Regulation 3 Persons undertaking qualifying courses of education
The condition mentioned in paragraph (2) is prescribed for the purposes of section 30(1A) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (so that a person is to be treated as undertaking a qualifying course of education on a particular day for the purposes ofPart I of that Act if, and only if, he fulfils that condition).
The condition is that the person is undertaking on the day a relevant course with an educational establishment and—
the relevant number of hours per week for that course exceeds 12, or
where the course is a course falling within paragraph (3) and he is undertaking with the same establishment on the day another relevant course (or other relevant courses) falling within that paragraph, the aggregate of the relevant number of hours per week for all those courses exceeds 12.
A course falls within this paragraph if it is not undertaken in consequence of an office or employment held by the person.