SI 2026/858 - The Lifelong Learning (Student Support) (Amendment of Fees and Awards etc.) Regulations 2026

S TAT U T O R Y I N S T R U M E N T S 2026 No. 858 EDUCATION, ENGLAND The Lifelong Learning (Student Support) (Amendment of Fees and Awards etc.) Regulations 2026 Made - - - - 22nd July 2026 Laid before Parliament 23rd July 2026 Coming into force - - 1st September 2026 CONTENTS PART 1 General 1. Citation, commencement, extent and application 2. Amendments to application of other subordinate legislation 3. Interpretation 4. Meaning of “higher education course”, “module”, “credits” and related provision 5. Meaning of “course designation event”, “in-year qualifying event”, “protected category event”, “settled status event”, “module designation event” and related provision 6. Recognition of initial further education teacher training courses PART 2 Eligibility, designation and cap on overall support 7. Eligible students 8. Eligibility - exceptions 9. The ALL-transfer Courses List, the Gateway Courses List, and the Module Approved Subject and Provider List 10. Designation of courses 11. Designation of modules 12. Designation - exceptions 13. Period of eligibility 14. Transfer of status 15. Cap on overall support in relation to a service year PART 3 Applying for support, provision of information, and loan contracts Chapter 1 Applications 16. Applications for support 17. Time limitsChapter 2 Information provision 18. Information Chapter 3 Loan contracts 19. Requirement to enter into a contract for a loan Chapter 4 Declarations provided by academic authorities 20. Declarations provided by academic authorities in respect of fee loans 21. Declarations provided by academic authorities in respect of loans for living costs and supplementary grants PART 4 Fee loans Chapter 1 Entitlement to fee loans 22. Lifetime entitlement 23. Residual entitlement 24. Fee loan entitlement balance 25. Additional entitlement - general 26. Priority additional entitlement 27. Special additional entitlement 28. Compelling personal reasons additional entitlement 29. Repeat study additional entitlement 30. Correctional additional entitlement Chapter 2 Qualifying conditions, availability and amounts 31. Qualifying conditions for a fee loan 32. Students who are treated as in attendance on a course 33. Availability of fee loans 34. Amount of fee loan for a course year 35. Amount of fee loan for a course PART 5 Loans for living costs Chapter 1 Introduction 36. Elements of the loan for living costs 37. Meaning of “student with full entitlement”, “student with reduced entitlement” and “household income” 38. Meaning of “additional weeks entitlement”, “base entitlement”, “loan for living costs entitlement” and “maximum loan entitlement” 39. Location categories and final course years Chapter 2 Qualifying conditions 40. Qualifying conditions for a loan for living costs 41. Students who are treated as in attendance on a course 42. Students qualifying for a loan for living costs during a course year Chapter 3 Calculation of the base entitlement in relation to a course year 43. Calculation of the base entitlement in relation to a course year 244. Students with reduced entitlement 45. Students with full entitlement under the age of 60 46. Students with full entitlement under the age of 60 who meet certain conditions 47. Students with full entitlement aged 60 or over Chapter 4 Calculation of additional weeks entitlement, and maximum loan entitlement 48. Calculation of additional weeks entitlement 49. Maximum loan entitlement Chapter 5 Reduction for household income 50. Application of this Chapter 51. Reduction for household income – students with full entitlement under the age of 60 52. Reduction for household income – students with full entitlement under the age of 60 who meet certain conditions 53. Reduction for household income – students with full entitlement aged 60 or over Chapter 6 Adjustment for intensity of study, and loan for living costs entitlement 54. Adjustment for intensity of study 55. Adjustment for intensity of study – concurrent study Chapter 7 Loan for living costs entitlement where eligible student changes category during course year 56. Modification of loan for living costs entitlement calculation where students change location category PART 6 Supplementary grants Chapter 1 Introduction 57. Types of supplementary grant available 58. General qualifying conditions for supplementary grants 59. Students who are treated as in attendance on a course 60. Students qualifying for a supplementary grant during a course year Chapter 2 Disabled students’ allowance 61. Qualifying conditions for the disabled students’ allowance 62. Payment of the disabled students’ allowance 63. Amount of the disabled students’ allowance Chapter 3 Grants for travel 64. Meaning of “expenditure” 65. Qualifying conditions for the grant for travel 66. Amount of the grant for travel - general 67. Courses in medicine and dentistry - qualifying conditions for the grant for travel 68. Courses in medicine and dentistry - amount of the grant for travel 69. Overseas study - qualifying conditions for the grant for travel 70. Overseas study - amount of the grant for travel Chapter 4 Grants for dependants 71. Interpretation of this Chapter 72. Elements of the grants for dependants 373. Amount of the grants for dependants - general 74. Adjustment for concurrent study 75. Adult dependants’ grant - qualification and basic amount 76. Childcare grant - qualification and basic amount 77. Parents’ learning allowance - qualification and basic amount 78. Calculation of adult dependants’ grant 79. Calculation of childcare grant 80. Calculation of parents’ learning allowance 81. Assessment of net income for current year 82. Changes during a course year PART 7 Payments Chapter 1 Interpretation of Part 7 83. Interpretation Chapter 2 Payment of supplementary grants 84. Payment of supplementary grants Chapter 3 Payment of loans 85. Provision of United Kingdom national insurance number 86. Information requirements 87. Payment of fee loans 88. Payment of loans for living costs Chapter 4 Overpayments 89. Overpayment of fee loans 90. Overpayment of supplementary grants and loans for living costs PART 8 Consequential amendment of other subordinate legislation Chapter 1 Amendment of the 2007 Fees and Awards Regulations 91. Amendment of the 2007 Fees and Awards Regulations Chapter 2 Amendment of the 2016 Master’s Degree Regulations 92. Amendment of the 2016 Master’s Degree Regulations Chapter 3 Amendment of the 2018 Doctoral Degree Regulations 93. Amendment of the 2018 Doctoral Degree Regulations SCHEDULES Schedule 1 — Interpretation Part 1 — General definitions Part 2 — Definitions relating to foundation years Part 3 — Definitions relating to sandwich placements, study abroad and Turing mobility 4Schedule 2 — Eligible students Part 1 — Interpretation Part 2 — Categories Schedule 3 — Termination of eligibility due to change of circumstance Schedule 4 — Schedule 4 courses Schedule 5 — Information Schedule 6 — Fee loan per-course amounts for various higher education courses Schedule 7 — Assessment of household income Schedule 8 — Amendment of the 2007 Fees and Awards Regulations The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 22, 28(2), 28A(1) and (3), and 42(6) and (7) of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998(a). PART 1 General Citation, commencement, extent and application 1.—(1) These Regulations— (a) may be cited as the Lifelong Learning (Student Support) (Amendment of Fees and Awards etc.) Regulations 2026, (b) come into force on 1st September 2026, (c) extend to England and Wales, and (d) apply in relation to England. (2) These Regulations apply to higher education courses that begin on or after 1st January 2027. Amendments to application of other subordinate legislation 2.—(1) This regulation makes amendments in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3). (2) In the 2011 Student Support Regulations(b)— (a) in regulation 1— (i) in paragraph (3), at the start, for “These Regulations” substitute “Subject to paragraph (4), these Regulations”; (ii) after paragraph (3), insert— “(4) In relation to higher education courses that begin on or after 1st January 2027, these Regulations only apply for the purposes of Part 12 of these Regulations (support for postgraduate students with disabilities).”; (b) in regulation 4, for paragraph (7A) substitute— (a) 1998 c. 30. Section 22 was amended by section 146(2) of the Learning and Skills Act 2000 (c. 21), paragraph 236 of Schedule 6 to the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1), section 147(3) of the Finance Act 2003 (c. 14), sections 42(1) and 43 of the Higher Education Act 2004 (c. 8), section 257(2) of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (c. 22), section 76(1) and (2) of the Education Act 2011 (c. 21), section 88 of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (c. 29), and by S.I. 2013/1881. Section 28A was inserted by section 15 of the Skills and Post-16 Education Act 2022 (c. 21). (b) S.I. 2011/1986; “support” has the meaning given by regulation 2(1) of that instrument. Regulation 4(7A) was inserted by S.I. 2018/443 and amended by S.I. 2018/599; regulation 137(3B) was inserted by S.I. 2018/599. 5“(7A) A person (“A”) is not an eligible student if A is enrolled on a course which is designated under— (a) regulation 4 of the Education (Postgraduate Master’s Degree Loans) Regulations 2016(a), (b) regulation 4 of the Education (Postgraduate Doctoral Degree Loans and the Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) (Amendment) (No. 2) etc.) Regulations 2018(b), or (c) regulation 10 or 11 of the Lifelong Learning (Student Support) (Amendment of Fees and Awards etc.) Regulations 2026, and is receiving support under any of those sets of Regulations for that course.”; (c) in regulation 137, for paragraph (3B) substitute— “(3B) A person (“A”) is not an eligible part-time student if A is enrolled on a course which is designated under— (a) regulation 4 of the Education (Postgraduate Master’s Degree Loans) Regulations 2016, (b) regulation 4 of the Education (Postgraduate Doctoral Degree Loans and the Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) (Amendment) (No. 2) etc.) Regulations 2018, or (c) regulation 10 or 11 of the Lifelong Learning (Student Support) (Amendment of Fees and Awards etc.) Regulations 2026, and is receiving support under any of those sets of Regulations for that course.”. (3) In the Further Education Loans Regulations 2012(c), in regulation 1— (a) in paragraph (3), at the start, for “These Regulations” substitute “Subject to paragraph (4), these Regulations”; (b) after paragraph (3), insert— “(4) From 1st January 2027, these Regulations only apply in relation to the provision of fee loans to students in connection with a further education course— (a) that is at the level of an Access to Higher Education Diploma; (b) that is at a level higher than an Access to Higher Education Diploma— (i) if the course is provided by an unregistered provider, or (ii) if the course is provided by a registered provider and begins before 1st January 2027. (5) For the purposes of paragraph (4)(b), a registered provider is an English higher education provider that is registered with the Office for Students under section 3 of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 and an unregistered provider is a provider not so registered. (6) A course is not designated for the purposes of these Regulations (on which see regulation 4) if it is designated for the purposes of the Lifelong Learning (Student Support) (Amendment of Fees and Awards etc.) Regulations 2026.”. (a) S.I. 2016/606. (b) S.I. 2018/599. (c) S.I. 2012/1818; “Access to HE Diploma” and “fee loan” have the respective meanings given by regulation 2(1) of that instrument. 6Interpretation 3. Schedule 1 (interpretation) contains definitions. Meaning of “higher education course”, “module”, “credits” and related provision 4.—(1) This regulation defines “higher education course” (in accordance with section 28(1) of the 1998 Act), prescribes the meaning of “module” in relation to a higher education course (in accordance with section 28A(2ZA) of the 1998 Act), defines “credits”, and makes related provision for the purposes of these Regulations. (2) A “higher education course” is a course which is of a level higher than an Access to Higher Education Diploma, where an Access to Higher Education Diploma is a qualification that is specifically designed to prepare persons for study at university. (3) A “module” is the smallest unit of learning within a higher education course that has an associated assessment (which may include examinations, essays, projects and other methods of evaluation). (4) Where a course designated by or under these Regulations was, immediately before the coming into force of these Regulations, designated under the Further Education Loans Regulations 2012, that course is to be treated as coming within the meaning of “higher education course” for the purposes of these Regulations. (5) “Credits” means units used to signify the total amount of learning time that a student would ordinarily be expected to spend in order to complete a particular course or part of it. (6) Each attached credit denotes 10 notional learning hours. Meaning of “course designation event”, “in-year qualifying event”, “protected category event”, “settled status event”, “module designation event” and related provision 5.—(1) This regulation defines “course designation event”, “in-year qualifying event”, “protected category event”, “settled status event” and “module designation event”, and makes related provision for the purposes of these Regulations. (2) A “course designation event”, in relation to a course, means any of the following— (a) the course becomes designated under regulation 10(7); (b) the English higher education provider which is providing the course, or on whose behalf the course is being provided, becomes a registered provider; (c) the course becomes a Northern Irish designated course, a Scottish designated course or a Welsh designated course; (d) the course becomes a recognised initial further education teacher training course. (3) An “in-year qualifying event”, in relation to a student, means any of the following— (a) a protected category event which occurs after the course start date; (b) a settled status event; (c) the student becomes a person described in paragraph 2 of Schedule 2; (d) the student becomes a person described in paragraph 4(1)(a) of Schedule 2; (e) the student becomes a person described in paragraph 12(1)(a) of Schedule 2; (f) the student becomes a person described in paragraph 16(1)(a)(ii) of Schedule 2; (g) the student becomes a person described in paragraph 22(a) of Schedule 2. (4) A “protected category event”, in relation to a student, means any of the following— 7(a) the student or the student’s spouse, civil partner or parent becomes recognised as a refugee; (b) the student or the student’s spouse, civil partner or parent becomes a person granted stateless leave; (c) the student or the student’s spouse, civil partner or parent becomes a person granted humanitarian protection; (d) the student becomes a person granted section 67 leave; (e) the student or the student’s parent becomes a person granted indefinite leave to enter or remain as a victim of domestic violence or domestic abuse; (f) the student becomes a person granted Calais leave; (g) the student or the student’s parent becomes a person granted indefinite leave to enter or remain as a bereaved partner; (h) the student or the student’s spouse, civil partner or parent becomes a person granted leave under one of the Afghan Schemes; (i) the student or the student’s spouse, civil partner or parent becomes a person granted leave under one of the Ukraine Schemes. (5) A “settled status event”, in relation to a student, means— (a) the student becomes a person described in paragraph 3 or 18 of Schedule 2, or (b) the student becomes a family member described in paragraph 15(1)(a), 19(1)(a), 20(1)(a) or 20(2)(a) of Schedule 2. (6) Where a course designation event under paragraph (2)(b) occurs, this only has effect in relation to a student who is undertaking an ALL-transfer course or a course for an approved HTQ if the course start date is after the date on which the course provider becomes a registered provider. (7) Where a protected category event occurs in relation to a student after the course start date, paragraph (8) applies for the purposes of determining whether that event results in the student becoming an eligible student. (8) The student is to be treated, for the purposes of determining whether the student satisfies any requirement in Schedule 2 to be ordinarily resident in England on the course start date, as if the student was, on the course start date, lawfully residing in the place where the student was residing on that date. (9) A “module designation event”, in relation to a module, means— (a) the module becomes designated under regulation 11(4), or (b) the English higher education provider that is providing the module becomes a registered provider. (10) Where the following provisions refer to a course designation event, they are to be taken to apply in the same way to a module designation event— (a) regulation 17(3) (time limits for applications); (b) regulation 31(8) (students becoming eligible during the course year); (c) regulation 42(2) and (4) (students qualifying for a loan for living costs during a course year); (d) regulation 60(2) and (5) (students qualifying for a supplementary grant during a course year); (e) regulation 82(1) (grants for dependants - changes during a course year). 8Recognition of initial further education teacher training courses 6.—(1) The list of courses which are, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, initial further education teacher training courses is the list as published from time to time by the Secretary of State under regulation 2B of the 2011 Student Support Regulations. (2) For the purposes of this regulation, a course may only be considered an initial further education teacher training course by the Secretary of State if successful completion of the course means that a person meets the occupational standard for a learning and skills teacher as determined by the Secretary of State from time to time. PART 2 Eligibility, designation and cap on overall support Eligible students 7.