph (c), after the words “publicly funded” insert “or authority-funded”;

(iv) at the end of sub-paragraph (c), for the full stop substitute “; and”; and

(v) after sub-paragraph (c), insert—

“(d) a course is not to be regarded as provided on behalf of an authority-funded educational institution where a part of the course is provided by a private institution.”.