Regulation 5 Amendment of the Education (Student Support) Regulations 2011

In regulation 5 (designated courses) of the Student Support Regulations—

(a)

for sub-paragraph (1)(d) substitute—

“(d)
either—

(i)
wholly provided by an authority-funded educational institution;

(ii)
provided by a publicly funded institution in the United Kingdom on behalf of an authority-funded educational institution; or

(iii)
provided by an authority-funded educational institution in conjunction with an institution outside the United Kingdom; and”;

(b)

after paragraph (3) insert—

“(3A)
Paragraph (3) does not apply where the person applying for support in connection with the course is—

(a)
a disabled student; and

(b)
undertaking that course in the United Kingdom but not in attendance because the person is unable to attend for a reason which relates to that person’s disability.”;

(c)

in paragraph (7)—

(i)

in sub-paragraph (b), for the words “publicly funded” substitute “authority-funded” in each place where they occur;

(ii)

at the end of sub-paragraph (b), omit the word “and”;

(iii)

in sub-paragraph (c), after the words “publicly funded” insert “or authority-funded”;

(iv)

at the end of sub-paragraph (c), for the full stop substitute “; and”; and

(v)

after sub-paragraph (c), insert—

“(d)
a course is not to be regarded as provided on behalf of an authority-funded educational institution where a part of the course is provided by a private institution.”.