EDUCATION Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Student Fees (Specification) (Scotland) Order 2006 and shall come into force on 3rd July 2006. 2 In this Order– a a “2006/07 academic year” is any academic year commencing during the period from 1st August 2006 until 31st July 2007 and subsequent academic years shall be construed accordingly; b a “deferred student” is a student, who is not an existing student, who has been accepted on to a course at a fundable body and has agreed in writing with that fundable body, before 1st August 2005, to defer entry to that course; c an “educational institution” is not limited to a fundable body and includes an institution offering higher education outside of Scotland; d an “existing student” is any student who has commenced a course, at an educational institution, prior to 1st August 2006 and is continuing to study that course; e a “higher level course of education” is any course at a higher level, including a honours or ordinary degree course and a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degree course or a Bachelor of Science degree course in medicine which is a preparatory course for the study of a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery course, with the exception of– i a course of post-graduate studies (including a higher degree course); and ii a course at a higher level in preparation for a qualification from a professional body; f a “new student” is a student, who is not a deferred student or an existing student, who commences a course at a fundable body on or after 1st August 2006. Specification of fees for the 2006/07 academic year 2 1 Subject to paragraph (5), the Scottish Ministers specify the following fees payable for a 2006/07 academic year. 2 Full time new students who are studying at fundable bodies shall pay, as the case may be, a fee of– a £1,700 in connection with their attending any honours or ordinary degree course which is not a medical degree course specified in (b); b £2,700 in connection with their attending a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degree course or a Bachelor of Science degree course in medicine which is a preparatory course for the study of a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery course; c £1,700 in connection with their attending a Postgraduate Certificate in Education or Professional Graduate Diploma in Education course; d £1,200 in connection with their attending any higher level course of education which is not specified in (a) or (b). 3 Full time existing students who are studying at fundable bodies shall pay a fee of £1,200 in connection with their attending any higher level course of education, Postgraduate Certificate in Education or Professional Graduate Diploma in Education course. 4 Full time deferred students who are studying at fundable bodies shall pay a fee of £1,200 in connection with their attending any higher level course of education, Postgraduate Certificate in Education or Professional Graduate Diploma in Education course. 5 Paragraphs (1) to (4) shall not apply in relation to any fees which are payable in accordance with the Education (Fees and Awards) (Scotland) Regulations 1997 by students who do not have a relevant connection with the United Kingdom and Islands and are not excepted students under those Regulations. Specification of fees for academic years subsequent to the 2006/07 academic year 3 The Scottish Ministers may determine, in relation to any academic year subsequent to a 2006/07 academic year, that the fees payable for that year, by such classes of persons and in connection with their attending such courses as specified under article 2(1) to (4), as the case may be, are– a in each case no higher than the fees specified under article 2(1) to (4), as the case may be; or b in any case higher than the fees specified under article 2(1) to (4), as the case may be, provided that any increase in fees is no greater than is required in order to maintain the value in real terms of those specified fees. NICOL STEPHEN A member of the Scottish Executive St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 28th June 2006