- academic authority
means, in relation to an institution, the governing body or other body having the functions of a governing body and includes a person acting with the authority of that body;
- academic year
means the period of twelve months beginning on 1st January, 1st April, 1st July or 1st September of the calendar year in which the academic year of the course in question begins according to whether that academic year begins on or after 1st January and before 1st April, on or after 1st April and before 1st July, on or after 1st July and before 1st August or on or after 1st August and on or before 31st December, respectively;
- Academy
means a school to which Academy arrangements under section 1 of the Academies Act 2010 relate;
- accelerated course
means— (a) where the course begins before 1st August 2019, 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;
- accredited institution
means an institution accredited by the Secretary of State under regulation 11 of the Education (School Teachers’ Qualifications) (England) Regulations 2003;
- adult dependant
means, in relation to an eligible student, an adult person dependent on the student other than the student's child, the student's partner (including a spouse or civil partner from whom the Secretary of State considers the student is separated) or the student's former partner;
- allied health profession subject
means chiropody, dental profession subject, dietetics, dietetics and nutrition, occupational therapy, orthoptics, orthotics and prosthetics, physiotherapy, podiatry, radiography, radiotherapy, and speech and language therapy;
- approved HTQ
means an approved technical education qualification (within the meaning of Chapter A1 of Part 1 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Learning and Children Act 2009 (see section A12(1) of that Act)) which is— (a) included in the list of qualifications maintained by the Secretary of State in accordance with section A2HA of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Learning and Children Act 2009 (list of technical education qualifications);
- attendance confirmation
means—
- authority-funded
means— (a)...
- award
means any degree, diploma, certificate or other academic award or distinction.
- borrower
means a person to whom a loan has been made;
- bursary year
means an academic year of a course in relation to which the student is— (a) eligible to apply for a healthcare bursary the amount of which is calculated by reference to income whether or not the calculation results in a nil amount;
- calculation reference period
means, in respect of a course, the academic year beginning 36 months before the first day of the implementation year;
- compressed degree course
means a course which begins before 1st August 2019 and which is determined in accordance with paragraph (2) to be a compressed degree course;
- compressed degree student
means an eligible student who— (a) is undertaking a compressed degree course in the United Kingdom (the “course”);
- contribution
means an eligible student's contribution calculated pursuant to regulation 99 and Schedule 4;
- course designation event
has the meaning given in regulation 2A(5);
- course for the initial training of teachers
has the meaning given in paragraph (1ZA);
- course information
means—
- current course
means the designated course in respect of which a person is applying for support;
- current part-time course
means the designated part-time course in respect of which a person is applying for support;
- current postgraduate course
means the designated postgraduate course in respect of which a person is applying for support;
- current system student
means an eligible student who— (a)...
- declaration
means a statement that provides, for the purposes of this Part—
- dental profession subject
means dental hygiene, dental therapy and dental hygiene and dental therapy;
- dependant
means, in relation to an eligible student, the student's partner, the student's dependent child or an adult dependant, who in each case is not an eligible student and does not hold a statutory award;
- dependent
means wholly or mainly financially dependent;
- dependent child
means, in relation to an eligible student, a child dependent on the student;
- designated course
means a course designated by regulation 5 or by the Secretary of State under regulation 5;
- designated part-time course
means a course designated by regulation 139 or by the Secretary of State under regulation 139;
- designated postgraduate course
means a course designated by regulation 161 or by the Secretary of State under regulation 161;
- designation period
means, in respect of a course, the academic year beginning 12 months before the first day of the implementation year;
- Directive 2004/38
means Directive 2004/38 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29th April 2004 on the rights of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely in the territory of the Member States;
- disability
has the meaning given in section 6 of the Equality Act 2010;
- distance learning course
means a course on which a student undertaking the course is not required to be in attendance by the institution providing the course, where “required to be in attendance” is not satisfied by a requirement imposed by the institution to attend any institution— (a) for the purposes of registration or enrolment or any examination;
- eligible care leaver
means an independent eligible student described in paragraph 2(1)(f) of Schedule 4 who is a 2016 cohort student;
- eligible part-time care leaver
means an independent eligible part-time student described in paragraph 2(1)(f) of Schedule 6;
- eligible part-time student
has the meaning given in regulation 137;
- eligible part-time student with reduced entitlement
has the meaning given in regulation 157F(3);
- eligible postgraduate student
has the meaning given in regulation 159;
- eligible prisoner
