{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/student-fees-qualifying-courses-and-persons-wales-regulations-2011/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2011/691",
  "legislation_title": "The Student Fees (Qualifying Courses and Persons) (Wales) Regulations 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/student-fees-qualifying-courses-and-persons-wales-regulations-2011",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“the Act” (“y Ddeddf”) means the Higher Education Act 2004;\n“the 2011 Regulations” (“Rheoliadau 2011”) means the Assembly Learning Grants and Loans (Higher Education) (Wales) Regulations 2011;\n“course for the initial training of teachers” (“cwrs ar gyfer hyfforddiant cychwynnol athrawon”) includes such a course leading to a first degree;\n“course of higher education” (“cwrs addysg uwch”) means a course falling within paragraph 1 of Schedule 6 to the Education Reform Act 1988;\n“end-on course” (“cwrs penben”) has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the 2011 Regulations;\n“equivalent or lower qualification” (“cymhwyster cyfwerth neu is”) means a qualification determined by the Welsh Ministers in accordance with paragraph (2) to be an equivalent or lower qualification;\n“preceding course” (“cwrs blaenorol”) means a course mentioned in paragraph 2 or 3 of Schedule 2 to the 2011 Regulations or a course for a foundation degree or a course for the initial training of teachers which (disregarding any intervening vacation) a person ceases to attend immediately before beginning to attend an end-on course;\n“public funds” (“cronfeydd cyhoeddus”) means moneys provided by Parliament including funds provided by the Welsh Ministers;\n“publicly-funded” (“a ariennir yn gyhoeddus”) means maintained or assisted by recurrent grants out of public funds;\n“qualified teacher” (“athro cymwysedig neu athrawes gymwysedig”) has the meaning given in section 132(1) of the Education Act 2002; and\n“single course” (“cwrs sengl”) means a course to which regulation 5(6) of the 2011 Regulations applies and which falls within the description of a course in that regulation.\n(2) The Welsh Ministers may determine that a qualification is an equivalent or lower qualification if—\n(a) the person holds a higher education qualification from an institution in the United Kingdom; and\n(b) the qualification referred to in sub-paragraph (a) is of an academic level which is equivalent to or higher than a qualification to which the current course leads.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in force at 31.3.2011, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2011/148 (W.32)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1988 c. 40."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2002 c. 32."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2011/691/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:51:17.852233+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."
}