PART 1 GENERAL

1 Citation, commencement and application
1 These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 and come into force on 21st February 2019.
2 Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), these Regulations apply in relation to the provision of support to students in relation to an academic year which begins on or after 1st August 2019, whether anything done under these Regulations is done before, on or after that date or whether a course begins before, on or after that date.
3 The following regulations apply in relation to the provision of support to students in relation to a course which begins on or after 1st August 2019 whether anything done under these Regulations is done before, on or after that date—
(a) regulation 11(3) to (5) and (9) to (11) but only insofar as those provisions relate to an accelerated course;
(b) regulation 36 to 39;
(c) regulation 43(3);
(d) regulation 45;
(e) regulation 46(3) and (4);
(f) regulation 50(b) to (d); and
(g) regulation 53.
4 Regulations 44, 51 and 52 apply in relation to the provision of support to students in relation to a course which begins on or after 1st August 2019, except where the student transfers on to the course from a course which began before that date. Where regulations 44, 51 and 52 apply, they apply regardless of whether anything done under these Regulations is done before, on or after 1st August 2019.
5 In paragraph (2), “academic year” means the period of twelve months beginning with 1st January, 1st April, 1st July or 1st September of the calendar year in which the academic year of the course in question begins, according to whether the academic year of the course begins, respectively—
(a) on or after 1st January and before 1st April;
(b) on or after 1st April and before 1st July;
(c) on or after 1st July and before 1st August; or
(d) on or after 1st August and on or before 31st December.