Regulation 4

the words “and before 1st September 1999” shall be omitted where they first occur;

in sub-paragraph (a), “which is no longer offered” shall be omitted, and for “that year” there shall be substituted “a year which begins on or after 1st September 1998 and before 1st September 1999”;

at the end of sub-paragraph (a), there shall be added:

“(aa)

the person had received an offer of a place on a designated course for a year which begins before 1st September 1998, and–

(i)

the authority are satisfied that the person was unable to take up that offer because of illness, and

(ii)

the person was offered a place on a designated course, whether or not at the same institution, and the first year of the course begins on or after 1st September 1998 and before 1st September 1999;”;

in sub-paragraph (b)(iv), for “the course” there shall be substituted “a designated course, whether or not at the same institution,”

for sub-paragraph (c)(ii) there shall be substituted:

“(ii)

an award was bestowed on him in respect of his attendance at the DipHE or HND course which is an old award other than by virtue of this sub-paragraph or sub-paragraph (d); or”;

for sub-paragraph (d)(ii) there shall be substituted:

“(ii)

an award was bestowed on him in respect of his attendance at the first degree course which is an old award other than by virtue of sub-paragraph (c) or this sub-paragraph.”.