—(1) An eligible student qualifies for support in connection with a designated course. (2) Subject to regulation 8, a person (“A”) is an eligible student in connection with a designated course if, in assessing A’s application for support, the Secretary of State determines that either— (a) A falls within one of the categories set out in Part 2 of Schedule 2 (eligible students: categories), or (b) A is a returning student. (3) In connection with a course beginning on or after 1st January 2028, paragraph (2) has effect as if Part 2 of Schedule 2 did not contain paragraphs 14, 16, 17 and 20. (4) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(b), A is a returning student if— (a) A is awarded support under these Regulations in connection with a course which began before the current course (with the earlier course being referred to in this regulation as “the previous course”), (b) the current course began on a date that fell within the period of eligibility of the previous course, (c) there has been no relevant change in A’s circumstances since A was determined to be an eligible student in connection with the previous course. (5) For the purposes of paragraph (4)(c)— (a) there is a relevant change in A’s circumstances if— (i) A was a person described in Schedule 2 for the purposes of the previous course by virtue of being ordinarily resident in England, and A has ceased to be ordinarily resident in England, or (ii) any provision in Schedule 3 (termination of eligibility due to change of circumstances) applies to A, and (b) this change in A’s circumstances applies immediately before the first day of the course year of the current course. Eligibility - exceptions 8.—(1) A person (“A”) is not an eligible student if— (a) A is— 9(i) enrolled on a course that is designated under the 2011 Student Support Regulations and is receiving support under those Regulations other than postgraduate disabled students’ allowance; (ii) enrolled on a course that is designated under the Student Support (Scotland) Regulations 2022(a), other than a course designated under any of paragraphs 7A to 7C of Schedule 4 to those Regulations, and is receiving support under those Regulations; (iii) enrolled on a course that is designated under the Education (Student Support) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009(b), other than a course designated under Part 12 or 13 of those Regulations, and is receiving support under those Regulations; (iv) enrolled on a course that is designated under the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2017(c), other than a course designated under Part 13 of those Regulations, and is receiving support under those Regulations; (v) enrolled on a course that is designated under the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2018(d), other than a course designated under Schedule 4 to those Regulations, and is receiving support under those Regulations; (b) A is in breach of an obligation to repay a loan; (c) A has reached the age of 18 years and has not ratified an agreement for a loan made with A when A was under the age of 18 years (other than an excluded agreement); (d) A has, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, shown by A’s conduct that A is unfitted to receive support; (e) subject to paragraph (2), A is a prisoner. (2) Paragraph (1)(e) does not apply— (a) where A is an eligible prisoner, or (b) in respect of a course year during which A enters prison or is released from prison. (3) For the purposes of paragraph (1)— (a) “postgraduate disabled students’ allowance” means the grant payable under Part 12 of the 2011 Student Support Regulations; (b) “loan” means a loan made under any provision of the student loans legislation; (c) “excluded agreement” means an agreement for a loan which is subject to the law of Scotland and was made— (i) on or after 25th September 1991, or (ii) before that date, without the concurrence of the borrower’s curator or at a time when the borrower had no curator. (4) In paragraph (3)(b), “student loans legislation” means— (a) the Education (Scotland) Act 1980; (b) the Education (Student Loans) Act 1990; (c) the Education (Student Loans) (Northern Ireland) Order 1990; (d) the Education (Student Support) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998; (e) regulations made under— (a) S.S.I. 2022/157. (b) S.R. 2009 No. 373. (c) S.I. 2017/47 (W. 21). (d) S.I. 2018/191 (W. 42). 10(i) either of the Acts or either of the Orders referred to in paragraphs (a) to (d), or (ii) under the 1998 Act. (5) In paragraph (3)(c)(ii), “borrower” means an eligible student to whom a fee loan has been made. The ALL-transfer Courses List, the Gateway Courses List, and the Module Approved Subject and Provider List 9.—(1) The Secretary of State must publish from time to time in such a manner as the Secretary of State sees fit— (a) a list of higher education courses called “the ALL-transfer Courses List”, (b) a list of higher education courses called “the Gateway Courses List”, and (c) a list of subjects and providers called “the Module Approved Subject and Provider List”. (2) The Secretary of State may approve for inclusion in the ALL-transfer Courses List any higher education course— (a) that is not a gateway course, (b) that leads to a level 4, 5 or 6 qualification, and (c) that was, immediately before the coming into force of these Regulations, approved for funding by way of an advanced learner loan. (3) The Secretary of State may approve for inclusion in the Gateway Courses List any higher education course— (a) that is not an ALL-transfer course or a course for an approved HTQ, (b) that leads to a level 4, 5 or 6 qualification, and (c) that is regulated by Ofqual. (4) If a course on either the ALL-transfer Course List or the Gateway Course List is also a Schedule 4 course, it is to be treated as an ALL-transfer course or a gateway course (as the case may be) for the purposes of designation under regulation 10. (5) The Secretary of State may approve for inclusion in the Module Approved Subject and Provider List— (a) subjects, and (b) providers, which the Secretary of State considers appropriate to allow for module designation under regulation 11, in the event that the full course meets the conditions referred to in regulation 10. (6) In relation to the Module Approved Subject and Provider List, the Secretary of State must publish from time to time in such a manner as the Secretary of State sees fit requirements to be met by a provider in order for the provider to be approved to offer designated modules. (7) The Secretary of State may revoke or suspend an approval given under this regulation. Designation of courses 10.—(1) A higher education course is a designated course for the purposes of section 22(1) of the 1998 Act and these Regulations if it meets the conditions in paragraph (2) or comes within paragraph (6) or (7). (2) The conditions are— (a) it must be a Schedule 4 course, an ALL-transfer course, or a gateway course; 11(b) it must deliver at least 30 credits, unless it is an ALL-transfer course (in which case it must deliver at least one credit); (c) in the case of an ALL-transfer course or a gateway course, it must have credits attached; (d) it must be substantially provided in the United Kingdom (meaning at least half the teaching and supervision which comprises the course must be provided in the United Kingdom); (e) in the case of a Schedule 4 course other than a course for an approved HTQ, it must be— (i) wholly provided by a registered provider in England, or by a registered or an unregistered provider on behalf of a registered provider in England, (ii) provided by a registered provider in England in conjunction with an institution which is situated outside the United Kingdom, (iii) wholly provided by an authority-funded institution in Scotland or Northern Ireland, or by a regulated institution in Wales, (iv) provided by an institution in Scotland, Northern Ireland or Wales on behalf of a registered provider in England, (v) provided by an authority-funded institution in Scotland or Northern Ireland or by a regulated institution in Wales, in conjunction with an institution which is situated outside the United Kingdom, (vi) provided by a registered provider in England on behalf of an authority-funded institution in Scotland or Northern Ireland or a regulated institution in Wales, or (vii) provided by a publicly funded institution in Scotland, Northern Ireland or Wales, on behalf of an authority-funded institution in Scotland or Northern Ireland or a regulated institution in Wales; (f) in the case of a course in England that is a course for an approved HTQ, an ALL-transfer course or a gateway course, it must be (noting the provision in regulation 5(6))— (i) provided by a registered provider, or (ii) provided by a registered or an unregistered provider on behalf of a registered provider; (g) in the case of a course that falls within paragraph 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10 of Schedule 4— (i) it must lead to an award (meaning any degree, diploma, certificate or other academic award or distinction) granted or to be granted by a body falling within section 214(2)(za), (zb), (a) or (b) of the Education Reform Act 1988(a), and (ii) the teaching and supervision which comprise the course must have been approved by that body; (3) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(e) and (f)— (a) a course is provided by an institution if the institution provides the teaching and supervision which comprise the course, whether or not the institution has entered into an agreement with the student to provide the course, (b) an institution is not to be regarded as publicly funded or authority-funded by reason only that it receives public funds from the governing body of a higher education (a) 1988 c. 40. 12institution in accordance with section 65(3A) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992(a), and (c) a course is not to be regarded as provided on behalf of an authority-funded educational institution or a regulated institution where a part of the course is provided by a private institution in Scotland, Northern Ireland or Wales, or by a private institution which is an unregistered provider in England. (4) Subject to regulation 12(1)(d), a course to which this paragraph applies is considered to be a single course for a first degree or for an equivalent qualification even if— (a) the course leads to another degree or qualification being conferred before the degree or equivalent qualification, and (b) part of the course is optional. (5) Paragraph (4) applies to a course the standard of which is not higher than a first degree which leads to a qualification as a medical doctor, dentist, veterinary surgeon, architect, landscape architect, landscape designer, landscape manager, town planner, or town and country planner. (6) Each of the following is also a designated course— (a) a Northern Irish designated course; (b) a Scottish designated course; (c) a Welsh designated course. (7) The Secretary of State may from time to time— (a) designate a higher education course that is not designated under paragraph (2), subject to such conditions as the Secretary of State sees fit, and (b) publish in such a manner as the Secretary of State sees fit a list of the courses that are so designated (to be known as “the Courses Designated by Letter List”), less the related conditions. (8) The Secretary of State may revoke or suspend the designation of a course which is designated under this regulation. (9) This regulation is to be read subject to regulation 12 (designation: exceptions). (10) In this regulation, “authority-funded” means— (a) in relation to an educational institution in Scotland, maintained or assisted by recurrent grants from the Scottish Funding Council; (b) in relation to an educational institution in Northern Ireland, maintained or assisted by recurrent grants from the Department for the Economy in Northern Ireland or the Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland. Designation of modules 11.—(1) A module is a designated module, and is to be treated as a designated course for the purposes of— (a) section 22(1) of the 1998 Act, and (b) these Regulations, other than regulations 4(3), 5(9), 9, 23(3)(e) and this regulation, if it meets the conditions in paragraph (2) or comes within paragraph (4). (2) The conditions are— (a) the module must be part of a full course that— (a) 1992 c. 13. 13(i) is a Schedule 4 course, (ii) is in a subject that is listed in the Module Approved Subject and Provider List, unless the full course is a course for an approved HTQ, (iii) is provided by a provider that is listed in the Module Approved Subject and Provider List, and (iv) leads to a level 6 qualification or an approved HTQ, (b) the module must have— (i) credits attached, (ii) a value of at least 30 credits, and (iii) the same credit value as when taken as part of the full course, (c) the content of the module must be of level 4, 5 or 6, or a mixture of these, with a single overall attributed level based on the judgment of the provider, and which is the same as when the module is taken as part of the full course, (d) the module must be provided— (i) by the same institution that provides the full course of which it is a part, and (ii) wholly by a registered provider in England, or by a registered provider in England in conjunction with an institution which is situated outside the United Kingdom, and (e) a standardised transcript must be available for provision to students who complete the module, with “standardised transcript” meaning that the transcript must accord with guidance issued by the Secretary of State (whether before or after these Regulations are made) on transcripts for modules covered by these Regulations. (3) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(d)(i), a module is provided by an institution if the institution provides the teaching and supervision which comprise the module. (4) The Secretary of State— (a) may designate a module of a full course that is a designated higher education course, where the module has credits attached and— (i) is in a subject that is listed in the Module Approved Subject and Provider List, but is provided by a provider that is not on that list, (ii) is provided by a provider that is listed in the Module Approved Subject and Provider List, but is in a subject that is not on that list, or (iii) is in a subject that is not listed in the Module Approved Subject and Provider List, and is provided by a provider that is not on that list, in each case subject to such conditions as the Secretary of State sees fit, and (b) must publish in such a manner as the Secretary of State sees fit a list of full courses the modules of which are designated under sub-paragraph (a) (to be known as “the Modules Alternative Approvals List”), comprising two parts as follows— (i) Part 1 (to be headed “Alternative Entry Mechanism Approvals”): listing full courses, and associated providers, that come within sub-paragraph (a)(i), and (ii) Part 2 (to be headed “Specific Approvals”): listing specific modules from full courses, and associated providers, that come within sub-paragraph (a)(ii) or (iii), in each case less the related conditions. (5) A bundle of modules is a “designated bundle of modules”, and is to be treated as a designated module for the purposes of section 22(1) of the 1998 Act and these Regulations, if taken together 14the modules comprising the bundle of modules meet the conditions in paragraph (2) or come within paragraph (4). (6) The Secretary of State may revoke or suspend the designation of a module which is designated under this regulation. (7) This regulation is to be read subject to regulation 12 (designation: exceptions). Designation - exceptions 12.—(1) A course is not a designated course if any of the following apply— (a) in the case of a postgraduate pre-registration course— (i) it is a distance learning course, or (ii) it is less than two course years long; (b) in the case of a course falling within paragraph 6 or 7 of Schedule 4— (i) the governing body of a maintained school or of an Academy has arranged for the provision of the course to a pupil of the school or Academy respectively, or (ii) the course is less than one year long; (c) the course is taken as part of an employment-based teacher training scheme; (d) in the case of a first degree course (other than a graduate entry accelerated programme or a graduate entry veterinary course)— (i) it leads to the award of a professional qualification, and (ii) a first degree (or equivalent qualification) would normally be required for entry to a course leading to the award of that professional qualification; (e) it is a UK dual degree programme; (f) its designation has been revoked or suspended under regulation 10(8) or 11(6). (2) In paragraph (1)(b)(i)— (a) “Academy” means a school to which Academy arrangements under section 1 of the Academies Act 2010(a) relate; (b) “maintained school” means a community, foundation or voluntary school, a community or foundation special school or a maintained nursery school. (3) In paragraph (1)(e), “UK dual degree programme” means a single course of study offered by an institution in the United Kingdom leading to the award by that institution of two first degrees, other than a full-time course leading to a qualification as a— (a) medical doctor, (b) dentist, (c) veterinary surgeon, (d) architect, (e) landscape architect, (f) landscape designer, (g) landscape manager, (h) town planner, or (i) town and country planner. (a) 2010 c. 32. 15Period of eligibility 13.