The Education (Student Loans) (Amendment) Regulations 1998

• Citation: S.I. 1998/1676
• Sections: 6

Section 1

These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Student Loans) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 1st August 1998.

Section 2

The Education (Student Loans) Regulations 1998 shall be amended as follows.

Section 3

In regulation 3(1) in the definition of “accelerated course” delete the words following the words “of two academic years’ duration”.

Section 4

In regulation 4 insert the following paragraph after paragraph (4):

(5) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(a) and Schedule 1 if with the agreement of the institution or institutions in question a student withdraws from a designated course without completing it and disregarding any intervening vacation immediately commences attending another designated course provided by the same or by a different institution the first day of the first course shall be regarded as the first day of the second course; or as the first day of a third or further course which the student has commenced attending in the same fashion.

Section 5

In regulation 6(1) to (4) for each of the figures in the first column below substitute the corresponding figure in the second column below wherever it appears:

Section 6

In paragraph 15 of Schedule 2 for the word “lender’s” substitute the word “borrower’s”.