Regulation 6 Amendment of Education (Student Support) (No.2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009

In regulation 124 (Designated part-time courses), after paragraph (7) insert-

“(8)

In designating a part-time course studied through distance learning, the Department may disregard-

(a)

any requirement imposed by the institution or institutions providing the course to attend any institution for the purposes of-

(i)

registration or enrolment;

(ii)

an examination;

(b)

any requirement imposed by the institution or institutions providing the course to attend any institution on a weekend, from time to time during the week or during any vacation;

(c)

any period of attendance at the institution or institutions providing the course which a student may but is not required to complete by that institution or those institutions.”