# The Education (Student Support) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006, Regulation 86: Designated part-time courses

Extent: N.I.

(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), a part-time course is designated for the purposes of Article 3(1) of the Order and regulation 85 if—
(a) it is a course mentioned in Schedule 2 other than a course for the initial training of teachers;
(b) it is of at least one academic year’s duration and does not exceed twice the period normally required to complete a full-time course leading to the same qualification;
(c) it is wholly provided by a publicly-funded educational institution or institutions in the United Kingdom or is provided by such institution or institutions in conjunction with an institution or institutions outside the United Kingdom; and
(d) it is not designated by or under regulation 5.
(2) A course that is taken as part of an employment-based teacher training scheme is not a designated part-time course.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1)—
(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 to be regarded as publicly funded if either the university or the constituent college or institution is publicly funded; and
(c) an institution is not to be regarded as publicly funded by reason only that it receives public funds from the governing body of a higher education institution in accordance with section 65(3A) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992.
(4) For the purposes of Article 3 of the Order and regulation 85(1) the Department may designate courses of higher education which are not designated by paragraph (1).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/312/regulation/86 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/regulation-86
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