Education (Fees and Awards) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1998
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1998/2324 |
| Year | 1998 |
1998 No. 2324 (S.122)
EDUCATION, SCOTLAND
The Education (Fees and Awards) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1998
Made 17th September 1998
Laid before Parliament 21th September 1998
Coming into force 12th October 1998
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 1 of the Education (Fees and Awards) Act 19831and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and extent
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Fees and Awards) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1998, shall come into force on 12th October 1998 and shall extend to Scotland only.
Amendment of the Education (Fees and Awards) (Scotland) Regulations 1997
2.—(1) The Education (Fees and Awards) (Scotland) Regulations 19972shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs.
(2) In regulation 6, at the beginning there shall be inserted the words “Subject to regulation 6A,”.
(3) After regulation 6 there shall be added the following new regulation–
“6A.—(1) The provisions of regulation 6(c) shall not apply in respect of a student in relation to his attending a course of a kind specified in paragraph (2) where–
(a)
(a) he has previously attended a course of a kind specified in paragraph (2) during an academic year beginning before 1st September 1997 and had in relation to his attending that course a relevant connection with the United Kingdom and Islands; and
(b)
(b) he begins to attend the course in question–
(i) immediately after successfully completing the course referred to in sub-paragraph (a); or
(ii) immediately after successfully completing a course in relation to which the provisions of regulation 6(c) do not apply by reason of this regulation.
(2) The kinds of course for the purposes of paragraph (1) are those specified in paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (e) of section 38(2) of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 19923.
(3) In determining for the purposes of this regulation whether a student begins to attend a course immediately after another course any intervening vacation shall be disregarded.
(4) For the purposes of this regulation a student successfully completes a course only if he qualifies for the award to which the course leads.”.
Helen Liddell
Minister of State, Scottish Office
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburg...
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