—(1) A student’s status as an eligible student in connection with a designated course— (a) begins on the course start date, and (b) is retained until the status terminates in accordance with this regulation or Schedule 3 (termination of eligibility due to change of circumstance). (2) The period for which an eligible student retains the status of being an eligible student is the “period of eligibility”. (3) Subject to paragraphs (4) to (6) and Schedule 3, the period of eligibility terminates— (a) where a course lasts for more than 12 months, at the end of the course year in which the student completes the course; (b) where a course lasts for 12 months or less, 12 months after the course start date. (4) The period of eligibility terminates when the eligible student (“A”)— (a) withdraws from A’s designated course in circumstances where the Secretary of State has not transferred, or will not transfer, A’s status as an eligible student under regulation 14, or (b) abandons or is expelled from A’s designated course. (5) The Secretary of State may terminate the period of eligibility where A has shown by A’s conduct that A is unfitted to receive support. (6) Where the period of eligibility terminates— (a) before the end of the course year in which the student would complete the course, or (b) within 12 months of the course start date, in the case of a course that lasts 12 months or less, the Secretary of State may at any time renew the period of eligibility for such period as the Secretary of State considers appropriate. Transfer of status 14.—(1) Where an eligible student (“A”) transfers from a designated course to another designated course, the Secretary of State must transfer A’s status as an eligible student to that course where— (a) the Secretary of State receives a request from A to do so, and (b) the period of eligibility has not terminated. (2) After the transfer has taken place, the Secretary of State must reassess the amount of support to which A is entitled in relation to the course from which A has transferred. Cap on overall support in relation to a service year 15.—(1) An eligible student does not qualify for any support in relation to a course year (“course year A”) if— (a) the credit value of course year A exceeds 180, or (b) the eligible student has applied, and qualified, for any support in relation to one or more course years of other courses (“the other course year or years”) where— (i) course year A and the other course year or years all begin in the same service year, and 16(ii) the combined credit value of course year A and the other course year or years exceeds 180. (2) Paragraph (1) applies regardless of whether the provider in relation to any of the courses undertaken by the eligible student is an English higher education provider or is an institution in Scotland, Northern Ireland or Wales. (3) An eligible student’s entitlement to support under Parts 4, 5 and 6 is subject to paragraph (1). PART 3 Applying for support, provision of information, and loan contracts Chapter 1 Applications Applications for support 16.—(1) A person (referred to in this Part as “the applicant”) must apply for support in relation to each course year of a designated course, by completing and submitting to the Secretary of State an application in such form and accompanied by such documentation as the Secretary of State may require. (2) Where an applicant is applying for support in relation to more than one course in the same service year, the applicant may submit a single application in respect of support for multiple courses. (3) An applicant must apply for support in relation to each course year of each designated course for which support is required. (4) The Secretary of State may take such steps and make such inquiries as the Secretary of State considers necessary to determine, in relation to each course or each course year for which the applicant applies for support— (a) whether the applicant is an eligible student, (b) whether the applicant qualifies for support, and (c) the amount of support payable, if any. (5) The Secretary of State must notify the applicant of whether the applicant qualifies for support and, if so, the amount of support payable in respect of each course year to which their application for support relates. Time limits 17.—(1) The general rule is that— (a) in the case of a course that lasts less than 12 months, an application for support must reach the Secretary of State by the earlier of— (i) the end of the ninth month of the course year in which the course starts, or (ii) the end date of the course; (b) in the case of a course that lasts 12 months or longer, an application for support must reach the Secretary of State by the earlier of— (i) the end of the ninth month of the course year in respect of which the applicant is applying for support, or 17(ii) the end date of the course. (2) The general rule does not apply where any of paragraphs (3) to (11) apply. (3) Where an in-year qualifying event or a course designation event occurs after the first day of the course year in respect of which the applicant is applying for support, the application must reach the Secretary of State by the earlier of— (a) the end of the period of nine months that begins with the day on which the event occurred, or (b) the end date of the course. (4) Where the applicant is making a separate application for a fee loan or for a loan for living costs or is applying for an additional amount of fee loan and paragraph (5) or (6) applies, or where the applicant is applying for an additional amount of loan for living costs and paragraph (7) applies, the application must reach the Secretary of State by the earlier of— (a) one month before the end of the course year to which the application relates, or (b) the end date of the course. (5) If a student's status as an eligible student is transferred from one designated course to another under regulation 14, the student may apply to borrow an additional amount by way of a fee loan in respect of the course year of the course to which that student transfers. (6) Where a student has applied for a fee loan of less than the maximum amount available in relation to a course year, the student may apply to borrow an additional amount which, when added to the amount already applied for, does not exceed the maximum applicable in the student's case. (7) Where a student has applied for a loan for living costs of less than the maximum amount to which the student is entitled in relation to the course year, the student may apply to borrow an additional amount which, when added to the amount already applied for, does not exceed the maximum applicable in the student's case. (8) Where the applicant is applying to borrow an additional amount of loan for living costs in the circumstances set out in paragraph (9), the application must reach the Secretary of State by the later of— (a) one month before the end of the course year to which the application relates, or (b) within a period of one month beginning with the day on which the applicant receives notice of the increased maximum amount. (9) The circumstances are— (a) the Secretary of State determines that the maximum amount of loan for living costs in relation to a course year should be increased (including an increase from nil) as a result of a reassessment of the student's household income under Schedule 7 or otherwise, and (b) the Secretary of State considers that the increase in the maximum amount of the loan in question does not result from the eligible student— (i) failing to provide information promptly, which might affect the student's ability to qualify for the loan or loans in question or the amount of loan or loans in question for which the student qualifies, or (ii) providing information that is inaccurate in any material particular. (10) Where the applicant is applying for the disabled students’ allowance, the application must reach the Secretary of State as soon as is reasonably practicable. (11) Where the Secretary of State considers that, having regard to the circumstances of the particular case, the time limit should be relaxed, the application must reach the Secretary of State no later than such date as the Secretary of State specifies. 18Chapter 2 Information provision Information 18.—(1) Schedule 5 (information) sets out requirements regarding the provision of information. (2) If the Secretary of State is satisfied that an eligible student has failed to comply with a requirement to provide information under these Regulations or has provided information which is inaccurate in a material particular, the Secretary of State may take such of the following actions as the Secretary of State considers appropriate in the circumstances— (a) terminate the period of eligibility; (b) determine that the student no longer qualifies for any particular support or particular amounts of support; (c) treat any support paid to the student as an overpayment which may be recovered under Chapter 4 (overpayments) of Part 7 (payments). Chapter 3 Loan contracts Requirement to enter into a contract for a loan 19.—(1) To receive a loan for a designated course, a student must enter into a loan contract with the Secretary of State in respect of that course. (2) Where the Secretary of State requires a contract to be signed by a student, an electronic signature in such form as the Secretary of State may specify satisfies such a requirement. Chapter 4 Declarations provided by academic authorities Declarations provided by academic authorities in respect of fee loans 20.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), an academic authority must complete a declaration in relation to an application for a fee loan in such form as may be required by the Secretary of State. (2) An academic authority is not required to complete a declaration if it is unable to give the confirmation required. (3) In this regulation, “declaration” means— (a) a statement— (i) that provides the course information, and (ii) that confirms that the applicant has undertaken at least two weeks of the designated course in respect of which the applicant is applying for support under Part 4; (b) certification by the academic authority that it considers that it will be possible for the applicant to complete the course year in accordance with the minimum intensity requirement in regulation 31(5). (4) For the purposes of paragraph (3)(a), “course information” means— (a) the amount of fees being charged for in respect of each activity in the course year in respect of which the applicant is applying for support; (b) certification by the academic authority that it considers the course to be a designated course; 19(c) the credit value of each activity within— (i) the course year, and (ii) the course as a whole; and (d) the first day of the first term week in respect of the course year and the last day of the last term week in respect of the course year. (5) For the purposes of paragraph (3)(b), the academic authority must have regard to— (a) any increase in intensity of study that would be required for the applicant to complete the course year in accordance with the minimum intensity requirement referred to in paragraph (3)(b), and (b) any parts of the course which the applicant has been required to repeat. Declarations provided by academic authorities in respect of loans for living costs and supplementary grants 21.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), an academic authority must complete a declaration in relation to an application for a loan for living costs or supplementary grants (or both) in such form as may be required by the Secretary of State. (2) An academic authority is not required to complete a declaration if it is unable to give the confirmation required. (3) In this regulation, “declaration” means a statement that provides, for the purposes of this Part and Parts 5 and 6— (a) confirmation by the academic authority of— (i) the first day of the first term week in respect of the course year and the last day of the last term week in respect of the course year, and (ii) the number of credits which the eligible student is likely to obtain in each course year of the course; and (b) certification by the academic authority that it considers that it will be possible for the applicant to complete the course in accordance with the minimum study intensity requirement in regulation 40(3), 61(2), 65(2), 75(2), 76(2) or 77(2). (4) For the purposes of paragraph (3)(b), the academic authority must have regard to— (a) any increase in intensity of study that would be required for the applicant to complete the course within the period specified in paragraph (3)(b), and (b) any parts of the course which the applicant has been required to repeat. PART 4 Fee loans Chapter 1 Entitlement to fee loans Lifetime entitlement 22.—(1) For the purposes of section 22(2)(ba) of the 1998 Act, as treated as inserted by section 28A(1)(c) of the 1998 Act, an eligible student has a lifetime limit (or “lifetime entitlement”) in respect of fee loans, as provided for in this regulation. (2) The lifetime entitlement of an eligible student is £39,160. 20Residual entitlement 23.—(1) Deductions are to be made from the lifetime entitlement for an eligible student in respect of any tuition fee funding for— (a) relevant prior study (on which see paragraph (2)) that took place before the coming into force of these Regulations; (b) study that takes place after the coming into force of these Regulations and which is funded— (i) under the 2011 Student Support Regulations (due to the course having started before 1st January 2027); (ii) by an advanced learner loan for a course at a level higher than an Access to Higher Education course and no higher than a first degree course; (iii) by a devolved government under the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2018, the Student Support (Scotland) Regulations 2022 or the Education (Student Support) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2009(a), with the remaining amount available to the student being referred to as their “residual entitlement”. (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a), “relevant prior study” is learning from any of the categories in paragraph (3) that was supported by the government of the United Kingdom or by a devolved government (in Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland) via any of the following means of funding being paid directly to the provider— (a) a student loan for tuition fees, other than for courses designated under any of the following— (i) the 2016 Master’s Degree Regulations; (ii) the 2018 Doctoral Degree Regulations; (iii) the Higher Education Short Course Loans Regulations 2022(b); (iv) the Education (Postgraduate Master's Degree Loans) (Wales) Regulations 2017(c); (v) the Education (Postgraduate Doctoral Degree Loans) (Wales) Regulations 2018(d); (vi) the Education (Student Support) (Postgraduate Master's Degrees) (Wales) Regulations 2019(e); (vii) paragraphs 7A to 7C of Schedule 4 to the Student Support (Scotland) Regulations 2022; (viii) paragraphs 8 to 9A of Schedule 2 to the Education (Student Loans) (Scotland) Regulations 2007(f); (ix) Part 13 of the Education (Student Support) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009(g); (b) a student grant for tuition fees; (c) Student Awards Agency Scotland tuition fee funding for study at a Scottish provider, (meaning non-repayable tuition fee payments to a Scottish provider by the Scottish Government on behalf of a student); (d) block grant funding; (a) S.R. 2009 No. 37. (b) S.I. 2022/349. (c) S.I. 2017/523 (W. 109). (d) S.I. 2018/656 (W. 124). (e) S.I. 2019/895 (W. 161). (f) S.S.I. 2007/154. (g) S.R. 2009 No. 373. 21(e) funding in respect of modules of approved HTQ courses that were eligible for funding via the modular acceleration programme. (3) The categories are— (a) higher education courses that were designated for the purposes of tuition fee support, or that were provided by institutions that received public funding in respect of tuition fees— (i) which started before 1st September 1998 and where there were no tuition fees charged to the student (“category 1A”); (ii) which started on or after 1st September 1998 and before 1st September 2012, where there were no privately funded contributions from the student, including where any of the circumstances in paragraph (4) apply (“category 1B”); (iii) which started on or after 1st September 1998 and before 1st September 2012, where there were privately funded contributions from the student, including where any of the circumstances in paragraph (4) apply (“category 1C”); (b) higher education courses designated for the purposes of tuition fee support, where the course began on or after 1st September 2012 and sub-paragraph (c) does not apply (“category 2”); (c) higher education courses funded by the Student Awards Agency Scotland, excluding study at level 7 or above that comes within paragraph (2)(a)(vii) or (viii), where the course began on or after 1st September 2012 and was undertaken at a provider in Scotland (“category 3”); (d) study funded at level 4, 5 or 6 by an advanced learner loan (“category 4”); (e) funding in respect of modules of a course for an approved HTQ that was funded by the modular acceleration programme (“category 5”). (4) The circumstances referred to in paragraph (3)(a)(ii) and (iii) are— (a) the student began a full-time course that began on or after 1st September 2012, having transferred their status as an eligible student from a full-time course that began before 1st September 2012; (b) the student began a part-time course that began on or after 1st September 2012, having transferred their status as an eligible student from a part-time course that began before 1st September 2012 (c) the student returned to study a new course on or after 1st September 2012, after agreeing a period of suspension with the provider from a course that began before 1st September 2012; (d) the student started an end-on course. (5) Deductions in respect of categories 1A, 1B and 3 are— (a) £9,790 per year of full-time study; (b) £4,895 per year of part-time study, or per year of study comprising both full-time and part-time study; (c) £1,955 per year of work placement; (d) £1,465 per year of study abroad; (e) £1,465 per Erasmus year or Turing mobility year. (6) Deductions in respect of category 1C are— (a) £6,325 per year of full-time study; 22(b) £3,162.50 per year of part-time study, or per year of study comprising both full-time and part-time study; (c) £1,265 per year of work placement; (d) £948.75 per year of study abroad; (e) £948.75 per Erasmus year. (7) Deductions in respect of category 2 are to equate to the exact amount of fee loan or grant that was paid for the student’s study, multiplied by £9,790 and then divided by the deduction amount as set out in the following table (with any fractions of a penny