means a prisoner— (a) who begins the current course or current part-time course on or after 1st September 2012;
- eligible student
has the meaning given in paragraph (3);
- employed person
means an employed person within the meaning of Annex 1 to the Swiss Agreement;
- employment-based teacher training scheme
means— (a) a scheme established by the Secretary of State whereby a person may undertake initial teacher training in order to obtain qualified teacher status while being employed to teach at a school or other educational institution except a pupil referral unit;
- end-on course
means— (a) a full-time first degree course (other than a first degree course for the initial training of teachers) beginning before 1st September 2009 which, disregarding any intervening vacation, a student begins immediately after ceasing to attend a full-time course mentioned in paragraph 2 or 3 of Schedule 2 for which the student received or was entitled to receive... a loan under the 1998 Regulations or support under the 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 or 2008 (No.2) Regulations;
- English higher education provider
has the meaning given by section 83(1) of the 2017 Act;
- equivalent or lower qualification
means a qualification determined in accordance with paragraph (5) to be an equivalent or lower qualification;
- Erasmus year
means an academic year of a course where a student is participating in the action scheme of the EU for the mobility of university students known as ERASMUS, in the scheme established by the Secretary of State for Education known as the Turing scheme,or in the scheme established by the Welsh Ministers known as the International Learning Exchange Programme, the student’s course is a course referred to in regulation 5(1)(d) or 139(1)(d) and― (a)...
- European Economic Area
means the area comprised by the EEA States;
- evacuated or assisted British national from Afghanistan
means a person— (a) who is a British citizen, a British overseas territories citizen, a British National (Overseas), a British Overseas citizen, a British subject under the British Nationality Act 1981 or a British protected person within the meaning of that Act;
- exempt franchised provider
means an unregistered franchised provider which is— (a) a school, as defined by section 4 of the Education Act 1996;
- existing student
means an eligible student who is not a new eligible student;
- family member
means— (a) in relation to an EEA frontier worker, an EEA migrant worker, an EEA frontier self-employed person, an EEA self-employed person, or a relevant person of Northern Ireland who is treated as an EEA migrant worker or an EEA self-employed person by virtue of paragraph 6A(3)— (i) that person's spouse or civil partner;
- fee loan
means a loan for fees made to a current system student pursuant to regulations made by the Secretary of State under section 22 of the 1998 Act;
- fees
has the meaning given in section 85(2) of the 2017 Act...;
- financial year
means the period of twelve months in respect of which the income of a person whose residual income is calculated under the provisions of this Schedule is computed for the purposes of the income tax legislation which applies to it;
- former Metropolitan Police District
means— (a) Greater London, excluding the City of London, the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple;
- full-time equivalent
means a full-time postgraduate course leading to the same qualification as the part-time postgraduate course in question;
- graduate entry accelerated programme
means a course— (a) the standard of which is not higher than a first degree which leads to a qualification as a medical doctor or dentist;
- graduate entry veterinary course
means a course— (a) the standard of which is not higher than a first degree which leads to qualification as a veterinary surgeon, and (b) where a first degree or equivalent qualification would normally be required for entry to the course;
- grant for living and other costs
means a grant payable under Part 5;
- healthcare bursary
means a bursary or award of similar description under— (a) section 63 of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 made in respect of— (a) a course provided by an institution in England beginning before 1st August 2017;
- healthcare tuition payment
means a payment for tuition in connection with the NHS Bursary Scheme in England, established pursuant to section 63 of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968, in respect of a course beginning on or after 1st August 2017, except where that course leads to qualification as a medical doctor or dentist;
- high level quality rating
has the meaning given by paragraph 2(3) of Schedule 2 to the 2017 Act;
- higher education bursary
means an amount paid by a local authority in England under section 23C(5A) of the Children Act 1989;
- higher education course
means a course referred to in Schedule 2 or a postgraduate or other course the standard of which is higher than the standard of a first degree course;
- household income
has the meaning given in Schedule 4, and, for the purposes of Part 11B, has the meaning given in Schedule 6;
- immigration rules
has the meaning given in section 33(1) of the Immigration Act 1971;
- implementation year
means, in respect of a course, the academic year starting with 1st September and ending with 31st August, during which that course commences;
- in-year qualifying event
has the meaning given in regulation 2A(2);
- independent eligible part-time student
has the meaning given in paragraph 2;
- independent eligible student
has the meaning given in paragraph 2;
- information
includes documents;
- Institute
means the University of London Institute in Paris;
- intensive course
means an accelerated course or a compressed degree course;
- Islands
means the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man;
- lead provider
means the registered provider on whose behalf a franchised provider provides a course or part of a course.
