Regulation 2 InterpretationI1

In these Regulations—

• “the 1998 Act” (“Deddf 1998”) means the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998^f1;

• “the 2022 Act” (“Deddf 2022”) means the Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022;

• “academic year” (“blwyddyn academaidd”), in respect of a course, means a year determined as follows—

  1. (a)

     identify the period in Column 2 of the Table within which the academic year actually begins;

  2. (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.

  Table

  Column 1 Start date of academic year for the purposes of these Regulations	Column 2 Period within which academic year begins
  1 September	On or after 1 August but before 1 January
  1 January	On or after 1 January but before 1 April
  1 April	On or after 1 April but before 1 July
  1 July	On or after 1 July but before 1 August

• “course of initial teacher training” (“cwrs hyfforddiant cychwynnol athrawon”) includes such a course leading to a first degree.