to be disregarded)— Year of study Deduction amount 2012 - 2024 £9,250 2025 / 2026 £9,535 2026 / 2027 £9,790 (8) Deductions in respect of category 4 are to equate to the exact amount of advanced learner loans taken, excluding any amount that was cancelled in accordance with regulation 25 of the Further Education Loans Regulations 2012. (9) A deduction in respect of category 5 is to equate to £2,447.50 where any study on the modular acceleration programme has been undertaken (irrespective of the quantity of such study). (10) In relation to categories 1A, 1B, 1C and 2 to 4, there is to be no deduction in respect of any period of study that the Secretary of State considers was impacted by compelling personal reasons. (11) In paragraph (7), “year of study” means— (a) for courses that started on or after 1 September 2012 and before 1st August 2024, the year starting on or after 1st September and ending before 1st August; (b) for years thereafter, the year starting on or after 1st August and ending before 31st July. (12) For the purposes of this regulation— “block grant funding” means public funding provided to a higher education provider in respect of higher education courses with designation for support described in paragraph (3)(a), as a lump sum or general allocation for the purpose of supporting the provider’s institutional activities (including teaching and research), where such funding is not allocated by reference to individual students, including funding provided by— (a) local authorities, (b) the Higher Education Funding Council for England or any devolved administration, or (c) any other public body exercising equivalent higher education funding functions; “end-on course” means— (a) a full-time honours degree course beginning on or after 1st September 2012 which, disregarding any intervening vacations, a student begins to attend immediately after ceasing to attend a full-time course mentioned in paragraph 2, 3 or 4 of Schedule 4 or a full-time foundation or ordinary degree course, which started before 1st September 2012, having achieved a qualification; (b) a full-time distance learning honours degree course beginning on or after 1st September 2012 which, disregarding any intervening vacations, a student begins immediately after ceasing to undertake a distance learning foundation or ordinary 23degree course, which started before 1st September 2012, having achieved a qualification; “Erasmus year” means an academic year of a course where a student participated in the action scheme of the European Union for the mobility of university students known as ERASMUS, where the student’s course is designated under the 2011 Student Support Regulations, or was designated for the purposes of funding for tuition fees under other Regulations, or was provided by an institution that received public funding in respect of tuition fees, and— (a) where the course is provided by an institution in Northern Ireland, all the periods of study or work placement during the academic year are attended at an institution or workplace outside the United Kingdom, or (b) where the course is provided by an institution in England, Scotland or Wales— (i) at least one period of study or work placement is attended at an institution or workplace outside the United Kingdom, and (ii) either— (aa) in respect of that academic year, the aggregate of any one or more periods of full-time study at the institution in the United Kingdom is less than 10 weeks, or (bb) in respect of that academic year and any previous academic years of the course, the aggregate of any one or more periods of attendance which are not periods of full-time study at the institution in the United Kingdom (disregarding any intervening vacations) exceeds 30 weeks; “healthcare bursary” as defined in Schedule 1 is to be read as additionally covering a bursary or award of similar description under section 63 of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968(a) made in respect of a course beginning before 1st August 2017 that was provided by an institution in England; “modular acceleration programme” refers to a programme to support delivery of individual modules of a course for an approved HTQ, where the learning took place between 1st February 2024 and 31st December 2025 inclusive; “student grant for tuition fees” does not include the following— (a) a healthcare bursary (as referred to in paragraph (a) of the definition of “bursary year” in Schedule 1 and modified by this paragraph); (b) a Scottish healthcare allowance; (c) a healthcare tuition payment (as referred to in paragraph (b) of the definition of “bursary year” in Schedule 1); (d) a bursary to study social work; (e) tuition fees funded by apprenticeship levy (by virtue of regulations made under Part 6 of the Finance Act 2016(b)); (f) grants funded under the Education (Student Support) (Postgraduate Master’s Degree) (Wales) Regulation 2019(c); (g) a bursary under the NHS Bursary Scheme (on which see paragraph (c) of the definition of “bursary year” in Schedule 1); (a) 1968 c. 46. (b) 2016 c. 24. (c) S.I. 2024/501 (W. 79). 24“tuition fee support” means funding from the government (including local authorities) in relation to tuition fees, provided in the form of a loan or a grant; “Turing mobility year” means an academic year of a course where the student’s course was designated under the 2011 Student Support Regulations, or was designated for the purposes of tuition fee support under other Regulations, or was provided by an institution that received public funding in respect of tuition fees, and— (a) in relation to a course provided by an institution in England, Wales or Scotland, is where— (i) at least one period of study or work placement during the academic year is attended at an institution or workplace outside the United Kingdom as part of the Turing Scheme, or in relation to a course provided by an institution in Wales, as part of the scheme established by the Welsh Ministers known as the International Learning Exchange Programme, and (ii) either— (aa) the aggregate of any one or more periods of full-time study at the institution in the United Kingdom is less than 10 weeks, or (bb) the aggregate of any periods of attendance in relation to the academic year and any previous academic years of the course which were not periods of full-time study at the institution in the United Kingdom (disregarding any intervening vacations) exceeds 30 weeks; (b) in relation to a course provided by an institution in Northern Ireland, is where all the periods of study or work placement during the academic year are attended at an institution or workplace outside the United Kingdom as part of the Turing Scheme; “year of work placement” means— (a) an academic year of a sandwich course during which any periods of full-time study are in aggregate less than 10 weeks, or (b) in respect of the academic year referred to in paragraph (a) and any previous academic years of the course, the aggregate of any one or more periods of attendance which are not periods of full-time study at the institution (disregarding any intervening vacations) exceeds 30 weeks. (13) In this regulation— (a) a course is a “sandwich course” if— (i) it is not a course for the initial training of teachers or an academic year of a designated course that is an Erasmus year, (ii) it consists of alternate periods of full-time study in an institution and periods of work experience, and (iii) taking the course as a whole, the student attends or undertakes the periods of full-time study for an average of not less than 18 weeks in each year; (b) in calculating the student's periods of full-time study for the purposes of sub-paragraph (a), the course is to be treated as beginning with the first period of full-time study and ending with the last such period; (c) for the purposes of sub-paragraph (a), where periods of full-time study and work experience alternate within any week of the course, the days of full-time study are aggregated with each other and with any weeks of full-time study in determining the number of weeks of full-time study in each year. 25Fee loan entitlement balance 24.—(1) The fee loan entitlement balance of an eligible student (“A”) is what remains of A’s lifetime entitlement or residual entitlement (as the case may be) after— (a) making deductions for any learning funded under these Regulations (as referred to in regulation 87), and (b) adding any compelling personal reasons additional entitlement (as referred to in regulation 28). (2) Deductions for the purposes of paragraph (1)(a) are to equate to the exact amount of fee loan paid for the student’s study, multiplied by £9,790 and then divided by the deduction amount as set out in the following table (with any fractions of a penny to be disregarded)— Year of study Deduction amount 2026 - 2027 £9,790 (3) In paragraph (1), “residual entitlement” has the meaning given by regulation 23. (4) In paragraph (2), “year of study” means courses starting on or after 1st August 2026 and ending before 31st July 2027. Additional entitlement - general 25.—(1) Additional funding (or “additional entitlement”) is to be made available if an eligible student (“A”) meets the qualifying conditions for the type of additional entitlement in question and the cost of A’s course exceeds A’s fee loan entitlement balance. (2) There are five types of additional entitlement, as follows— (a) priority additional entitlement; (b) special additional entitlement; (c) compelling personal reasons additional entitlement; (d) repeat study additional entitlement; (e) correctional additional entitlement. (3) Additional entitlement can be awarded in connection with a maximum of— (a) 120 credits per course, in the case of repeat study additional entitlement, or (b) 180 credits in a course year, in the case of priority additional entitlement, special additional entitlement or correctional additional entitlement. (4) Compelling personal reasons additional entitlement may be awarded irrespective of A’s fee loan entitlement balance. Priority additional entitlement 26.—(1) An eligible student (“A”) qualifies for priority additional entitlement if A is undertaking a course from the following list (to be known as “the priority additional entitlement course list”)— (a) a designated course leading to a qualification as a medical doctor and professional registration with the General Medical Council; (b) a designated course leading to a qualification as a dentist and professional registration with the General Dental Council, excluding postgraduate dental profession courses; (c) a designated course which is a pre-registration course or a postgraduate pre-registration course leading to— 26(i) an undergraduate degree in nursing and social work, which leads to a professional registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council, Social Work England, Social Care Wales, the Scottish Social Services Council, or the Northern Ireland Social Care Council; (ii) an undergraduate degree, postgraduate master’s degree or postgraduate diploma in midwifery or nursing and professional registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council; (iii) an undergraduate degree, postgraduate master’s degree or postgraduate diploma in an allied health profession subject and leading to professional registration with the Health and Care Professions Council; (iv) an undergraduate degree or diploma in operating department practice and professional registration with the Health and Care Professions Council; (v) an undergraduate degree, diploma or foundation degree in a dental profession subject and leading to professional registration with the General Dental Council; (d) a designated course in initial teacher training leading to qualified teacher status in England or registration with a relevant regulatory body such as the Education Workforce Council (in Wales), the General Teaching Council for Scotland or the General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland; (e) a designated course in initial further education teacher training; (f) a designated course leading to a qualification as a social worker and professional registration with Social Work England, Social Care Wales, the Scottish Social Services Council or the Northern Ireland Social Care Council. (2) The amount of priority additional entitlement is the lesser of— (a) the remaining fees payable by A in respect of the current course; (b) the amount of fee loan available for the remaining credits to be undertaken (on which see regulation 35). (3) Priority additional entitlement ceases to be available if A ceases to attend the course in relation to which it was made available. (4) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(c), “pre-registration course” means an education and training programme leading to a qualification the standard of which is not higher than a first degree course, and which is a condition of inclusion in the register (or, as the case may be, the relevant part or parts of the register) maintained by any of the following— (a) the Health and Care Professions Council, for operating department practice and allied health profession subjects, other than dental profession subjects; (b) the Nursing and Midwifery Council, for midwifery or nursing; (c) the General Dental Council, for dental profession subjects; (d) Social Work England and the Nursing and Midwifery Council, for nursing and social work. Special additional entitlement 27.—(1) There are two types of special additional entitlement— (a) special additional entitlement for a special period, and (b) special additional entitlement for a longer course. (2) An eligible student (“A”) qualifies for special additional entitlement— (a) if priority additional entitlement is not available, and 27(b) if A is undertaking either or both of the following— (i) a special period referred to in paragraph (3); (ii) a longer course referred to in paragraph (5). (3) A special period is a period of— (a) study abroad, (b) sandwich placement, (c) Turing mobility, (d) lower fee foundation year study, or (e) higher fee foundation year study. (4) The amount of special additional entitlement for a special period is whichever of the following amounts is the lowest— (a) the amount of tuition fees charged in respect of the special period; (b) the amount of fee loan determined under regulation 34; (c) the remaining fees payable in respect of the course. (5) For the purposes of this regulation, a longer course is a course the duration of which is the full-time equivalent of at least five years of normal taught study (600 credits or 6,000 notional learning hours), where— (a) the course is provided by, or on behalf of, a provider located in Scotland, or (b) the course is a first degree course that is— (i) a course for qualification as a veterinary surgeon that leads to professional registration as a veterinary surgeon with the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, (ii) a standalone Master’s Degree in Architecture undertaken in connection with an undergraduate degree, where the two courses together lead to a qualification as an architect and professional registration with the Architects Registration Board, or (iii) a course that incorporates both a first degree Architecture course and a Master’s Degree in Architecture that leads to a qualification as an architect and professional registration with the Architects Registration Board. (6) The amount of special additional entitlement for a longer course is the lesser of— (a) the remaining fees payable by A in respect of the longer course; (b) 240 credits multiplied by the per-credit limit for normal taught study as valued at the time when the study takes place (on which see regulation 34(3)(a)). (7) Subject to paragraphs (8) and (9), special additional entitlement ceases to be available if A ceases to attend the course in relation to which it was made available. (8) Special additional entitlement for special periods will be retained if a student transfers their eligibility status (on which see regulation 14) to another course within the same CAH1 code subject groupings. (9) Special additional entitlement for longer courses will be retained if a student transfers their eligibility status (on which see regulation 14) to a course referred to in paragraph (5). (10) If a student who is undertaking a special period referred to in paragraph (3)— (a) abandons or withdraws from their course within that special period, or (b) transfers from their course to another course that is outside the CAH1 code subject groupings, their special additional entitlement ceases. 28(11) Courses mentioned in paragraph (5)(b)(ii) and (iii) are, in each case, to be treated as a single course. (12) For the purposes of paragraphs (8) and (10), “CAH1 code” means a Common Aggregated Hierarchy 1 code associated with a subject, as referred to in version 1.3.4 of the Higher Education Classification of Subjects coding system(a). Compelling personal reasons additional entitlement 28.—(1) An eligible student (“A”) qualifies for compelling personal reasons additional entitlement— (a) where the Secretary of State determines that A is repeating or ceasing to attend, or that A repeated or ceased to attend, a course because of compelling personal reasons, and (b) if the credits that A is repeating or which A ceased to undertake— (i) were credits for which A received a fee loan under these Regulations, and (ii) were not funded by priority additional entitlement. (2) The amount of compelling personal reasons additional entitlement is the amount of fee loan that was received by A for the credits that were impacted by the compelling personal reasons. (3) Compelling personal reasons additional entitlement— (a) is to be added to A’s fee loan entitlement balance, as valued at the time when the circumstances giving rise to the compelling personal reasons take place, and (b) is available for A to use towards a designated course of A’s choice. Repeat study additional entitlement 29.