{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/student-fees-qualifying-courses-and-persons-regulations-northern-ireland-2007/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2007/328",
  "legislation_title": "The Student Fees (Qualifying Courses and Persons) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/student-fees-qualifying-courses-and-persons-regulations-northern-ireland-2007",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the Order” means the Higher Education (Northern Ireland) Order 2005;\n“the Student Support Regulations” means The Education (Student Support) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009;\n“course for the initial training of teachers” includes such a course leading to a first degree;\n“the course start date” means the day on which the first term of the first academic year of a course actually begins;\n“graduate entry course” means a “graduate entry dentistry course”, “graduate entry medicine course”, “graduate entry social work course” or a “graduate entry veterinary course”.\n“graduate entry dentistry course” means a course—\n(a)the standard of which is not higher than a first degree which leads to qualification as a dentist, and\n(b)where a first degree or equivalent qualification would normally be required for entry to the course.\n“graduate entry medicine course” means a course—\n(a)the standard of which is not higher than a first degree which leads to qualification as a medical doctor, and\n(b)where a first degree or equivalent qualification would normally be required for entry to the course.\n“graduate entry social work course” means a course—\n(a)the standard of which is not higher than a first degree which leads to qualification as a social worker, and\n(b)where a first degree or equivalent qualification would normally be required for entry to the course.\n“graduate entry veterinary course” means a course—\n(a)the standard of which is not higher than a first degree which leads to qualification as a veterinary surgeon, and\n(b)where a first degree or equivalent qualification would normally be required for entry to the course;\n“previous Regulations” has the meaning given in regulation 2 (1) of the Student Support Regulations;\n“publicly-funded” has the meaning given in regulation 2 (1) of the Student Support Regulations;\n“single course” means a course to which regulation 6(4) of the Student Support Regulations applies and which falls within the description of a course in that regulation.\n“the Islands” means the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 substituted (26.2.2024) by The Education (Student Support, etc.) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 (S.R. 2024/19), regs. 1(2), 71"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(3)(4)(c) of the amending Rule) by The Education (Student Support, etc.) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 (S.R. 2024/19), regs. 1(2), 33"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2 inserted (16.11.2022) by The Education (Student Support, etc.) (Amendment) (No.3) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/263), regs. 1(2), 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Reg. 2 words inserted (1.9.2011) by The Student Fees (Qualifying Courses and Persons) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/376), regs. 1, 2(with reg. 10)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in operation at 1.9.2007, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2007/328/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:40:00.939016+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}