- leave application date
means the date on which a person granted indefinite leave to enter or remain as a bereaved partner made an application to enter or remain in the United Kingdom on those grounds—
- loan
means a loan made under any provision of the student loans legislation.
- loan for living costs
means a loan for living costs pursuant to regulations made by the Secretary of State under section 22 of the 1998 Act;
- long courses loan
means a long courses loan pursuant to regulation 81;
- lower-fee foundation year
has the meaning given in paragraph (16);
- maintained school
means a community, foundation or voluntary school, a community or foundation special school or a maintained nursery school;
- maximum amount
means—
- Member State
means a Member State of the EU;
- nanny
means a person who cares for a child in any of the circumstances specified in article 3 of the Childcare (Exemptions from Registration) Order 2008 (and is consequently not required to be registered in either of the childcare registers established by section 32 of the Childcare Act 2006).
- net income
has the meaning given in paragraph (2);
- new accelerated course
means an accelerated course which begins on or after 1st August 2019.
- new eligible student
means an eligible student who begins a specified designated course on or after 1st September 2004;
- non-regulated institution
means an institution in Wales that does not have a fee and access plan in force approved by the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales under section 7 of the Higher Education (Wales) Act 2015;
- Northern Irish designated full-time course
has the meaning given in paragraph (14);
- Northern Irish designated part-time course
means a part-time course mentioned in Schedule 2, substantially provided in Northern Ireland and designated under regulation 124(7) of the Education (Student Support) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 for the purposes of regulation 122 of those Regulations and Article 3 of the Education (Student Support) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998;
- Northern Irish designated postgraduate course
has the meaning given in paragraph (14);
- OfS
means the Office for Students, as established by section 1(1) of the 2017 Act;
- ordinary duration
means... the number of academic years that a standard student would take to complete the... course excluding any academic years of the course that are — (a) bursary years;
- overseas territories
means Anguilla;...
- parent
means a parent, guardian or any other person having parental responsibility and “child” is to be construed accordingly.
- parent student
means an eligible student who is the parent of an eligible student;
- part-time course designation event
has the meaning given in regulation 2A(6);
- partner
has the meaning given in regulation 42(1)(h).
- payment period
means a period in respect of which the Secretary of State pays loans for living costs or would have paid such support if the eligible part-time student’s period of eligibility had not terminated.
- period of eligibility
has the meaning given respectively in regulation 6 in relation to an eligible student,... in regulation 140 in relation to an eligible part-time student and in regulation 162 in relation to an eligible postgraduate student;
- period ordinarily required to complete the full-time equivalent
means the period that a standard full-time student would require to complete the full-time equivalent;
- periods of work experience
means— (a) periods of industrial, professional or commercial experience associated with full-time study at an institution, but at a place outside that institution;
- person granted Calais leave
means a person who— (a) has extant leave to remain in the United Kingdom under paragraph 352J, 352K, 352L or 352T (Calais leave and “leave in line” granted by virtue of being a dependent child of a person granted Calais leave) of the immigration rules,...;
- person granted humanitarian protection
means a person— (a) who, on the grounds of humanitarian protection, has been granted leave to remain under the immigration rules...;
- person granted indefinite leave to enter or remain as a bereaved partner
means a person— (a) granted indefinite leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom......— (a) under paragraph BP 11.1 of Appendix Bereaved Partner of the immigration rules;...
