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.”.