The Student Fees (Qualifying Courses and Persons) Regulations 2006
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2006/482 |
| Year | 2006 |
2006 No. 482
EDUCATION, ENGLAND
The Student Fees (Qualifying Courses and Persons) Regulations 2006
Made 26th February 2006
Laid before Parliament 7th March 2006
Coming into force 31th March 2006
The Secretary of State for Education and Skills makes the following Regulations, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 24(6) and 47 of the Higher Education Act 20041.
Citation, Commencement and Interpretation
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Student Fees (Qualifying Courses and Persons) Regulations 2006 and come into force on 31st March 2006.
2. In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Higher Education Act 2004;
“course for the initial training of teachers” includes such a course leading to a first degree;
“European Community” means the territory comprised by the Member States of the European Community as constituted from time to time;
“European Economic Area” means the area comprised by the European Community, the Republic of Iceland, the Kingdom of Norway and the Principality of Lichtenstein;
“public funds” means moneys provided by Parliament;
“publicly-funded” means maintained or assisted by recurrent grants out of public funds;
“qualified teacher” has the meaning given in section 132(1) of the Education Act 20022;
“Schedule 1” means Schedule 1 of the Student Support Regulations;
“single course” means a course mentioned in Regulation 5(5) of the Student Support Regulations; and
“the Student Support Regulations” means the Education (Student Support) Regulations 20063.
Revocation
3. The Education (Fees at Higher Education Institutions) Regulations 19994are revoked to the extent that they have not already been revoked.
Prescribed description of a qualifying course
4.—(1) The description of a qualifying course which is prescribed for the purposes of section 24 of the Act is a course which subject to paragraph (3) is a designated course within the meaning of regulation 2(1) of the Student Support Regulations on the first day of an academic year which begins during the grant period and is provided by an institution in England.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1) the reference to an institution in England means an institution whose activities are carried on in England.
(3) A course is not a qualifying course if at the time the qualifying person received an offer of a place on that course the institution providing it was not publicly funded.
Prescribed description of a qualifying person
5.—(1) The description of a qualifying person which is prescribed for the purposes of section 24 of the Act is a person who on the first day of an academic year which begins during the grant period falls within the class of persons who subject to paragraph (7) are specified in Part 2 of Schedule 1 other than—
(a)
(a) persons who are not eligible for support under the Student Support Regulations by reason of regulation 4(3)(c), (d), (e) or (f) of those regulations, or
(b)
(b) a person mentioned in paragraph (2) or (5).
(2) Subject to the exception in paragraphs (3) and (4), a person is not a qualifying person if he has an honours degree from an institution in the United Kingdom which was publicly funded for some or all of the academic years during which the person took the course leading to the award of the honours degree.
(3) Paragraph (2) does not apply where—
(a)
(a) the qualifying course is a course for the initial training of teachers;
(b)
(b) the duration of the course does not exceed two years (the duration of a part time course being expressed as its full-time equivalent); and
(c)
(c) the qualifying person is not a qualified teacher.
(4) Paragraph (2) does not apply in respect of any part of a single course where—
(a)
(a) the qualifying course is a single course;
(b)
(b) the single course leads to an honours degree being conferred on the qualifying person from an institution in the United Kingdom before the final degree or equivalent qualification; and
(c)
(c) the qualifying person only has an honours degree which was received as part of the...
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