- person granted leave under one of the Afghan Schemes
means a person granted leave under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme or a person granted leave under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy Scheme;
- person granted leave under one of the Ukraine Schemes
means a person granted leave under the Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme, a person granted leave under the Ukraine Extension Scheme, a person granted leave under the Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme or a person granted leave under the Ukraine Family Scheme;
- person granted leave under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme
means a person— (a) who has indefinite leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom, outside the immigration rules, on the basis of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme;
- person granted leave under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy Scheme
means a person— (a) who has — (a) indefinite leave to enter the United Kingdom under paragraph 276BA2, or has indefinite leave to remain under paragraph 276BS2 of the immigration rules, having been relocated to the United Kingdom pursuant to paragraph 276BB1(iii)(a) of the immigration rules;
- person granted leave under the Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme
means a person— (a) who has leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom— (a) under paragraph UKR 19.1 of Appendix Ukraine Scheme of the immigration rules;
- person granted leave under the Ukraine Extension Scheme
means a person— (a) who has leave to remain in the United Kingdom under paragraph UKR 27.1 of Appendix Ukraine Scheme of the immigration rules, as it had effect on the day such leave was granted...;
- person granted leave under the Ukraine Family Scheme
means a person— (a) who has leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom— (a) under paragraph UKR 9.1 of Appendix Ukraine Scheme of the immigration rules, as it had effect on the day such leave was granted...;
- person granted leave under the Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme
means a person— (a) who has leave to remain in the United Kingdom under paragraph UKR 36.1 of Appendix Ukraine Scheme of the immigration rules;
- person granted section 67 leave
means a person who— (a) has extant leave to remain as a person granted leave under paragraph 352ZG of the immigration rules, having been relocated to the United Kingdom pursuant to arrangements made by the Secretary of State under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016, or a dependent child of such a person who has been granted “leave in line” under paragraph 352ZO of those rules;
- person granted stateless leave
means a person who— (a) has extant leave to remain as a stateless person under the immigration rules...;
- person with protected rights
means— (1) — (a) a person within the personal scope of the citizens’ rights provisions who— (a) has leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom granted by virtue of residence scheme immigration rules;
- postgraduate course designation event
has the meaning given in regulation 2A(7);
- postgraduate pre-registration course
means an education and training programme leading to a graduate master’s degree or a postgraduate diploma which is a condition of inclusion in the register (or, as the case may be, the relevant part or parts of the register) maintained by— (a) the Health and Care Professions Council, for allied health profession subjects other than dental profession subjects;
- pre-registration course
means an education and training programme leading to a qualification, the standard of which is not higher than a first degree course, which is a condition of inclusion in the register (or, as the case may be, the relevant part or parts of the register) maintained by— (a) the Health and Care Professions Council, for operating department practice and allied health profession subjects, other than dental profession subjects;
- preceding financial year
means the financial year immediately preceding the relevant year;
- preliminary course
means— (a) a course mentioned in paragraph 2 to 4 of Schedule 2, or overseas equivalent, that is taken before a full-time degree course (other than a first degree course for the initial training of teachers);
- prescribed childcare charges
means childcare charges of a description prescribed for the purposes of section 12 of the Tax Credits Act 2002.
