Regulation 6 Designated courses – conditionsI1

England and Wales

(1)

The conditions are—

Condition 1

The course is one which—

(a)

leads to an award granted or to be granted by a body falling within section 214(2)(a) or (b) of the Education Reform Act 1988 M1, and

(b)

the teaching and supervision which comprise the course have been approved by that body.

Condition 2

The course is one of the following—

(a)

a full-time course of one or two academic years' duration, or

(b)

a part-time course which it is ordinarily possible to complete in up to four academic years.

Condition 3

The course is provided by—

(a)

a Welsh funded institution, a Scottish funded institution, a Northern Irish funded institution or an English regulated institution (whether alone or in conjunction with an institution within or outside the United Kingdom), or

(b)

a registered English institution on behalf of an English plan provider.

Condition 4

At least half of the teaching and supervision which comprise the course is provided in the United Kingdom.

(2)

For the purposes of Condition 3—

(a)

a course is provided by an institution if it provides the teaching and supervision which comprise the course, whether or not the institution has entered into an agreement with the student to provide the course;

(b)

a university and any constituent college or institution in the nature of a college of a university is regarded as—

(i)

a Welsh funded institution,

(ii)

a Scottish funded institution,

(iii)

a Northern Irish funded institution,

(iv)

an English regulated institution,

(v)

a registered English institution, or

(vi)

an English plan provider,

if either the university or the constituent college or institution is such an institution;

(c)

an institution is not regarded as a Welsh funded institution by reason only that it receives funds from the governing body of a higher education institution as a connected institution in accordance with section 65(3A) and (3B) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 M2.

Annotations

Marginal citations

M1: 1998 c. 40; section 214(2) was amended by the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c. 13), section 93 and Schedule 8 and by the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (c. 29), section 53.
M2: 1992 c. 13; subsections (3A) and (3B) of section 65 were inserted by the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 (c. 30), section 27.

Commencement

I1: Reg. 6 in force at 27.5.2019, see reg. 1(2)