Regulation 2 Interpretation

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

reg.2(1) (defns of EEA Agreement and European Economic Area) added by Education (European Economic Area) 1993 reg.3(a)(i)
reg.2(1) (defn of refugee) rev in pt by Education (European Economic Area) 1993 reg.3(a)(ii)
reg.2(1) (defn of EEA State) added by Education (European Community Enlargement) 1994 reg.3(a)(i)
reg.2(1) (defn of European Community) revoked by Education (European Community Enlargement) 1994 reg.3(a)(ii)
reg.2(1) (defn of European Economic Area) substituted by Education (European Community Enlargement) 1994 reg.3(a)(iii)

(1)

In these Regulations, except where the context otherwise requires–

“allowance” means an allowance paid or to be paid under these Regulations;
“employed” includes holding any office or any occupation for gain;
“European Community” means the area consisting of the member states of the European Economic Community (including the United Kingdom) as constituted at the date of these Regulations coming into force;
“national of a member state of the European Community” means a person who is a national for the purposes of the Community Treaties of any member state of the European Economic Community (including the United Kingdom);
“parent” includes step-parent;
“qualifying day” in relation to a course of education for which an allowance is sought means–
1. (a)
  
  as respects a course starting in the autumn term of any year, 30th June in that year;
2. (b)
  
  as respects a course starting in the spring term of any year, 31st October in the year preceding that year; and
3. (c)
  
  as respects a course starting in the summer term of any year, the last day of February in that year;
“refugee” means–
1. (a)
  
  a person who is recognised by Her Majesty’s Government as a refugee within the meaning of the United Nations Convention relating to the Status of Refugees done at Geneva on 28th July 1951^f1 as extended by the Protocol thereto which entered into force on 4th October 1967^f2; or
2. (b)
  
  a person who enjoys asylum in the United Kingdom in pursuance of a decision of Her Majesty’s Government though not so recognised; and
“relevant date” in relation to a course of education for which an allowance is sought means–
1. (a)
  
  as respects a course starting in the autumn term of any year, the earlier of 31st August in that year or the first day of that term;
2. (b)
  
  as respects a course starting in the spring term of any year, the earlier of 31st December in the year preceding that year or the first day of that term; and
3. (c)
  
  as respects a course starting in the summer term of any year, the earlier of 31st March in that year or the first day of that term.

(2)

In these Regulations, except where the context otherwise requires, any reference–

(a)

to a numbered regulation or Schedule is a reference to the regulation or Schedule so numbered in these Regulations; and

(b)

in a regulation or Schedule to a numbered paragraph is a reference to the paragraph so numbered in that regulation or Schedule, as the case may be.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Cmnd 9171.
f2: Cmnd 3906 (Out of print: photocopies are available, free of charge, from Awards Branch, Scottish Office Education Department, Gyleview House, 3 Redheughs Rigg, South Gyle, Edinburgh, EH12 9HH).