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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-wales-regulations-2018/schedule-1/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2018/191",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-wales-regulations-2018",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Meaning of academic year",
  "text": "(1) An “academic year”, in respect of a course, is determined as follows—\n(a) identify the period in Column 2 of Table 14 within which the academic year actually begins;\n(b) the academic year is the period of 12 months beginning on the date specified in the entry in Column 1 of the Table corresponding to the period set out in Column 2.\n(2) But if the course is a compressed first year course, “academic year”, in respect of the first year of the course, means the period of 8 months beginning on the date so specified.\n(3) Any reference in these Regulations to an “academic year” is a reference to a year determined in accordance with sub-paragraphs (1) and (2).\nTable 14\nColumn 1Start date of academic year for the purposes of these regulations\nColumn 2Period within which academic year begins\n1 September\nOn or after 1 August but before 1 January\n1 January\nOn or after 1 January but before 1 April\n1 April\nOn or after 1 April but before 1 July\n1 July\nOn or after 1 July but before 1 August",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2018/191/schedule/1/paragraph/1",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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