# The Education (Student Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2015, Regulation 4: Amendment of the Education (Student Support) Regulations 2011


In regulation 2 (Interpretation)—
(a) in paragraph (1)—
(i) in the definition of “2008 cohort student”—
(aa) in sub-paragraph (i), insert “or” after “2008;”;
(bb) omit sub-paragraph (ii);
(ii) in the definition of “2009 cohort student”—
(aa) in sub-paragraph (i), insert “or” after “previous course;”;
(bb) omit sub-paragraph (ii);
(iii) for the definition of “2012 cohort student”, substitute—
““2012 cohort student” means a current system student who—
(a) begins the current course on or after 1st September 2012 and before 1st August 2016 and is not a 2008, 2009 or 2016 cohort student;
(b) transfers to the current course pursuant to regulation 7 on or after 1st August 2016 from a course that—
(i) is not a distance learning course; and
(ii) begins on or after 1st September 2012 and before 1st August 2016; or
(c) begins an end-on course on or after 1st August 2016 immediately after ceasing to attend a course that begins on or after 1st September 2012 and before 1st August 2016;”;
(iv) after the definition of “2012 cohort student”, insert—
““2016 cohort student” means a current system student who—
(a) begins the current course on or after 1st August 2016;
(b) is not a 2008, 2009 or 2012 cohort student;
(c) has not transferred to the current course pursuant to regulation 7 from a course that—
(i) is not a distance learning course; and
(ii) began before 1st August 2016; and
(d) is not beginning an end-on course on or after 1st August 2016;”;
(v) omit the definition of “college fee loan”;
(vi) in the definition of “end-on course”—
(aa) in sub-paragraph (e), after “beginning on or after 1st September 2012” insert “, but before 1st August 2016”;
(bb) after sub-paragraph (g), insert—
“(h) a full-time honours degree course beginning on or after 1st August 2016 which, disregarding any intervening vacation, a student begins to attend immediately after ceasing to attend a full-time course mentioned in paragraph 2, 3 or 4 of Schedule 2 that is not a distance learning course or a full-time foundation or ordinary degree course that is not a distance learning course, which started before 1st August 2016, having achieved a qualification;”;
(vii) in the definition of “fees”, omit “except in references to college fees”;
(viii) omit the definition of “flexible postgraduate course for the initial training of teachers”;
(ix) omit the definition of “old flexible postgraduate course for the initial training of teachers”;
(x) in the definition of “Scottish healthcare allowance”, after “means any allowance” insert “(including a young students’ bursary or an independent students’ bursary)”;
(xi) omit the definitions of “type 1 teacher training student”, “type 2 teacher training student” and “type 3 teacher training student”;
(b) in paragraph (3) omit “Subject to paragraph (4),”;
(c) omit paragraph (4).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1951/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-amendment-regulations-2015/regulation-4
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