Regulation 3 Amendment of regulation 1 of the principal regulations

In regulation 1(2) of the principal Regulations (definitions) for the definitions of “advanced education” and“full-time education” there shall be substituted the following definitions—

• ““advanced education” means full-time education for the purposes of—

  1. (a)

     a course in preparation for a degree, a diploma of higher education, a higher national diploma, a higher national diploma of the Business & Technician Education Council or the Scottish Vocational Education Council or a teaching qualification; or

  2. (b)

     any other course which is of a standard above ordinary national diploma, a national diploma of the Business & Technician Education Council or a national certificate of the Scottish Vocational Education Council, a general certificate of education (advanced level), a Scottish certificate of education (higher grade) or a Scottish certificate of sixth year studies;”

• ““full-time education” means—

  1. (a)

     full-time education by attendance at a recognised educational establishment; or

  2. (b)

     full-time education, elsewhere than at a recognised educational establishment, where the education is recognised by the Secretary of State under section 2 of the Act; or

  3. (c)

     education treated as full-time under regulation 5;”.