1. These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Mandatory Awards) (Amendment) Regulations 2000and shall come into force on 16th June 2000.

2. The Education (Mandatory Awards) Regulations 1999( 2 ) shall be amended as follows.

3. In regulation 7(2) insert after sub-paragraph (b) the following sub-paragraph:

“ (c) a course the first year of which began before 1st September 1999. ” .

4. In regulations 12(7)(a) and 23 after the words “Health Services and Public Health Act 1968” insert the words “or article 44 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972( 3 )”.

5. At the end of regulation 24(3), omit the full stop and insert the following words: “except in respect of a student who becomes eligible for an award after 1st September 1999 in respect of a course that began before 1st September 1998, in which case fees shall be paid as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter”.

6. After regulation 25(6) insert the following paragraph:

“ (6A) Where a student is participating in the action scheme of the European Community for the mobility of university students known as ERASMUS ( 4 ) and

(a) his course is an international course, and

(b) all the periods of study during a year are at an institution outside the United Kingdom

no sum shall be payable in respect of fees under regulation 17(1)(a) in respect of that year. ” .

7. In Schedule 1—

(a) in sub-paragraph (c) omit the word “and”;

(b) at the end of sub-paragraph (d) add a semicolon followed by the word “and”;

(c) after sub-paragraph (d) insert the following sub-paragraph:

“ (e) which are prescribed under paragraph (e) of the definition of “fees” in section 28(1) of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 ( 5 ) ” ;

(d) in sub-paragraph (iii) for the words “three instalments of £565” substitute the following words, “two instalments of £565 and a third instalment of £550”;

8. In Schedule 3—

(a) in paragraph 1(1)(d)(ii) omit the words “(e) or (f)” and substitute “or (e)”;

(b) in paragraph 1(1)(i) for the words “as are mentioned in Part III and living costs as are mentioned in Parts IV and V” substitute the words “and such requirements for maintenance as are specified in Schedules 1 and 2”;

(c) in paragraph 1(1)(o) after the words “family credit” insert the words “or working families' tax credit”.

9. In Schedule 5, paragraph 4(a), for the words “paragraph 1(1)(c)” substitute the words “paragraph 1(1)(d)(ii)”.