1. These Regulations may be cited as the Education Maintenance Allowance (Pilot Areas) (Amendment) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 17th April 2000.

2. Regulation 8 of the Education Maintenance Allowance (Pilot Areas) Regulations 1999( 2 ) shall be amended as follows–

(a) in paragraph (1) for “paragraphs (2) and (3)” there shall be substituted “ paragraphs (1A) to (3)”;

(b) after paragraph (1) there shall be inserted the following paragraphs–

“ (1A) A weekly allowance shall only be paid in respect of a week any weekday of which falls outside the term of the institution which the student attends if the student has during that week spent at least 12 hours in connection with the course which he is pursuing–

(a) receiving instruction or tuition,

(b) undertaking supervised study or practical work, or

(c) taking part in any exercise, experiment or project for which provision is made in the curriculum of the course which the student is pursuing,

and for the purpose of this paragraph no account shall be taken of time occupied by meal breaks or time spent on unsupervised study whether undertaken on or off the premises of the institution.

(1B) In paragraph (1A) above “weekday” means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday. ” ;

(c) paragraph (2)(a) shall be omitted;

(d) in paragraph (2)(b) for “learning agreement” substitute “education maintenance allowance learning agreement”; and

(e) in paragraph (4)

(i) after “otherwise than at an institution” there shall be inserted “ paragraphs (1A) and (1B) shall not apply and”; and

(ii) sub-paragraph (a) shall be omitted.