EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Further Education Institutions Information) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 1st October 1998. 2 In these Regulations “the 1995 Regulations ” means the Education (Further Education Institutions Information) (England) Regulations 1995 . Amendment of the 1995 Regulations 2 The 1995 Regulations shall be amended as specified in regulations 3 to 9 below. 3 1 Regulation 2(1) shall be amended as follows. 2 For the definition of “academic year” there shall be substituted the following definition— “college year” means the period from 1st August to the following 31st July; . 3 In the definition of “the document” after the words “regulation 6(2)” there shall be inserted the words “and (2A)”. 4 1 In each of the regulations specified in paragraph (2) below, for the words “academic year”there shall be substituted the words “college year”. 2 The regulations specified in this paragraph are regulation 2(1) (in the definition of “student”), 2(2), 2(3)(a), 2(4)(a) and (b) and regulation 5(2). 5 In regulation 5(7), for the words “31st December” and “academic year” there shall be substituted the words “1st March” and “college year” respectively. 6 1 Regulation 6 shall be amended as follows. 2 For paragraph (2) there shall be substituted the following paragraphs— 2 Such information shall be published on or before 1st March in each calendar year in a document (“the document”) which contains all the information specified in the Schedule in relation to the college year which immediately precedes the 1st March of the calendar year in question. 2A For the purposes of this regulation the document can be in writing or in a form which is capable of being accessed by means of an electronic retrieval system. . 3 For paragraph (4) there shall be substituted the following paragraph— 4 The document shall be published without charge by— a sending a copy to the Secretary of State for Education and Employment and to any person who requests that a copy be sent to him; and b providing copies to all offices of persons providing services in accordance with arrangements made, or directions given, under section 10 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 in any locality in which the institution provides education for the residents of that locality. . 4 In paragraph (5) for the words “(4)(c) and (d)” there shall be substituted the words “(4)(b)”. 7 Part III (distribution of information) shall be omitted. 8 1 The Schedule shall be amended as follows. 2 Paragraphs 2(2), 3(2), 4(2), 5(4), 6(4), 7(2), 8(4), 9(2), 10(2) and 11(2) shall be omitted. 3 In paragraph 10(1), for the words “Database of the National Council for Vocational Qualifications” there shall be substituted the words “Qualifications Database of the Further Education Funding Council for England ”. 4 In paragraph 11(3), for the words “subparagraphs (1) and (2)” there shall be substituted the words “subparagraph (1)”. Revocation 9 The Education (Further Education Institutions Information) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 are hereby revoked. Margaret Hodge Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Education and Employment 7th September 1998