Regulation 132 Amendment of the 2012 RegulationsF1I1

The 2012 Regulations are amended in accordance with the following paragraphs.

In regulation 2(1), in the appropriate place, insert—

• ““compressed first year course” (“cwrs blwyddyn gyntaf gywasgedig”) means a designated course—

  1. (a)

     which begins on or after 1 September 2013;

  2. (b)

     where the first year of the course is undertaken on a compressed basis and can be completed in a period of not more than seven months; and

  3. (c)

     where no other years of the course are undertaken on such a compressed basis.”

In regulation 2(1), for the definition of “academic year”, substitute—

• ““academic year” (“blwyddyn academaidd”) means—

  1. (a)

     in respect of an academic year of a course other than the first year of a compressed first year course, the period of twelve months beginning on 1 January, 1 April, 1 July or 1 September of the calendar year in which the academic year of the course in question begins according to whether that academic year begins on or after 1 January and before 1 April, on or after 1 April and before 1 July, on or after 1 July and before 1 August or on or after 1 August and on or before 31 December respectively; or

  2. (b)

     in respect of an academic year which is the first year of a compressed first year course, the period of eight months beginning on 1 January, 1 April, 1 July or 1 September of the calendar year in which the academic year of the course in question begins according to whether that academic year begins on or after 1 January and before 1 April, on or after 1 April and before 1 July, on or after 1 July and before 1 August or on or after 1 August and on or before 31 December respectively;”.