{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-act-1989-higher-education-bursary-wales-regulations-2011/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-act-1989-higher-education-bursary-wales-regulations-2011/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2011/823",
  "legislation_title": "The Children Act 1989 (Higher Education Bursary) (Wales) Regulations 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-act-1989-higher-education-bursary-wales-regulations-2011",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Meaning of “higher education”",
  "text": "(1) “Higher education” (“addysg uwch”) for the purposes of section 23C(5A) of the 1989 Act is prescribed as a course of education that is—\n(a) one of the following—\n(i) a first degree;\n(ii) a course for the Diploma of Higher Education;\n(iii) a course for the Higher National Diploma of the Business and Technician Education Council or Qualifications Scotland;\n(iv) a course for the initial training of teachers;\n(v) a course for the further training of youth and community workers;\n(vi) a course (for entry to which a first degree or equivalent qualification is not normally required) in preparation for a professional examination at a higher level;\n(b) of at least two academic years' duration (as a full-time course or as a part-time course expressed as its full time equivalent); and\n(c) designated by or under Regulations made under section 22(1) of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 on the date on which the former relevant child starts the course.\n(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (vi) an examination at a higher level is one that is of a standard higher than—\n(a) the examination at advanced level for the General Certificate of Education or the examination at higher level for the Scottish Certificate of Education; or\n(b) the examination for the National Certificate or the National Diploma of the Business and Technician Education Council or Qualifications Scotland.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 4(1)(a)(iii) substituted (1.2.2026) by The Education (Scotland) Act 2025 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/1350), art. 1(4), Sch. para. 11(2)(a); S.S.I. 2026/2, sch. Pt. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 4(2)(b) substituted (1.2.2026) by The Education (Scotland) Act 2025 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/1350), art. 1(4), Sch. para. 11(3)(a); S.S.I. 2026/2, sch. Pt. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 4 in force at 17.3.2011, see reg. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1998 c. 30. At the time of making these Regulations relevant Regulations are the Assembly Learning Grants and Loans (Higher Education) (Wales) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2737) and the Education (Student Support) (Dance and Drama) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/2263)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "“Former relevant child” is defined in section 23C(1) of the 1989 Act. These Regulations relate to a former relevant child for whom a local authority in Wales was last responsible."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2011/823/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:51:03.332731+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}