# The Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) Regulations 2018, Regulation 3: Interpretation

Extent: E+W

(1) In these Regulations—
“academic year” means the period of twelve months beginning on 1st January, 1st April, 1st July or 1st 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 1st January and before 1st April, on or after 1st April and before 1st July, on or after 1st July and before 1st August or on or after 1st August and on or before 31st December, respectively;
“the Act” means the Higher Education and Research Act 2017;
“AY 2020/21” means an academic year commencing on or after 1st August 2020 and before 1st August 2021;
“CAH3 code” means a Common Aggregated Hierarchy 3 code associated with a subject, as referred to in version 1.3.4 of the Higher Education Classification of Subjects coding system;
“Erasmus year” has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the Student Support Regulations;
“foundation year” means a period of study that—
(a)is of one academic year’s duration if undertaken full time, or equivalent to that duration if undertaken part-time,
(b)is integrated with an undergraduate course at the start of that undergraduate course, and may be enrolled for at the same time as enrolling for that undergraduate course,
(c)is designed to equip students with the skills and knowledge that are needed for progressing to an undergraduate course,
(d)a student must complete successfully in order to progress to the first year of an undergraduate course,
(e)may result in the student being awarded a qualification that is separate from the qualification awarded as a result of completing the undergraduate course to which the student progresses, and
(f)may, where contractual arrangements are in place, be undertaken at an institution (which may or may not be a registered higher education provider) that is different from the provider to which the student applied and with which the student has enrolled for the undergraduate course;
“overseas provider” means a provider other than one in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man;
“sandwich course” has the same meaning as in regulation 2(10) of the Student Support Regulations;
“the Student Support Regulations” means the Education (Student Support) Regulations 2011 .
(2) A foundation year is a “lower-fee foundation year” if more than 50% of the CAH3 codes associated with the subjects studied as part of the foundation year (for student loan purposes) are listed in the Schedule.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/903/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/higher-education-fee-limits-and-fee-limit-condition-england-regulations-2018/regulation-3
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