2A

Paragraph (2)(b) does not apply to a student undertaking a vocational course leading to a Postgraduate Diploma or to a Postgraduate masters degree.

6

For the purposes of these Regulations, and subject to paragraph (7), in assessing a person’s eligibility under Schedule 1 for a loan in respect of a course, that course will be deemed to have started on the date that the first constituent part of any programme which contributes to the final award for that course commenced.

7

In assessing a person’s eligibility under Schedule 1 for a loan in respect of a course—

a

a programme of education leading to—

i

a Degree;

ii

a Higher National Diploma; or

iii

a Higher National Certificate; and

b

such other programmes of education as the Scottish Ministers may determine,

are to be treated as separate and distinct courses of education.