EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Mandatory Awards) (Amendment) Regulations 1996, and shall come into force on 1st September 1996. 2 The Education (Mandatory Awards) Regulations 1995 shall be amended as follows. 3 In regulation 2— a insert after the definition of “ EEA Agreement” the following definition: “EEA migrant worker” means a person who is a national of a member State of the European Economic Area who has taken up an activity as an employed person in the United Kingdom under Council Regulation ( EEC ) No. 1612/68 on freedom of movement for workers within the Community, as extended by the EEA Agreement ; b in the definition of “European student”— i substitute for the words “has been ordinarily resident within the European Economic Area” the words “who has not been ordinarily resident within the British Islands”, and ii delete the words “, but who is not entitled to a full award by virtue of regulation 7”. 4 Substitute for regulation 3(2)(a) the following sub-paragraph: he was participating in arrangements for training under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 , under the Training Opportunities Programme, the Youth Opportunities Programme, the Youth Training Scheme of the Manpower Services Commission or the Training Commission as the case may be or any scheme run by the Training and Enterprise Councils or the Local Enterprise Companies; or 5 In regulation 9 delete subparagraphs (a) to (c) and the words “but who,”. 6 In regulation 10(1)(d)(iii) insert after the word “whether” the words “full-time,”. 7 In regulation 12(5) insert after the word “comparable” in both places where it occurs the words “first degree or”. 8 1 In regulation 13(1)— a in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) delete the words “a European student or of”; b in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute for the words “regulation 9(a)” the words “paragraph (3)”; and c in sub-paragraph (a) delete the words “or, in the case of a European student, who has been so resident in the British Islands”. 2 In regulation 13(2) delete the words “, or in the case of a person mentioned in paragraph (3)”. 3 Substitute for regulation 13(3) the following paragraph: 3 The person referred to in paragraph (1)(a) and (b) is— a a European student, b an EEA migrant worker who is entitled to the payment of an award by virtue of Article 7(2) or (3) of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1612/68 on free movement or workers within the Community, as extended by the EEA Agreement, c the spouse of an EEA migrant worker who is installed in the United Kingdom with his spouse, d the child of an EEA migrant worker who is entitled to the payment of an award by virtue of Article 12 of the above mentioned Council Regulation, and e a British citizen within the meaning of the British Nationality Act 1981 who was not ordinarily resident in the British Islands throughout the three years preceding the first year of the course in question only because— i he was ordinarily resident for the purposes of employment in the European Economic Area during every part of that period in which he was not ordinarily resident in the British Islands; or ii his parent or spouse is such a person as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (i) and is ordinarily resident in England and Wales on the relevant day. 9 In regulation 25(3) insert after the words “Bachelor of Education” the words “(or a comparable first degree or academic award of an institution)”. James Paice Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,Department for Education and Employment 6th August 1996