Regulation 6 I1

Regulation 4 (Conditions of Eligibility) shall be amended as provided by paragraphs (2) and (3).

In paragraphs (1A) and (1D) for “a new academic year” wherever it appears, there shall be substituted “the 2005 academic year”.

For paragraphs (1E) to (1G), there shall be substituted—

“(1E)

Subject to paragraphs (1I) and (2), a person shall be eligible for a 2006 loan in relation to the 2006 academic year if he—

(a)

is either attending, or attended throughout the 2006 academic year, a course which is—

(i)

a full-time course; or

(ii)

a full-time or a part-time course for the initial training of teachers which is for the time being designated by the Department;

(b)

falls within paragraph 11 of Part 2 of Schedule 1; and

(c)

has entered into an agreement for a loan—

(i)

in the case of a person who will—

(aa)

complete the course referred to in sub-paragraph (a) during the 2006 academic year; and

(bb)

not attend a further course of study in the 2007 academic year,

before the final day of the course referred to in sub-paragraph (a); or

(ii)

in the case of a person who will—

(aa)

continue to attend the course referred to in sub-paragraph (a) in the 2007 academic year; or

(bb)

attend a further course of study in the 2007 academic year,

before 1st August 2008.

(1F)

For the purposes of paragraph (1D)(b) and (1E)(b), the references to “the course” in the relevant paragraphs of Part 2 of Schedule 1 are to be treated as references to the course referred to in paragraph (1D)(a)(i) or (ii) or (1E)(a)(i) or (ii).

(1G)

For the purposes of paragraph (1D)(c)(i)(bb), (1D)(c)(ii)(bb), (1E)(c)(i)(bb) and (1E)(c)(ii)(bb), “further course of study” means a further course of study which is a full-time or a part-time course for the initial training of teachers which is designated by the Department.

(1H)

Paragraph (1D) shall not apply in the case of a person who would have been eligible for a loan under paragraph (1) before 30th April 2006.

(1I)

Paragraph (1E) shall not apply in the case of a person who would have been eligible for a loan under paragraph (1) before 1st August 2007.”.