—(1) An eligible student (“A”) qualifies for repeat study additional entitlement— (a) if A needs to repeat a period of a course that contains either— (i) a full-time equivalent of more than 3 years (360 credits or 3,600 notional learning hours), but less than 5 years (600 credits or 6,000 notional learning hours), of normal taught study; (ii) a full-time equivalent of more than 5 years (600 credits or 6,000 notional learning hours) of normal taught study, and (b) if neither priority additional entitlement nor compelling personal reasons additional entitlement are available to A in relation to the repeat study. (2) Subject to paragraph (7), repeat study additional entitlement ceases to be available if A ceases to attend the course in relation to which it was made available. (3) The amount of repeat study additional entitlement is the lesser of— (a) the remaining fees payable by A in respect of the current course; (b) the total number of credits of repeat study required, multiplied by the fee loan per-credit limit for the activity being repeated. (4) Repeat study additional entitlement may be available across multiple periods of study within the same course, provided that the total number of credits does not exceed 120 credits. (a) Version 1.3.4 of the Higher Education Classification of Subjects coding system was published digitally on 28th October 2021. A full list of Common Aggregated Hierarchy codes, and the subjects they are associated with, is available at http s://www.hesa.ac.uk/collection/coding-manual-tools/hecoscahdata/cah. A printed copy can be obtained on request from the (cid:0) (cid:0) Department for Education, Sanctuary Buildings, Great Smith Street, London SW1P 3BT. 29(5) Repeat study additional entitlement may be available for either periods of taught study or special periods, with the amount of entitlement to be determined using the fee loan per-credit limit that is applicable to the period in question. (6) Repeat study additional entitlement may be applied to a period being repeated, even if the student did not take a fee loan for the original period. (7) Repeat study additional entitlement— (a) will be retained if— (i) the student transfers their status as an eligible student (on which see regulation 14) to another course within the same CAH1 subject grouping, and (ii) the course meets the description in paragraph 1(a); (b) ceases to be available if a student abandons or withdraws from the course, or transfers to a course that is not within the same CAH1 subject grouping. (8) In paragraph (7), CAH1 has the meaning given by regulation 27(8) read with paragraph (12) of that regulation. Correctional additional entitlement 30.—(1) An eligible student (“A”) qualifies for correctional additional entitlement if— (a) A has provided all information required by the Secretary of State in relation to A’s entitlement to a fee loan under these Regulations, (b) that information is accurate, and (c) the Secretary of State has determined, and has provided written notification to A, that in respect of A’s current course A qualifies for a fee loan under this Part that exceeds A’s fee loan entitlement balance. (2) In relation to the determination made by the Secretary of State for the purposes of paragraph (1)(c)— (a) if the Secretary of State makes the determination before the first day of the first course year of the current course, then A qualifies for correctional additional entitlement in respect of the first course year of the current course; (b) if the Secretary of State makes the determination on or after the first day of the first course year of the current course, then A qualifies for correctional additional entitlement in respect of— (i) the course year of the current course during which the Secretary of State makes the determination; and (ii) a course year of the current course which A has completed prior to the Secretary of State making the determination; (c) paragraphs (a) and (b) do not apply if the Secretary of State considers that there are exceptional circumstances; (d) where the Secretary of State considers that there are exceptional circumstances, the Secretary of State may determine that A should qualify for correctional additional entitlement in respect of one or more course years of the current course, as appropriate, whether or not A has completed those course years prior to the Secretary of State making the determination. (3) The amount of correctional additional entitlement is equivalent to the amount of fee loan funding of which A was notified in error by the Secretary of State previously under paragraph (1)(c). 30Chapter 2 Qualifying conditions, availability and amounts Qualifying conditions for a fee loan 31.—(1) An eligible student (“A”) qualifies for a fee loan in connection with A’s attendance on, or undertaking of (in the case of a distance learning course), a designated course if the following conditions are met— (a) A is under the age of 60 on the course start date for the course for which the period of eligibility was established; (b) in relation to a distance learning course, the Secretary of State considers that A is undertaking the course in England on the first day of the first course year of the course, subject to paragraphs (2) to (4). (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), A is to be treated as being ordinarily resident in England for any period during which A would have been so resident but for the fact that— (a) A, (b) A’s spouse or civil partner, (c) A’s parent, or (d) in the case of a dependent direct relative in the ascending line, A’s child or child’s spouse or civil partner, is or was temporarily employed in Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland as a member of the regular naval, military or air forces of the Crown. (3) A student qualifying for support in respect of a distance learning course will no longer qualify for support in respect of that course if the Secretary of State considers that the student is undertaking the course outside of the United Kingdom. (4) Paragraphs (1)(b) and (3) do not apply to a person who is treated as being ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom by virtue of paragraph 1(3)(c) of Schedule 2 on the basis of temporary employment falling within paragraph 1(4)(a) of that Schedule. (5) A student does not qualify for a fee loan in respect of a course year of a designated course if the course in respect of which the support is applied for delivers fewer than 30 credits of study (or 300 notional learning hours) within a course year, unless the application for support concerns a course year of an ALL-transfer course with a credit value of fewer than 30 credits. (6) A student does not qualify for a fee loan in respect of a course year of a designated course— (a) if the student is studying the current course as part of an apprenticeship; (b) if the course year is a bursary year; (c) if the student is eligible to apply for a non-income assessed healthcare bursary; (d) if the course year is a Turing mobility provided by an institution in Northern Ireland. (7) Paragraph (6)(b) and (c) do not apply to a course which is part of the graduate entry accelerated programme. (8) A student may qualify prospectively for a fee loan where— (a) a course designation event which results in the student’s course becoming a designated course occurs during a course year, (b) a protected category event which results in the student becoming an eligible student occurs during the first course year of a course and on or before the course start date, or 31(c) an in-year qualifying event which results in a student becoming an eligible student occurs— (i) where the course is three months or longer in duration, within the first three months of the course year, or (ii) where the course is shorter than three months in duration, on or before the last day of the course. (9) If a student’s status as an eligible student was established before the age of 60, and the student transfers to another course on or after turning 60, they remain eligible for fee loan support for the duration of their period of eligibility (on which see regulation 13). Students who are treated as in attendance on a course 32.—(1) A student to whom this regulation applies is to be treated as if the student were in attendance on the designated course for the purpose of qualifying for a fee loan. (2) This regulation applies to a disabled student who is undertaking a designated course in the United Kingdom but is not in attendance because the student is unable to attend for a reason which relates to the student’s disability. Availability of fee loans 33. When assessing an application for support in respect of a course year of a designated course, the Secretary of State must allocate a fee loan to that course year even if a student has insufficient fee loan entitlement balance to pay for the full course of which the course year forms a part. Amount of fee loan for a course year 34.—(1) The amount of fee loan for a course year of a designated course that a student may receive during a course year must not exceed any of the following— (a) the sum of the activity amounts associated with the course year; (b) a student’s fee loan entitlement balance plus any additional entitlement; (c) the amount required to fund 180 credits of normal taught study; (d) the fees payable by the student in connection with the course year. (2) In this regulation— (a) an “access and participation plan” is a plan approved by the OfS under section 29 of the 2017 Act; (b) an “activity amount” is the fee loan per-credit limit for an activity referred to in paragraphs (3) to (14), multiplied by the number of credits associated with the course year in respect of that activity; (c) “approved provider” and “approved (fee cap) provider” mean English higher education providers registered in the approved and approved (fee cap) parts of the register respectively; (d) the “fee loan per-credit limit” is the limit on the amount of fee loan that can be awarded per credit associated with a particular activity during a course year. (3) Where the course is provided by or on behalf of an approved (fee cap) provider with an access and participation plan which is in force or which comes into force when the relevant course year begins, and a high level quality rating at the time when the access and participation plan was approved, the fee loan per-credit limit is— (a) for normal taught study or higher fee foundation year study, £9,790 / 120 credits; 32(b) for lower fee foundation year study, £5,760 / 120 credits; (c) for sandwich placement, £1,955 / 120 credits; (d) for study abroad or Turing mobility, £1,465 / 120 credits. (4) Where the course is provided by or on behalf of an approved (fee cap) provider with an access and participation plan which is in force or which comes into force when the relevant course year begins, but without a high level quality rating on 1st January in the calendar year in which the relevant course year begins, the fee loan per-credit limit is— (a) for normal taught study or higher fee foundation year study, £9,525 / 120 credits; (b) for lower fee foundation year study, £5,605 / 120 credits; (c) for sandwich placement, £1,905 / 120 credits; (d) for study abroad or Turing mobility, £1,425 / 120 credits. (5) Where the course is provided by or on behalf of an approved (fee cap) provider without an access and participation plan which is in force or which comes into force when the relevant course year begins, but with a high level quality rating on 1st January in the calendar year in which the relevant course year begins, the fee loan per-credit limit is— (a) for normal taught study or higher fee foundation year study, £6,525 / 120 credits; (b) for lower fee foundation year study, £3,835 / 120 credits; (c) for sandwich placement, £1,305 / 120 credits; (d) for study abroad or Turing mobility, £975 / 120 credits. (6) Where the course is provided by or on behalf of an approved (fee cap) provider without an access and participation plan which is in force or which comes into force when the relevant course year begins, and without a high level quality rating on 1st January in the calendar year in which the relevant course year begins, the fee loan per-credit limit is— (a) for normal taught study, £6,350 / 120 credits; (b) for higher fee foundation year study, £3,735 / 120 credits; (c) for sandwich placement, £1,270 / 120 credits; (d) for study abroad or Turing mobility, £950 / 120 credits. (7) Where the course is provided by or on behalf of an approved provider with a high level quality rating on 1st January in the calendar year in which the relevant course year begins, the fee loan per-credit limit is— (a) for normal taught study or higher fee foundation year study, £6,525 / 120 credits; (b) for lower fee foundation year study, £3,835 / 120 credits; (c) for sandwich placement, £1,305 / 120 credits; (d) for study abroad, £975 / 120 credits. (8) Where the course is provided by or on behalf of an approved provider without a high level quality rating on 1st January in the calendar year in which the relevant course year begins, the fee loan per-credit limit is— (a) for normal taught study or higher fee foundation year study, £6,350 / 120 credits; (b) for lower fee foundation year study, £3,735 / 120 credits; (c) for sandwich placement, £1,270 / 120 credits; (d) for study abroad, £950 / 120 credits. (9) Where the course is provided by a private institution in Northern Ireland or Scotland with a high level quality rating (other than on behalf of an approved (fee cap) provider, a publicly funded institution or a regulated institution), the fee loan per-credit limit is— 33(a) for normal taught study or higher fee foundation year study, £6,525 / 120 credits; (b) for lower fee foundation year study, £3,835 / 120 credits; (c) for sandwich placement, £3,260 / 120 credits; (d) for study abroad, £3,260 / 120 credits. (10) Where the course is provided by a private institution in Northern Ireland or Scotland without a high level quality rating (other than on behalf of an approved (fee cap) provider, a publicly funded institution or a regulated institution), the fee loan per-credit limit is— (a) for normal taught study or higher fee foundation year study, £6,350 / 120 credits; (b) for lower fee foundation year study, £3,735 / 120 credits; (c) for sandwich placement, £3,175 / 120 credits; (d) for study abroad, £3,175 / 120 credits. (11) Where the course is provided by a publicly-funded institution in Northern Ireland or Scotland, the fee loan per-credit limit is— (a) for normal taught study or higher fee foundation year study, £9,790 / 120 credits; (b) for lower fee foundation year study, £5,760 / 120 credits (c) for sandwich placement, £4,895 / 120 credits; (d) for study abroad, £4,895 / 120 credits; (e) for Turing mobility in relation to Scotland, £1,465 / 120 credits. (12) Where the course is provided by a non-regulated institution in Wales with a high level quality rating, the fee loan per-credit limit is— (a) for normal taught study or higher fee foundation year study, £6,525 / 120 credits; (b) for lower fee foundation year study, £3,835 / 120 credits; (c) for sandwich placement, £1,305 / 120 credits; (d) for study abroad, £975 / 120 credits. (13) Where the course is provided by a non-regulated institution in Wales without a high level quality rating, the fee loan per-credit limit is— (a) for normal taught study or higher fee foundation year study, £6,350 / 120 credits; (b) for lower fee foundation year study, £3,735 / 120 credits; (c) for sandwich placement, £1,270 / 120 credits; (d) for study abroad, £950 / 120 credits. (14) Where the course is provided by a regulated institution in Wales, the fee loan per-credit limit is— (a) for normal taught study or higher fee foundation year study, £9,790 / 120 credits; (b) or lower fee foundation year study, £5,760 / 120 credits; (c) for sandwich placement, £1,955 / 120 credits; (d) for study abroad or Turing mobility, £1,465 / 120 credits. (15) The fee loan per-credit limit for repeat study is the fee loan per-credit limit for whichever activity within the course is being repeated, as valued at the time when the repeat study takes place. (16) A student may apply to the Secretary of State to reduce the amount of loan for which the student has applied in respect of a period of the course year for which the provider has not made a request to the Secretary of State for payment of the fee loan or fee loan instalment under regulation 87 (payment of fee loans). 34(17) In relation to sandwich placements referred to in this regulation, the Secretary of State must publish from time to time in such a manner as the Secretary of State sees fit a list of regulatory bodies that require a mandatory minimum amount of work experience to be undertaken by those whom they regulate. Amount of fee loan for a course 35.—(1) The number of credits associated with an activity across a course for which a student may receive a fee loan must not exceed the “fee loan per-course amount” provided for in this regulation. (2) The fee loan per-course amount for normal taught study (which varies among courses)— (a) for ALL-transfer courses, gateway courses, approved HTQs and Initial Further Education Teacher Training Courses, must be published by the Secretary of State; (b) for full courses listed in Schedule 6 (fee loan per-course amounts for various higher education courses), is as set out in that Schedule. (3) There is no fee loan per-course amount for repeat study or for modules. (4) The fee loan per-course amount for other activities (which is consistent among courses) is shown in the table below— Activity Fee loan per-course amount foundation year 120 sandwich placement 120 study abroad 120 Turing mobility 120 intercalated year 120 (5) The fee loan per-course amount for a top-up course is the lower of— (a) the fee loan per-course amount for a typical full course that leads to the same qualification, or (b) the number of full-time equivalent years multiplied by 120. (6) For the purposes of paragraph (5), a “top-up course” is a course that— (a) involves substantially less learning time than a typical full course leading to the same qualification, and (b) requires students to have substantial relevant prior learning or experience as part of the entry requirements (which could be, but is not limited to, a qualification in the same field). (7) In the case of top-up courses that are only offered part-time, the number of full-time equivalent years is the number of years that it would take to complete the course if studying 120 credits (or 1,200 notional learning hours) per year. 35PART 5 Loans for living costs Chapter 1 Introduction Elements of the loan for living costs 36.