Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

art. 1(2)(b) words substituted by Post-16 Education (Scotland) Act 2013 (Modification of Legislation) 2015 Sch. para. 10
art. 1(2)(ca) inserted by Student Fees (Specification) 2011 art. 5(2)(a)
art. 1(2)(c) words substituted by Post-16 Education (Scotland) Act 2013 (Modification of Legislation) 2015 Sch. para. 10
art. 1(2)(ca)(i) words substituted by Post-16 Education (Scotland) Act 2013 (Modification of Legislation) 2015 Sch. para. 10
art. 1(2)(ea) words substituted by Post-16 Education (Scotland) Act 2013 (Modification of Legislation) 2015 Sch. para. 10
art. 1(2)(f) words substituted by Post-16 Education (Scotland) Act 2013 (Modification of Legislation) 2015 Sch. para. 10
art. 1(2)(ea) inserted by Student Fees (Specification) 2011 art. 5(2)(b)

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Student Fees (Specification) (Scotland) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 3rd July 2006.

(2)

In this Order–

(a)

a “2006/07 academic year” is any academic year commencing during the period from 1st August 2006 until 31st July 2007 and subsequent academic years shall be construed accordingly;

(b)

a “deferred student” is a student, who is not an existing student, who has been accepted on to a course at a fundable body and has agreed in writing with that fundable body, before 1st August 2005, to defer entry to that course;

(c)

an “educational institution” is not limited to a fundable body and includes an institution offering higher education outside of Scotland;

(d)

an “existing student” is any student who has commenced a course, at an educational institution, prior to 1st August 2006 and is continuing to study that course;

(e)

a “higher level course of education” is any course at a higher level, including a honours or ordinary degree course and a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degree course or a Bachelor of Science degree course in medicine which is a preparatory course for the study of a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery course, with the exception of–

(i)

a course of post-graduate studies (including a higher degree course); and

(ii)

a course at a higher level in preparation for a qualification from a professional body;

(f)

a “new student” is a student, who is not a deferred student or an existing student, who commences a course at a fundable body on or after 1st August 2006.