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Article 6 Students

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(1)

For the purposes of paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the Act, “student” means a person who, on a particular day, is not a student nurse (in terms of article 7 of this Order) and is—

(a)

registered with the Central Bureau for Educational Visits and Exchanges as a foreign language assistant, provided that the day falls within the period of his appointment as such an assistant at a school or other educational institution in Great Britain;

(b)

aged under 20 and undertaking with a single educational establishment (otherwise than in consequence of an office or employment held by him)—

(i)

a qualifying course of education in respect of which the relevant number of hours per week exceeds 12; or

(ii)

two or more qualifying courses of education in respect of which the aggregate of the relevant number of hours per week for all those courses exceeds 12; or

(c)

undertaking a course of education—

(i)

which is specified in Schedule 2 to this Order;

(ii)

which is provided by an institution specified in Schedule 3 to this Order;

(iii)

which he is required by the institution to attend for a period of at least 24 weeks within each academic year of the institution required to complete the course; and

(iv)

in respect of which, in the opinion of the institution, a person would ordinarily require to undertake periods of study or tuition (including any periods of industrial, professional or commercial experience associated with the course which he requires to undertake to complete the course) which amount, in the aggregate, to an average of at least 21 hours a week during the period mentioned in head (iii) above.

(2)

A person is to be regarded for the purposes of sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (1) above as undertaking a qualifying course of education on a particular day if—

(a)

the day falls within the relevant period for that course; and

(b)

he is not on that day an apprentice or a youth training trainee (in terms of article 5 or 8 of this Order).

(3)

A person is to be regarded for the purposes of sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph (1) above as undertaking a course of education on a particular day if—

(a)

on the day he is enrolled with the institution providing the course for the purpose of attending that course; and

(b)

the day falls within the relevant period for that course.