—(1) The loan for living costs consists of the following elements— (a) a loan for maintenance; (b) a special support loan. (2) A “loan for maintenance” is a loan to defray maintenance costs incurred in connection with undertaking a designated course. (3) A “special support loan” is a loan to defray the costs of books, equipment, travel or childcare incurred for the purpose of attending a designated course. (4) The elements of the loan for living costs for which an eligible student qualifies are as follows— (a) in the case of an eligible student described in regulation 43(1)(a) or (b), a loan for maintenance only; (b) in the case of an eligible student described in regulation 43(1)(c), a loan for maintenance and, if applicable, a special support loan, allocated in accordance with regulation 46(3); (c) in the case of an eligible student described in regulation 43(1)(d), a special support loan only, and a reference in this Part to a “loan for living costs” in relation to an eligible student is a reference to the element, or elements, of the loan for living costs for which they qualify. Meaning of “student with full entitlement”, “student with reduced entitlement” and “household income” 37.—(1) In this Part— (a) a “student with full entitlement” means an eligible student other than a student with reduced entitlement; (b) a “student with reduced entitlement” means an eligible student who— (i) applies for a loan for living costs in respect of a course year which is a bursary year, (ii) applies for a loan for living costs in respect of a course year of a course— (aa) that contains a sandwich placement, and (bb) where the periods of study are in aggregate less than 10 weeks, unless the sandwich placement constitutes unpaid service, or (iii) opts, when applying for a loan for living costs, not to provide the information needed to calculate the household income. (2) The “household income” in relation to an eligible student is assessed in accordance with Schedule 7. 36Meaning of “additional weeks entitlement”, “base entitlement”, “loan for living costs entitlement” and “maximum loan entitlement” 38. In this Part— (a) “additional weeks entitlement” has the meaning given in regulation 48(2); (b) “base entitlement” has the meaning given in regulation 43(1); (c) “loan for living costs entitlement” is the total amount of loan for living costs for which an eligible student qualifies in respect of a course year of a designated course, calculated in accordance with regulation 54(1); (d) “maximum loan entitlement” has the meaning given in regulation 49. Location categories and final course years 39.—(1) In this Part— (a) a student is in category A if they reside at their parents’ home during term weeks while attending the designated course; (b) a student is in category B if they are not in category A and they attend one or more of the following— (i) a course at the University of London, (ii) a course at an institution which requires attendance for part of the course year at a site wholly or partly within the area comprising the City of London and the former Metropolitan Police District, or (iii) a sandwich placement at an institution which requires the eligible student to undertake— (aa) work experience, or (bb) a combination of work experience and study, provided that the student undertakes such work experience or combination of work experience and study for some of the course year at a site or sites wholly or partly within the area comprising the City of London and the former Metropolitan Police District; (c) a student is in category C if they are not in category A and they attend one of the following for at least 6 weeks of the course year— (i) an overseas institution as part of their designated course, (ii) the Institute, or (iii) an overseas work placement on a period of Turing mobility; (d) a student is in category D if they are not in category A, B, or C. (2) Subject to regulation 56, an eligible student’s entitlement to a loan for living costs in relation to a term week is calculated by reference to the category that the student is in, in that week. (3) The final year of a course is only treated as a final year for the purposes of this Part where the credit value of that course year is 110 credits or more. (4) In this regulation, “former Metropolitan Police District” means— (a) Greater London, excluding the City of London, the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple; (b) in the county of Essex, in the district of Epping Forest— (i) the area of the former urban district of Chigwell, and (ii) the parish of Waltham Abbey; 37(c) in the county of Hertfordshire— (i) in the borough of Broxbourne, the area of the former urban district of Cheshunt, (ii) the district of Hertsmere, and (iii) in the district of Welwyn Hatfield, the parish of Northaw; (d) in the county of Surrey— (i) in the borough of Elmbridge, the area of the former urban district of Esher, (ii) the boroughs of Epsom and Ewell and Spelthorne, and (iii) in the district of Reigate and Banstead, the area of the former urban district of Banstead. Chapter 2 Qualifying conditions Qualifying conditions for a loan for living costs 40.—(1) Subject to the following paragraphs, an eligible student qualifies for a loan for living costs in connection with their attendance on a designated course. (2) A student does not qualify for a loan for living costs if— (a) the only paragraph or paragraphs of Schedule 2 into which the student falls is one or more of paragraphs 3, 4(1)(d)(ii), 12(1)(c)(ii), 13(1)(b)(ii), 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22(c)(ii) and 23(d)(ii), (b) the student is a prisoner, (c) the current course is a distance learning course, unless the student is treated as being in attendance on the course by virtue of regulation 41(b), (d) the student is studying the course as part of an apprenticeship, or (e) the student is eligible to apply for a non-income assessed healthcare bursary. (3) A student does not qualify for a loan for living costs in respect of a course year of a designated course if the course in respect of which the support is applied for delivers fewer than 30 credits of study or 300 notional learning hours within the course year of the course, unless the application for support concerns a course year of an ALL-transfer course with a credit value of fewer than 30 credits. (4) Subject to paragraph (6), a student does not qualify for a loan for living costs in relation to a course year of a designated course unless, at the start of that course year— (a) the student’s fee loan entitlement balance or additional entitlement, as the case may be, in respect of fee loan support is more than the relevant floor amount multiplied by 30, or (b) the student’s fee loan entitlement balance or additional entitlement, as the case may be, in respect of fee loan support is more than nil and equal to or less than the relevant floor amount multiplied by 30, and— (i) the student is being charged a tuition fee, and is using a fee loan under these Regulations to pay for some or all of their tuition fee costs in relation to that course year, or (ii) no tuition fee is charged to the student for that course year and, as a consequence, the student is unable to use a fee loan in relation to that course year. 38(5) In paragraph (4) the “relevant floor amount” is the floor amount in respect of the relevant basic amount prescribed in regulation 18(6)(c) or (d) of the Lifelong Learning (Fee Limits) Regulations 2026(a). (6) A student who is aged 60 or over at the start of the first course year of a designated course does not qualify for a loan for living costs in relation to a course year of that designated course unless their fee loan entitlement balance, or additional entitlement, as the case may be, in respect of fee loan support is more than nil immediately before the start of the course year. Students who are treated as in attendance on a course 41. A student is treated as being in attendance on a designated course for the purpose of qualifying for a loan for living costs if they are— (a) on a period of Turing mobility, or (b) a disabled student who is undertaking the designated course in the United Kingdom but is not in attendance because they are unable to attend for a reason which relates to their disability. Students qualifying for a loan for living costs during a course year 42.—(1) Where a protected category event— (a) occurs during a course year, and (b) results in a student becoming an eligible student, the student may qualify for a loan for living costs in respect of that course year, but not in respect of a course year beginning before that course year. (2) Where— (a) a course designation event occurs during a course year and results in a student’s course becoming a designated course, or (b) an in-year qualifying event (other than a settled status event) occurs during a course year and results in a student becoming an eligible student, the student may qualify for a loan for living costs, subject to paragraph (3). (3) A student referred to in paragraph (2)— (a) does not qualify for a loan for living costs in respect of any day of the course year before that event occurs, and (b) does not qualify for a loan for living costs in respect of a course year beginning before the course year in which the event occurred. (4) Paragraphs (1) and (2) do not apply where the protected category event, course designation event, or in-year qualifying event (as the case may be) occurs after the last day in the course year on which the student is undertaking study. Chapter 3 Calculation of the base entitlement in relation to a course year Calculation of the base entitlement in relation to a course year 43.—(1) The base entitlement of an eligible student in relation to a course year or part of a course year is calculated— (a) S.I. 2026/856. 39(a) in accordance with regulation 44 in the case of an eligible student with reduced entitlement; (b) in accordance with regulation 45 in the case of an eligible student with full entitlement who is under the age of 60 on the relevant date and does not meet any of the conditions set out in sub-paragraph (c)(i) to (iv); (c) in accordance with regulation 46 in the case of an eligible student with full entitlement who is under the age of 60 on the relevant date and— (i) falls within a prescribed category of person for the purposes of section 124(1)(e) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(a), (ii) is treated as being liable to make payments in respect of a dwelling prescribed by Regulations made under section 130(2) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(b), (iii) has no partner and satisfies regulation 14(1)(c) of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013(c), or (iv) is liable, or treated as liable, under regulation 25(3) of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013 to make payments in respect of the accommodation that they occupy as their home; (d) in accordance with regulation 47 in the case of an eligible student with full entitlement who is aged 60 or over on the relevant date. (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)— (a) “partner” has the meaning given in regulation 71(1)(k); (b) “the relevant date” means the first day of the first course year of the designated course. (3) The calculation of the base entitlement in regulations 44 to 47 is subject to regulation 42. Students with reduced entitlement 44.—(1) This regulation applies to an eligible student described in regulation 43(1)(a). (2) The base entitlement is equal to— T×30 where— (a) T is the term week rate for which the student qualifies in respect of a course year of a designated course, and (b) the resulting figure, if it is not a whole number, is rounded up to the nearest £1. (3) Where the student qualifies for a loan for living costs in relation to a course year which is a bursary year, the term week rate for which the student qualifies is— (a) for a student in category A in the final year of the course, £53.63; (b) for a student in category A in a course year other than the final year, £70.73; (c) for a student in category B in the final year of the course, £101.29; (a) 1992 c. 4. Section 124 was amended by paragraph 30(2), (4) and (5) of Schedule 2 and Schedule 3 to the Jobseekers Act 1995 (c. 18), paragraph 28 of Schedule 8 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30), paragraph 2(2) and (3) of Schedule 2 and Schedule 3 to the State Pension Credit Act 2002 (c. 16), paragraph 42 of Schedule 24 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), paragraph 9(9) and (10) of Schedule 3 and Schedule 8 to the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c. 5), section 3(1) of the Welfare Reform Act 2009 (c. 24) and section 58(2) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5) and repealed for specified purposes by Part 1 of Schedule 14 to the Welfare Reform Act 2012. (b) There are amendments to section 130 which are not relevant to these Regulations. (c) S.I. 2013/376, to which there are amendments not relevant to this provision. 40(d) for a student in category B in a course year other than the final year, £132.33; (e) for a student in category C in the final year of the course, £73.46; (f) for a student in category C in a course year other than the final year, £94.26; (g) for a student in category D in the final year of the course, £73.46; (h) for a student in category D in a course year other than the final year, £94.26. (4) The student qualifies for the term week rate set out in paragraph (5) where they qualify for a loan for living costs in relation to a course year— (a) that contains a sandwich placement, and (b) where the periods of study are in aggregate less than 10 weeks, unless the sandwich placement constitutes unpaid service. (5) For the purposes of paragraph (4), the term week rate is— (a) for a student in category A in the final year of the course, £62.29; (b) for a student in category A in a course year other than the final year, £82.03; (c) for a student in category B in the final year of the course, £117.43; (d) for a student in category B in a course year other than the final year, £153.56; (e) for a student in category C in the final year of the course, nil; (f) for a student in category C in a course year other than the final year, nil; (g) for a student in category D in the final year of the course, £85.23; (h) for a student in category D in a course year other than the final year, £109.36. (6) Where the student applies for a loan for living costs and opts not to provide the information needed to calculate the household income, the term week rate for which the student qualifies is— (a) for a student in category A in the final year of the course, £122.89; (b) for a student in category A in a course year other than the final year, £133.76; (c) for a student in category B in the final year of the course, £213.76; (d) for a student in category B in a course year other than the final year, £234.63; (e) for a student in category C in the final year of the course, £173.66; (f) for a student in category C in a course year other than the final year, £199.86; (g) for a student in category D in the final year of the course, £156.43; (h) for a student in category D in a course year other than the final year, £168.26. Students with full entitlement under the age of 60 45.—(1) This regulation applies to an eligible student described in regulation 43(1)(b). (2) The base entitlement is equal to— T×30 where— (a) T is the term week rate for which the student qualifies in respect of a course year of a designated course, namely— (i) for a student in category A in the final year of the course, £285.96; (ii) for a student in category A in a course year other than the final year, £303.93; (iii) for a student in category B in the final year of the course, £436.53; 41(iv) for a student in category B in a course year other than the final year, £471.16; (v) for student in category C in the final year of the course, £370.09; (vi) for a student in category C in a course year other than the final year, £413.43; (vii) for a student in category D in the final year of the course, £341.39; (viii) for a student in category D in a course year other than the final year, £360.99, and (b) the resulting figure, if it is not a whole number, is rounded up to the nearest £1. Students with full entitlement under the age of 60 who meet certain conditions 46.—(1) This regulation applies to an eligible student described in regulation 43(1)(c). (2) The base entitlement is equal to— T×30 where— (a) T is the term week rate for which the student qualifies in respect of a course year of a designated course, namely— (i) for a student in category A in the final year of the course, £341.83; (ii) for a student in category A in a course year other than the final year, £358.56; (iii) for a student in category B in the final year of the course, £481.56; (iv) for a student in category B in a course year other than the final year, £513.83; (v) for a student in category C in the final year of the course, £419.89; (vi) for a student in category C in a course year other than the final year, £460.19; (vii) for a student in category D in the final year of the course, £393.33; (viii) for a student in category D in a course year other than the final year, £411.49, and (b) the resulting figure, if it is not a whole number, is rounded up to the nearest £1. (3) The first £152.73 of the term week rate is a special support loan and the remainder is the loan for maintenance. Students with full entitlement aged 60 or over 47.—(1) This regulation applies to an eligible student described in regulation 43(1)(d). (2) The base entitlement is equal to— T×30 where— (a) T is the term week rate in respect of a course year of a designated course, namely £152.73, and (b) the resulting figure, if it is not a whole number, is rounded up to the nearest £1. Chapter 4 Calculation of additional weeks entitlement, and maximum loan entitlement Calculation of additional weeks entitlement 48.