Schedule 6 Fees

The fees referred to in regulation 12(1)(a) are—

(a)

the aggregate of any fees for admission, registration or matriculation (including matriculation exemption), any sessional or tuition fees, any composition fee and any graduation fee (in each case excluding any element thereof representing or attributable to any such fee as is mentioned in the following sub-paragraphs or to maintenance) subject to the following maxima:

(1)

in the case of a course not covered by sub-paragraphs (2) or (3), £592 in respect of the first and second terms and £591 in respect of the third term;

(2)

in the case of a course with a substantial laboratory or workshop component, or a course leading to the Postgraduate Certificate in Education, or the pre-clinical elements of courses in medicine, dentistry and veterinary science, £883 in respect of the first and second terms and £884 in respect of the third term;

(3)

in the case of the clinical training elements of courses in medicine, dentistry and veterinary science, £1,590 in respect of each term;

Provided the said maximum fees shall be—

(i)

£470 in respect of each of the four terms in the case of a course at the University of Buckingham;

(ii)

£547 in respect of the first and second terms and £546 in respect of the third term in the case of a full-time course at the Union Theological College, Belfast, the Edgehill College, Belfast, or the Irish Baptist College, Belfast, for the degree of Bachelor of Divinity or the Diploma in Theology of Queen’s University, Belfast;

(iii)

subject to sub-paragraphs (iv) and (v), £665 for each academic year in respect of courses at institutions which are neither maintained nor assisted by grants paid out of public funds;

(iv)

the following amounts in respect of courses at the following institutions—

	for the 1st term	for the 2nd term	for the 3rd term
Guildhall School of Music	£960	£960	£960
Heythrop College	£475	£475	£475;

(v)

£592 in respect of each of the first and second terms and &591 in respect of the third term in the case of a course at the Royal Agricultural College commencing in the academic year 1990-91 or 1991-92 only;

(vi)

in respect of any academic year of a sandwich course during which a period of experience is undertaken but there are no periods of full-time study, £296 in respect of the first and second terms and £295 in respect of the third term in the case of a course falling within (1) above and £442 in respect of each of the first and second terms and £441 in respect of the third term in the case of a course falling within (2) above;

(b)

college fees or dues at the universities of Cambridge, Durham, Kent, Lancaster, Oxford and York (excluding any element thereof representing or attributable to any such fee as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (c) or to maintenance);

(c)

any fees charged by an external body in respect of examinations or the validation of the course or otherwise charged by such a body whose requirements must (for the purposes of the course) be satisfied, or any fees attributable to fees so charged.