- accelerated course
means a course which persons undertaking it are normally required by the institution providing it to attend (whether at premises of the institution or elsewhere) for a period of at least 40 weeks in the final year, being a course of two academic years' duration or a course for the degree of BA (Hons.) with Qualified Teacher Status awarded by St Martin’s College, Lancaster;
- borrower
means a person to whom a loan has been made;
- disability-related benefits
means—
- eligibility form
means a form requesting particulars from a student relevant to this eligibility for a loan and of his bank or building society account;
- eligible
means eligible for the purposes of section 1 of the Act read with regulation 4 and the Schedule to these Regulations;
- European Community
means the territory comprised by the member states of the European Economic Community as constituted from time to time;
- European Economic Area
means the European Community and subject to the conditions laid down in the EEA Agreement the area comprised bythe Republic of Iceland, the Kingdom of Norwayandthe Principality of Liechtenstein;
- full-time course
means a sandwich course or a course— (a) which persons undertaking it are normally required by the institution providing it to attend (whether at premises of the institution or elsewhere)— (a) in the case of a course of one academic year’s duration, for a period of at least 24 weeks;
- loan
means a loan (whether made before or after the coming into force of these Regulations) towards a student’s maintenance out of money made available by the Secretary of State for that purpose pursuant to arrangements made by the Secretary of State by virtue of section 1 or the Act, including the interest accrued on the loan and the amount of the loan from time to time outstanding;
- loans administrator
means any person or body for the time being exercising functions in relation to loans under arrangements made with the Secretary of State pursuant to paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the Act;
- parent
includes a guardian,any other person having parental responsibility for a child and any person having care of a child;
- periods of work experience
means periods of industrial, professional or commercial experience associated with full-time study at an institution but at a place outside the institution;
- refugee
means 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 as extended by the Protocol thereto which entered into force on 4th October 1967 and any reference to the child of a refugee includes a reference to a person adopted in pursuance of adoption proceedings and a step-child;
- relevant day
means—
- responsible person
means a consular officer, minister of religion, medical or legal practitioner, established civil servant, teacher or police officer.
- sandwich course
means a course consisting of alternate periods of full-time study in an institution and periods of work experience so organised that, taking the course as a whole, the student attends the periods of full-time study for an average of not less than 19 weeks in each year;
- the Act
means the Education (Student Loans) Act 1990;
- the annual adjustment
means the average earnings index for March 1996 divided by the average earnings index for March 1995;
- the average earnings index
means the general index of average earnings (for all employees: whole economy: seasonally adjusted) published by the Department for Education and Employment or, if that index is not published for a month for which it is relevant for the purposes of this regulation, any substituted index or index figures published by that Department.
- the relevant date
means the first day of the course.