{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-mandatory-awards-regulations-1997/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-mandatory-awards-regulations-1997/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/431",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Mandatory Awards) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-mandatory-awards-regulations-1997",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "References to courses",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations any reference to a designated course shall be construed as a reference to a course designated by or under regulation 10 and, in relation to any person, any reference to such a course (otherwise unqualified) shall, as the context requires, be construed as a reference to a designated course which the person in question attends or has applied to attend; and, in relation to any designated course except one designated under regulation 10(1)(d)(ii) or (iii), any reference to a course shall be construed as a reference to either a course of full-time study or a sandwich course.\n(2) In these Regulations any reference to a first degree course, a Dip HE course, a course of initial training for teachers, or a course comparable to a first degree course shall be construed in accordance with regulation 10.\n(3) In these Regulations any reference to a sandwich course shall be construed as a reference to such a course within the meaning of paragraph 1 of Schedule 5.\n(4) (a) in the case of a student who began his course before 1st April 1989 any reference to a course of higher education is a reference to a course listed in paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the Education (Schools and Further Education) Regulations 1981 as in force on 31st March 1989;\n(b) in the case of a student who began his course on or after 1st April 1989, any reference in these Regulations to a course of higher education shall be construed in accordance with section 120(1) of the Education Reform Act 1988.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1981/1086, to which there were amendments not relevant to these Regulations. Schedule 2 to the Regulations was revoked by the Education (Schools and Further and Higher Education) Regulations 1989 (S.I. 1989/351)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1988 c. 40."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "rev.in pt.",
      "affecting": "uksi/1997/1693",
      "affecting_title": "The Education (Mandatory Awards) (Amendment) Regulations 1997"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/431/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:24:50.501021+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."
}