# The Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2013, Regulation 132: Amendment of the 2012 Regulations

Extent: E+W

(1) The 2012 Regulations are amended in accordance with the following paragraphs.
(2) In regulation 2(1), in the appropriate place, insert—
““compressed first year course” (“cwrs blwyddyn gyntaf gywasgedig”) means a designated course—
(a)which begins on or after 1 September 2013;
(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
(c)where no other years of the course are undertaken on such a compressed basis.”
(3) In regulation 2(1), for the definition of “academic year”, substitute—
““academic year” (“blwyddyn academaidd”) means—
(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
(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;”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2013/3177/regulation/132 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-wales-regulations-2013/regulation-132
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