- previous course
has the meaning given in regulation 12;
- prior financial year
means the financial year immediately preceding the preceding financial year;
- prisoner
includes a person detained in a young offender institution;
- private institution
means an institution which is not publicly funded;
- protected category event
has the meaning given in regulation 2A(3);
- public funds
means moneys provided by Parliament or by a government authority outside the United Kingdom;
- qualified teacher
has the meaning given in section 132(1) of the Education Act 2002 but for courses beginning on or after 1st September 2012 does not include a person who— (a) is a qualified teacher by virtue of paragraph 13B of Schedule 2 to the Education (School Teachers’ Qualifications) (England) (Regulations) 2003;
- qualifying franchised provider
has the meaning given in regulation 7B(13);
- qualifying quarter
means a quarter during which the eligible student attends as part of the student's course an overseas institution or the Institute or overseas workplace in an Erasmus year for at least half the period covered by that quarter.
- qualifying year of study
means an academic year of a designated course— (a) in respect of which the student qualified for a fee loan (even if the amount was nil);
- recognised body
means an awarding body (within the meaning of section 132 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009) which is recognised by the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation in accordance with that section;
- recognised initial further education teacher training course
means a course included in the list maintained by the Secretary of State in accordance with regulation 2B;
- 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;
- register
means the register established and maintained by the OfS under section 3 of the 2017 Act;
- registered provider
means an English higher education provider which is registered in the register and “unregistered provider” is to be construed accordingly;
- regulated institution
means an institution that has a fee and access plan in force approved by the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales under section 7 of the Higher Education (Wales) Act 2015;
- relevant academic year
means the academic year during or at the end of which it becomes impossible for the student to complete the course within the period specified in regulation 139(1)(c) even if the student increases the intensity of the student's study.
- relevant date
means the first day of the first academic year of the relevant course.
- relevant equipment or software
means—
- relevant person of Northern Ireland
has the meaning given by residence scheme immigration rules;
- relevant provider
means an English higher education provider which has been granted degree awarding powers by a Royal Charter or by or under an Act of Parliament.
- relevant quarter
means—
- relevant year
means the academic year of the course in respect of which the household income falls to be assessed;
- remainder of the academic year
means the period of the academic year in respect of which the academic authority has not made a request to the Secretary of State for payment of the fee loan or fee loan instalment.
- residence scheme immigration rules
has the meaning given by section 17(1) of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020;
- residual income
means taxable income after the application of paragraph 4 (in the case of an eligible part-time student), paragraph 5 (in the case of an eligible part-time student’s parent), paragraph 6 (in the case of an eligible part-time student’s partner) or paragraph 7 (in the case of the partner of a an eligible part-time student’s parent) and income referred to in sub-paragraph (2) received net of income tax;
- sandwich course
has the meaning given in paragraph (10);
- Scottish designated full-time course
means a full-time course mentioned in Schedule 2, substantially provided in Scotland— (a) determined as designated under regulation 13(4) of the Student Support (Scotland) Regulations 2022 for the purposes of regulation 11(2) of those Regulations;
- Scottish designated part-time course
has the meaning given in paragraph (14);
- Scottish designated postgraduate course
means a postgraduate course substantially provided in Scotland— (a) determined as designated under regulation 13(4) of the Student Support (Scotland) Regulations 2022 for the purposes of regulation 11(2) of those Regulations;
- self-employed person
means— (a) in relation to an EEA national, a person who is self-employed within the meaning of article 7 of Directive 2004/38 or the EEA Agreement, as the case may be;
- settled
has the meaning given by section 33(2A) of the Immigration Act 1971;
- settled status event
has the meaning given in regulation 2A(4);
- specified British overseas territories
means Anguilla;
- specified designated course
has the meaning given in paragraph (11);
- standard full-time student
means a student who is to be taken—
- statutory award
means any award bestowed, grant paid or other support provided by virtue of the 1998 Act or the 1962 Act, or any comparable award, grant or other support in respect of undertaking a course which is paid out of public funds;
- student loans legislation
means the Education (Student Loans) Act 1990, the Education (Student Loans) (Northern Ireland) Order 1990, the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 and regulations made under those Acts or that Order, the Education (Student Support) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 and regulations made under that Order or the 1998 Act and regulations made under that Act;
- student population
means the total number of franchised students that the franchised provider teaches or delivers a course (or part of a course) to, as published by the OfS from time to time.
