Regulation 12 Regulation 41

before the definition of “college of further education”, and

• ““access funds” means—

  1. (a)

     grants made under section 7 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992^f2 and described as “learner support funds” or grants made under section 68 of that Act and described as “access bursary funds” or “hardship funds”;

  2. (b)

     grants made under sections 73(a) and (c) and 74(1) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980^f3;

  3. (c)

     grants made under Article 30 of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1993^f4, or grants, loans or other payments made under Article 5 of the Further Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1997^f5 in each case being grants, or grants, loans or other payments as the case may be, made for the purpose of assisting students in financial difficulties;”;

in the definition of “course of study”, omit the words from “and for the purposes of” to the end;

for the definition of “grant” substitute—

• ““grant” (except in the definition of “access funds”) means any kind of educational grant or award and includes any scholarship, studentship, exhibition, allowance or bursary but does not include a payment from access funds;”;

after the definition of “last day of the course”, insert—

• ““qualifying course” has the meaning given in regulation 17A(7) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations;”;

for the definition of “sandwich course” substitute—

• ““sandwich course” has the meaning prescribed in regulation 5(2) of the Education (Student Support) Regulations 2000^f6, regulation 5(2) of the Education (Student Loans) (Scotland) Regulations 2000^f7, or regulation 5(2) of the Education (Student Support) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000^f8 as the case may be;”;

for the definition of “student” substitute—

• ““student” means a person, other than a person in receipt of a training allowance, who is attending or undertaking—

  1. (a)

     a course of study at an educational establishment; or

  2. (b)

     a qualifying course;”.