—(1) This regulation applies to an eligible student— 42(a) who is described in regulation 43(1)(b) or (c); (b) who— (i) is an independent eligible student described in paragraph 2(1)(f) of Schedule 7, or (ii) has a household income of £45,000 or less, and (c) who is undertaking a year of a designated course in which there are more than 30 term weeks. (2) The additional weeks entitlement is equal to— T×AW×R where— (a) T is the applicable term week rate set out in regulation 45(2); (b) AW— (i) if there are more than 45 term weeks in the course year of the designated course, is 22; (ii) in any other case, is the number of term weeks by which the length of the course year exceeds 30 term weeks; (c) R is the reduction value applicable to that student, namely— (i) for a student in category A in the final year of the course, 0.269; (ii) for a student in category A in a course year other than the final year, 0.253; (iii) for a student in category B in the final year of the course, 0.341; (iv) for a student in category B in a course year other than the final year, 0.316; (v) for a student in category C in the final year of the course, 0.436; (vi) for a student in category C in a course year other than the final year, 0.39; (vii) for a student in category D in the final year of the course, 0.34; (viii) for a student in category D in a course year other than the final year, 0.322. Maximum loan entitlement 49.—(1) The maximum loan entitlement of an eligible student in respect of a course year is the sum of their base entitlement and any additional weeks entitlement. (2) Calculations of the base entitlement and the additional weeks entitlement of an eligible student may be made in respect of part of a course year and result in more than one maximum loan entitlement in respect of the eligible student and the course year, and references to calculations of the base amount in regulations 44 to 46, and to calculations of the additional weeks entitlement in regulation 48, are to be construed accordingly. (3) Where paragraph (2) applies in relation to an eligible student, their maximum loan entitlement for the purposes of Chapters 5 and 6 is the sum of their maximum loan entitlements. Chapter 5 Reduction for household income Application of this Chapter 50. This Chapter does not apply to an independent eligible student described in paragraph 2(1)(f) of Schedule 7. 43Reduction for household income – students with full entitlement under the age of 60 51.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3), the maximum loan entitlement of an eligible student described in regulation 43(1)(b) is reduced, if applicable, by the loan reduction value “LRV”. (2) The LRV is— (a) for a student in category A, £1 for every complete £6.54 by which the student’s household income exceeds £25,000; (b) for a student in category B, £1 for every complete £6.36 by which the student’s household income exceeds £25,000; (c) for a student in category C, £1 for every complete £6.41 by which the student’s household income exceeds £25,000; (d) for a student in category D, £1 for every complete £6.47 by which the student’s household income exceeds £25,000. (3) The maximum loan entitlement of an eligible student must not be reduced under this regulation to less than the minimum amount. (4) For the purposes of paragraph (3), the minimum amount is— (a) for a student in category A in the final year of the course, £3,687; (b) for a student in category A in a course year other than the final year, £4,013; (c) for a student in category B in the final year of the course, £6,413; (d) for a student in category B in a course year other than the final year, £7,039; (e) for a student in category C in the final year of the course, £5,210; (f) for a student in category C in a course year other than the final year, £5,996; (g) for a student in category D in the final year of the course, £4,693; (h) for a student in category D in a course year other than the final year, £5,048. Reduction for household income – students with full entitlement under the age of 60 who meet certain conditions 52.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5), the maximum loan entitlement of an eligible student described in regulation 43(1)(c) is reduced, if applicable, by the sum of the loan reduction values “LRV1” and “LRV2”. (2) LRV1 is— (a) for a student in category A in the final year of the course, £1 for every complete £4.054 by which the student’s household income exceeds £25,000 but does not exceed £42,875; (b) for a student in category A in a course year other than the final year, £1 for every complete £4.088 by which the student’s household income exceeds £25,000 but does not exceed £42,875; (c) for a student in category B in the final year of the course, £1 for every complete £4.295 by which the student’s household income exceeds £25,000 but does not exceed £42,875; (d) for a student in category B in a course year other than the final year, £1 for every complete £4.37 by which the student’s household income exceeds £25,000 but does not exceed £42,875; (e) for a student in category C in the final year of the course, £1 for every complete £4.174 by which the student’s household income exceeds £25,000 but does not exceed £42,875; 44(f) for a student in category C in a course year other than the final year, £1 for every complete £4.265 by which the student’s household income exceeds £25,000 but does not exceed £42,875; (g) for a student in category D in the final year of the course, £1 for every complete £4.137 by which the student’s household income exceeds £25,000 but does not exceed £42,875; (h) for a student in category D in a course year other than the final year, £1 for every complete £4.179 by which the student’s household income exceeds £25,000 but does not exceed £42,875. (3) LRV2 is— (a) for a student in category A, £1 for every complete £6.54 by which the student’s household income exceeds £42,875; (b) for a student in category B, £1 for every complete £6.36 by which the student’s household income exceeds £42,875; (c) for a student in category C, £1 for every complete £6.41 by which the student’s household income exceeds £42,875; (d) for a student in category D, £1 for every complete £6.47 by which the student’s household income exceeds £42,875. (4) The sum of the loan reduction values “LRV1” and “LRV2” must be applied to the elements of a student’s maximum loan entitlement in the following order— (a) special support loan; (b) loan for maintenance; (c) additional weeks entitlement. (5) The maximum loan entitlement of an eligible student must not be reduced under this regulation to less than the minimum amount. (6) For the purposes of paragraph (5), the minimum amount is— (a) for a student in category A in the final year of the course, £3,687; (b) for a student in category A in a course year other than the final year, £4,013; (c) for a student in category B in the final year of the course, £6,413; (d) for a student in category B in a course year other than the final year, £7,039; (e) for a student in category C in the final year of the course, £5,210; (f) for a student in category C in a course year other than the final year, £5,996; (g) for a student in category D in the final year of the course, £4,693; (h) for a student in category D in a course year other than the final year, £5,048. Reduction for household income – students with full entitlement aged 60 or over 53.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3), the maximum loan entitlement of an eligible student described in regulation 43(1)(d) is reduced, if applicable, by the loan reduction value “LRV”. (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), the LRV is £1 for every complete £4.16 by which the student’s household income exceeds £25,000. (3) Where the amount of loan for living costs is less than £50 after any reduction under paragraph (1), the amount of loan for living costs payable is nil. 45Chapter 6 Adjustment for intensity of study, and loan for living costs entitlement Adjustment for intensity of study 54.—(1) The maximum loan entitlement of an eligible student in respect of a course year, reduced if applicable in accordance with Chapter 5, is multiplied by the intensity of study of the course year to give the student’s loan for living costs entitlement. (2) The student’s loan for living costs entitlement is payable in respect of the course year. (3) Subject to paragraph (6), the intensity of study of a course year is N%, where N is equal to— V ×100 120 (4) In paragraph (3)— (a) where the CPW is 5 or less, V is the credit value of the course year; and (b) where the CPW is more than 5, V is equal to— CV−((CPW−5) ×W) where— (i) CPW is the credits per week of the course year, calculated by dividing the credit value of the course year by the number of term weeks in the course year; (ii) CV is the credit value of the course year; (iii) W is the number of term weeks in the course year. (5) For the purposes of paragraph (4) and regulation 55, the credit value of a course year where credits are not attached is determined in accordance with regulations 13 and 15 of the Lifelong Learning (Fee Limits) Regulations 2026, and where those Regulations do not apply to a provider the credit value of the course year is determined as if they did apply. (6) Where the calculation in paragraph (3) gives a value of N greater than 100, the intensity of study of the course year is 100%. Adjustment for intensity of study – concurrent study 55.—(1) Where a student is entitled to a loan for living costs in respect of two designated courses and the periods of study of those courses overlap— (a) the intensity of study of one of those courses (“course A”) is calculated in accordance with regulation 54(3) and (4), and (b) the intensity of study of the second course (“course B”) is calculated in accordance with regulation 54(3) with the modification that V is calculated in accordance with paragraph (2). (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b)— (a) where the CPW of the course year is 5 or less, V is equal to— CV−((SCPW−5) ×WO) (b) where the CPW of the course year is more than 5, V is equal to— 46CV−(((CPW−5) ×WN) −((SCPW−5) ×WO)) (3) In paragraph (2)— (a) CPW is the credits per week of the course year, calculated by dividing the credit value of the course year by the number of term weeks in the course year; (b) CV is the credit value of the course year; (c) SCPW is the sum of the credits per week of the courses; (d) WN is the number of term weeks during which the courses do not overlap; (e) WO is the number of term weeks during which the courses overlap. (4) Where a student is entitled to a loan for living costs in respect of more than two designated courses and the periods of study of any of those courses overlap— (a) the intensity of study of course A is calculated in accordance with regulation 54(3) and (5), (b) the intensity of study of course B is calculated in accordance with paragraphs (1)(b) and (2), and (c) the intensity of study of the other course or courses is calculated, in turn, in accordance with paragraphs (1)(b) and (2) but with the modifications that— (i) for the purposes of the calculations in paragraph (2)(a) and (b), a deduction must be made from the value of CV using the formula ((SCPW − 5) × WO)— (aa) in relation to each week that the course overlaps with course A, course B or any other course for which the intensity of study has been calculated under this paragraph (“the calculated courses”); (bb) based on the sum of the credits per week of the course, and the calculated courses that overlap with it in that week; (ii) for the purposes of the calculation in paragraph (2)(b), WN is the number of term weeks during which the course does not overlap with any of the calculated courses. Chapter 7 Loan for living costs entitlement where eligible student changes category during course year Modification of loan for living costs entitlement calculation where students change location category 56.—(1) This regulation applies where an eligible student falls, consecutively, into two or more of categories A, B, C and D during a course year. (2) The eligible student’s loan for living costs entitlement for the course year is the sum of the calculations carried out under paragraph (3) in respect of the course year. (3) The eligible student’s loan for living costs entitlement is calculated separately, in accordance with Chapters 3 to 6, for each period of the course year during which the student falls into one of those categories, with the resulting figure for each period being multiplied by— E F where— 47(a) E is the number of days in term weeks of the course year in which the eligible student fell into that category; (b) F is the number of days in term weeks of the course year. (4) For the purposes of paragraph (3)— (a) subject to sub-paragraph (b), the eligible student is treated as falling into a particular category on every day that they do so; (b) on the day that the eligible student changes category, they are treated as falling into the new category for all of that day. PART 6 Supplementary grants Chapter 1 Introduction Types of supplementary grant available 57. The following supplementary grants are available to an eligible student in connection with a designated course if the student meets the relevant qualifying conditions in this Part— (a) disabled students’ allowance; (b) grants for travel; (c) grants for dependants. General qualifying conditions for supplementary grants 58.—(1) An eligible student qualifies for a supplementary grant in relation to a course year of a designated course if— (a) the student is not excluded from qualification by paragraph (2), (3) or (4), (b) the course year meets the credit threshold requirement for the particular supplementary grant for which they are applying, and (c) the student satisfies the qualifying conditions for the particular supplementary grant for which they are applying. (2) An eligible student does not qualify for a supplementary grant in respect of a distance learning course, other than the disabled students’ allowance, unless they are treated as being in attendance on that course by virtue of regulation 59. (3) An eligible student does not qualify for a supplementary grant— (a) if the only paragraph or paragraphs of Schedule 2 into which the student falls is one or more of paragraphs 3, 4(1)(d)(ii), 12(1)(c)(ii), 13(1)(b)(ii), 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22(c)(ii) and 23(d)(ii), (b) if the student is a prisoner, (c) if the student is studying the course as part of an apprenticeship, (d) in respect of a course year which is a bursary year, or (e) if the student is eligible to apply for a non-income assessed healthcare bursary. (4) Subject to regulation 61(7), an eligible student does not qualify for a supplementary grant in respect of a course year— (a) that contains a sandwich placement, and 48(b) where the periods of study are in aggregate less than 10 weeks, unless the placement constitutes unpaid service. (5) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), a course year of a designated course meets the credit threshold requirement for a supplementary grant if the course year has attached to it at least the threshold number of credits specified in relation to that grant in regulation 61(2), 65(2), 75(2), 76(2) or 77(2). Students who are treated as in attendance on a course 59. A student is treated as being in attendance on a designated course for the purpose of qualifying for a supplementary grant if they are— (a) on a period of Turing mobility, or (b) a disabled student who is undertaking a designated course in the United Kingdom but is not in attendance because they are unable to attend for a reason which relates to their disability. Students qualifying for a supplementary grant during a course year 60.—(1) Where a protected category event— (a) occurs during the first course year of a course, and on or before the course start date, and (b) results in a student becoming an eligible student, the student may qualify for a supplementary grant in respect of the course year, subject to paragraph (3). (2) Where— (a) a course designation event occurs during a course year and results in a student’s course becoming a designated course, or (b) an in-year qualifying event (other than a settled status event) occurs during a course year and results in a student becoming an eligible student, the student may qualify for a supplementary grant in respect of part of the course year, subject to paragraphs (3) and (4). (3) A student described in paragraph (1) or (2) does not qualify for a supplementary grant in respect of any day of the course year before that event occurs. (4) A student described in paragraph (2) does not qualify for a supplementary grant in respect of any course year beginning before the course year in which the event in question occurs. (5) Paragraphs (1) and (2) do not apply where the protected category event, course designation event, or in-year qualifying event (as the case may be) occurs after the last day in the course year on which the student is undertaking study. Chapter 2 Disabled students’ allowance Qualifying conditions for the disabled students’ allowance 61.