- support
means financial support by way of grant or loan made by the Secretary of State pursuant to regulations made by the Secretary of State under section 22 of the 1998 Act;
- Swiss Agreement
means the Agreement between the EU and its Member States, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other, on the Free Movement of Persons signed at Luxembourg on 21st June 1999 and which came into force on 1st June 2002;
- Swiss employed person
means a Swiss national who is an employed person, other than a Swiss frontier employed person, in the United Kingdom;
- Swiss frontier employed person
means a Swiss national who— (a) is an employed person in England;
- Swiss frontier self-employed person
means a Swiss national who— (a) is a self-employed person in England;
- Swiss self-employed person
means a Swiss national who is a self-employed person, other than a Swiss frontier self-employed person, in the United Kingdom • “United Kingdom national” has the meaning given by Article 2(d) of the EU withdrawal agreement;
- taxable income
means, in relation to paragraph 4, in respect of the academic year for which an application has been made under regulation 157C..., in relation to paragraph 5, in respect (subject to (2) to (4A) of paragraph 5) of the prior financial year and, in relation to paragraph 7, in respect (subject to sub-paragraphs (2) to (5) of paragraph 7) of the prior financial year— except that no account is taken of income referred to in sub-paragraph (2) paid to another party.
- the 1962 Act
means the Education Act 1962;
- the 1998 Act
means the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998;
- the 1998 Regulations
means the Education (Student Support) Regulations 1998;
- the 1999 Regulations
means the Education (Student Support) Regulations 1999;
- the 2000 Regulations
means the Education (Student Support) Regulations 2000;
- the 2001 Regulations
means the Education (Student Support) Regulations 2001;
- the 2002 Regulations
means the Education (Student Support) Regulations 2002;
- the 2003 Regulations
means the Education (Student Support) (No. 2) Regulations 2002 as amended only by the Education (Student Support) (No. 2) Regulations 2002 (Amendment) Regulations 2003 and the Education (Student Fees and Support) (Switzerland) Regulations 2003;
- the 2004 Regulations
means the 2003 Regulations as amended by the Education (Student Support) (No. 2) Regulations 2002 (Amendment) Regulations 2004, the Education (Student Support) (No. 2) Regulations 2002 (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2004, the Education (Student Support) (No. 2) Regulations 2002 (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2004, the Education (Student Support) (No. 2) Regulations 2002 (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2004, the Education (Student Support) (No. 2) Regulations 2002 (Amendment) Regulations 2005, the Education (Student Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2005 and the Education (Student Support) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2005;
- the 2005 Regulations
means the Education (Student Support) Regulations 2005;
- the 2006 Regulations
means the Education (Student Support) Regulations 2006;
- the 2007 Regulations
means the Education (Student Support) Regulations 2007;
- the 2008 (No.2) Regulations
means the Education (Student Support) (No.2) Regulations 2008;
- the 2008 Regulations
means the Education (Student Support) Regulations 2008;
- the 2009 Regulations
means the Education (Student Support) Regulations 2009;
- the 2017 Act
means the Higher Education and Research Act 2017;
- the course start date
means the day on which the first term of the first academic year of a course actually begins;
- the qualifying quarters
means—
- travel expenditure
means expenditure incurred by a student— (a) within the United Kingdom for the purposes of attending their institution;
- Turkish worker
means a Turkish national who— (a) is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands;
- UKRI
means United Kingdom Research and Innovation;
- United Kingdom national
has the meaning given by Article 2(d) of the EU withdrawal agreement;
- universal credit
means universal credit under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012;
- unpaid service
means—
- Welsh designated full-time course
has the meaning given in paragraph (14);
- Welsh designated part-time course
has the meaning given in paragraph (14);
- Welsh designated postgraduate course
means a postgraduate course substantially provided in Wales and— (a) designated under 112(4) of the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2017 for the purposes of regulation 110 of those Regulations and section 22 of the 1998 Act;
- worker
means a worker within the meaning of article 7 of Directive 2004/38 or the EEA Agreement as the case may be.