—(1) Subject to the following paragraphs, a student qualifies for the disabled students’ allowance if they are an eligible student and have a disability. (2) For the purposes of regulation 58(1)(b)— 49(a) the threshold number of credits in relation to the disabled students’ allowance is 30 credits of study for the course year, and (b) an ALL-transfer course with a credit value of fewer than 30 credits is treated as meeting the threshold number of credits. (3) A student does not qualify for the disabled students’ allowance in respect of a distance learning course unless the Secretary of State considers that the student is undertaking the designated course in England on the first day of the first course year. (4) For the purposes of paragraph (3), a person (“A”) is treated as being ordinarily resident in England for any period during which A would have been so resident but for the fact that— (a) A, (b) A’s spouse or civil partner, (c) A’s parent, or (d) in the case of a dependent direct relative in the ascending line, A’s child or child’s spouse or civil partner, is or was temporarily employed in Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland as a member of the regular naval, military or air forces of the Crown. (5) A student who would otherwise qualify for the disabled students’ allowance in respect of a distance learning course does not qualify for that grant in respect of that course if the Secretary of State considers that the student is undertaking the course outside the United Kingdom. (6) Paragraphs (3) and (5) do not apply to a person who is treated as being ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom by virtue of paragraph 1(3)(c) of Schedule 2 on the basis of temporary employment falling within paragraph 1(4)(a) of that Schedule. (7) Regulation 58(4) does not exclude an eligible student from qualifying for the disabled students’ allowance where the grant relates to providing the student with technical support for, repairs to, or replacement of relevant equipment or software. (8) For the purposes of paragraph (7), “relevant equipment or software” means— (a) equipment or software that was funded, in whole or in part, by the disabled students’ allowance under this Part, or by disabled students’ allowance paid under the 2011 Student Support Regulations, and provided to the student— (i) in an earlier course year of the current course, or (ii) in an earlier course year of an earlier course, where the Secretary of State has transferred the disabled students’ allowance to the current course; (b) equipment or software not falling within sub-paragraph (a) for which the student was reimbursed, in whole or in part, by the disabled students’ allowance; (c) equipment not falling within sub-paragraph (a) or (b)— (i) of which the student had use at the time the Secretary of State assessed the student’s application for support, and (ii) with which the Secretary of State determined the student would have been eligible to be provided had the student not already had use of suitable equipment; (d) software not falling within sub-paragraph (a) or (b)— (i) of which the student had use at the time the Secretary of State assessed the student’s application for support, (ii) with which the Secretary of State determined the student would have been eligible to be provided had the student not already had use of suitable software, and 50(iii) of which the student no longer has use following the expiry of the software licence or an upgrade to or of the computer running the software, or for reasons beyond the student’s control; (e) equipment or software that has been replaced under paragraph (7). Payment of the disabled students’ allowance 62.—(1) The Secretary of State is authorised to pay the disabled students’ allowance to a student (“A”) who qualifies for that grant under regulation 61, for the purpose of assisting with the additional expenditure which A is obliged to incur in connection with A’s attendance on, or undertaking of, a designated course by reason of A’s disability. (2) Subject to regulation 61(7), the expenditure for which the grant may be paid includes, in particular— (a) expenditure on a non-medical personal helper; (b) expenditure on major items of specialist equipment; (c) travel expenditure. Amount of the disabled students’ allowance 63.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) to (4), the amount of the disabled students’ allowance is the amount that the Secretary of State considers appropriate in accordance with the student’s circumstances. (2) Subject to paragraph (3)(a), the amount of the disabled students’ allowance in respect of additional expenditure on a computer must not exceed an amount equal to the additional expenditure incurred less £200. (3) The amount of the disabled students’ allowance— (a) for expenditure other than travel expenditure must not exceed £27,783 in respect of all course years that begin in the same service year; (b) for travel expenditure must not exceed an amount equal to that expenditure. (4) Subject to regulation 60, the disabled students’ allowance is payable in respect of all course years in the same service year. Chapter 3 Grants for travel Meaning of “expenditure” 64. For the purposes of this Chapter, any reference to expenditure incurred for the purpose of attending an overseas institution, or a period of study, or an overseas work placement on a period of Turing mobility— (a) includes expenditure both before and after so attending, and (b) does not include any expenditure in respect of which a grant is payable under Chapter 2 of this Part. Qualifying conditions for the grant for travel 65.—(1) A grant for travel is available to an eligible student— (a) attending a course in medicine or dentistry, in accordance with regulation 67; 51(b) attending an overseas institution or overseas workplace, whether or not on a period of Turing mobility, or the Institute, in accordance with regulation 69, provided that the course contains at least 6 weeks of such attendance overseas in the course year. (2) For the purposes of regulation 58(1)(b), the threshold number of credits in relation to the grant for travel is 120 credits of study for the course year. Amount of the grant for travel - general 66. Subject to regulation 60, a grant for travel is payable in respect of a course year. Courses in medicine and dentistry - qualifying conditions for the grant for travel 67.—(1) A grant for travel is available to an eligible student attending a course in medicine or dentistry at an institution, where a period of study by way of clinical training is a necessary part of the course, in respect of the reasonable expenditure that the student is obliged to incur in a course year for the purpose described in paragraph (2). (2) The purpose is attending, in connection with the student’s course, any hospital or other premises in the United Kingdom— (a) that are not part of the institution, and (b) at which facilities for clinical training are provided. (3) The expenditure described in paragraph (1) does not include expenditure incurred for the purpose of residential study away from the institution. Courses in medicine and dentistry - amount of the grant for travel 68.—(1) The amount of grant for travel payable under regulation 67 in respect of a course year is equal to the reasonable expenditure that the Secretary of State determines the eligible student is obliged to incur for the purpose set out in that regulation (the “reasonable expenditure”), reduced in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4). (2) Subject to paragraph (3), the reasonable expenditure in respect of the course year is reduced by £303. (3) If the eligible student has reasonable expenditure in relation to more than one course year that begins in the same service year, the amount of £303 is deducted from the aggregate of the reasonable expenditure in relation to all of those course years. (4) The reasonable expenditure, reduced under paragraph (2) or (3), is further reduced by £1 for every complete £13.47 by which the student’s household income exceeds £45,000. Overseas study - qualifying conditions for the grant for travel 69.—(1) A grant for travel is available to an eligible student in respect of the reasonable expenditure that the Secretary of State determines the eligible student is obliged to incur for the purpose described in paragraph (2). (2) The purpose is attending, as part of the student’s course— (a) an overseas institution whether or not on a period of Turing mobility, (b) the Institute, or (c) an overseas workplace whether or not on a period of Turing mobility. (3) The expenditure described in paragraph (1) includes expenditure incurred within and outside the United Kingdom. 52Overseas study - amount of the grant for travel 70.—(1) The amount of grant for travel payable under regulation 69 in respect of a course year is calculated as follows— (X−£ 303) +Y where— (a) X is the aggregate of the reasonable travel costs that the eligible student is obliged to incur in the course year for the purpose set out in regulation 69, and (b) Y is the aggregate of the expenditure incurred in the course year specified in paragraph (2), and is then reduced in accordance with paragraph (4). (2) The expenditure is— (a) expenditure that the eligible student reasonably incurs in insuring against liability for the cost of medical treatment provided outside the United Kingdom for any illness or bodily injury contracted or suffered during the period the student is attending the overseas institution, the Institute, or the overseas workplace, (b) the cost of a visa or visas that the eligible student is obliged to obtain in order to attend the overseas institution, the Institute, or the overseas workplace, and (c) medical costs that the eligible student reasonably incurs in order to fulfil a mandatory condition of entry into the territory, country or state in which the overseas institution, the Institute, or the overseas workplace is situated. (3) If the eligible student has reasonable travel costs and expenditure in relation to more than one course year that begins in the same service year, the calculation in paragraph (1) must be carried out in relation to the aggregate travel costs and expenditure for all those course years. (4) The result of the calculation in paragraph (1) is reduced by £1 for every complete £13.47 by which the student’s household income exceeds £45,000. Chapter 4 Grants for dependants Interpretation of this Chapter 71.—(1) In this Chapter— (a) “adult dependant”, in relation to an eligible student, subject to sub-paragraph (m), means an adult person who is dependent on the student other than the student's child, the student's partner (including a spouse or civil partner from whom the Secretary of State considers the student is separated) or the student’s former partner; (b) “child”, in relation to an eligible student, includes any child of the student’s partner who is dependent on the student and any child for whom the student has parental responsibility who is dependent on the student; (c) “dependant”, in relation to an eligible student, means the student’s partner, the student’s dependent child or an adult dependant, who in each case is not an eligible student and does not hold a statutory award; (d) “dependants’ income”, in relation to an eligible student, means the aggregate of— (i) the residual income of any adult dependants, (ii) the residual income of the eligible student’s partner, and 53(iii) the net income of any dependent child or children; (e) “dependent” means wholly or mainly financially dependent; (f) “dependent child”, in relation to an eligible student, means a child who is dependent on the student; (g) “preceding financial year” means the financial year that ends before the 31st July preceding the relevant year; (h) “prior financial year” means the financial year immediately before the preceding financial year; (i) “relevant year” means the course year of the course in respect of which the eligible student’s dependants’ income falls to be assessed; (j) “residual income”— (i) in the case of an eligible student’s adult dependant, is determined in accordance with paragraph 5 of Schedule 7 (other than sub-paragraphs (2)(b) and (c), (3)(b) and (c), (9), (10) and (11)), as if references to the parent in paragraph 5 were references to the eligible student’s adult dependant); (ii) in the case of an eligible student’s partner, is determined in accordance with paragraph 6 of Schedule 7; (k) “partner”, subject to sub-paragraphs (l), (m), (n), (o) and (r), means— (i) the spouse or civil partner of an eligible student; (ii) in the case of an eligible student who falls within paragraph 2(1)(a) of Schedule 7, a person ordinarily living with the eligible student as if the person were the student’s spouse or civil partner; (l) unless otherwise indicated, a person who would otherwise be a partner under sub-paragraph (k) is not to be treated as a partner if— (i) in the opinion of the Secretary of State, the person and the eligible student are separated, or (ii) the person is ordinarily living outside the United Kingdom and is not dependent on the eligible student; (m) for the purposes of the definition of “adult dependant”, a person is treated as a partner if that person would be a partner under sub-paragraph (k) but for the fact that the eligible student with whom that person is ordinarily living does not fall within paragraph 2(1)(a) of Schedule 7; (n) for the purposes of the definition of “child”, a person is treated as a partner if that person would be a partner under sub-paragraph (k) but for the fact that the eligible student with whom that person is ordinarily living does not fall within paragraph 2(1)(a) of Schedule 7; (o) for the purposes of regulation 76 (qualification for childcare grant)— (i) sub-paragraph (l) does not apply, and (ii) a person is treated as a partner if that person would be a partner under sub-paragraph (k) but for the fact that the eligible student with whom that person is ordinarily living does not fall within paragraph (2)(1)(a) of Schedule 7; (p) subject to sub-paragraph (q), for the purposes of the definitions of “adult dependant” and “dependent child”, the Secretary of State may treat an adult person or child as dependent on an eligible student if the Secretary of State is satisfied that the adult person or child— (i) is not dependent on— 54(aa) the eligible student, or (bb) the eligible student’s partner, but (ii) is dependent on the eligible student and the eligible student's partner together; (q) the Secretary of State must not treat an adult person (“A”) as dependent on an eligible student in accordance with sub-paragraph (p), if A is— (i) the spouse or civil partner of the eligible student’s partner (including a spouse or civil partner from whom the Secretary of State considers the eligible student’s partner is separated), or (ii) the former partner of the eligible student’s partner; (r) for the purposes of determining whether a person is the former partner of an eligible student’s partner, “partner” in relation to an eligible student’s partner means— (i) the spouse or civil partner of an eligible student’s partner; (ii) a person (“A”) ordinarily living with an eligible student’s partner (“B”) as if A were B’s spouse or civil partner. (2) In this Chapter “net income” in relation to a dependant means the dependant’s income from all sources, for the relevant year for the purposes of regulation 75(3)(b) and for the prior financial year for the purposes of regulations 78 to 80, reduced by the amount of income tax and social security contributions payable in respect of it but disregarding— (a) any pension, allowance, or other benefit paid by reason of a disability or incapacity to which the dependant is subject; (b) child benefit payable under Part IX of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(a); (c) any financial support payable to the dependant by a local authority in accordance with regulations made under sections 2, 3 or 4 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002(b); (d) any guardian's allowance to which the dependant is entitled under section 77 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(c); (e) any payment made to a dependant, in respect of a child who is being looked after by a local authority and is placed with the dependant as the child’s foster parent, in pursuance of section 22C of the Children Act 1989(d) or, as the case may be, section 81 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014(e); (f) any payments made to the dependant under Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989(f) in respect of a person who is not the dependant's child or any assistance given by a local authority pursuant to section 24 of that Act or section 104 of the Social Services and (a) Part IX was amended by Schedule 16 to the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c. 33), by section 72 of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c. 19), by sections 55 and 56 of the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21), by paragraphs 47 and 48 of Schedule 24 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004, by section 1 of, and paragraphs 9 to 14 of Schedule 1 to, the Child Benefit Act 2005 (c. 6), and by S.I. 2003/392, 2013/1465, 2016/413 and 2019/1458. (b) 2002 c. 38. Section 2 was amended by S.I. 2016/413 (W. 131) and 2019/772 (W. 146). Section 3 was amended by S.I. 2016/413 (W. 131). Section 4 was amended paragraph 105 of Schedule 5 to the Health and Social Care Act 2012 (c. 7), by paragraph 63 of Schedule 4 and paragraph 4 of Schedule 9 to the Health and Care Act 2022 (c. 31), and by S.I. 2010/1158. (c) Section 77 was amended by Schedule 6 to the Tax Credits Act 2002, by paragraph 34 of Schedule 24 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004, by paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the Child Benefit Act 2005, and by S.I. 2019/1458. (d) 1989 c. 41. Section 22C was substituted by section 8(1) of the Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (c. 23). There are amendments but none is relevant. (e) 2014 anaw 4. Section 81 was amended by section 21(3) of the Health and Social Care (Wales) Act 2025 (2025 asc 1) and by S.I. 2017/1025 (W. 263). (f) There are amendments to Schedule 1 that are not relevant to these Regulations. 55Well-being (Wales) Act 2014(a) in so far as that section applies to category 5 and 6 young persons within the meaning of that Act; (g) any child tax credit to which the dependant is entitled under Part 1 of the Tax Credits Act 2002(b); (h) a higher education bursary paid to the dependant under section 23C(5A) of the Children Act 1989(c); (i) in the case of a dependant who is entitled to an award of universal credit— (i) any amount that is included in the calculation of the award, under regulation 27(1) of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013(d), in respect of the fact that the dependant has limited capability for work and work-related activity; (ii) any amount or additional amount that is included in the calculation of the award under regulation 24 of those Regulations(e) (the child element). (3) For the purposes of paragraph (2), where the dependant is a dependent child and payments are made to the eligible student towards the child’s maintenance, those payments are to be treated as the child’s income. (4) For the purposes of the definition of “relevant year” in paragraph (1)(i), where an eligible student is studying two or more courses in the same service year the household income falls to be assessed in respect of the course year of whichever of those courses has the earliest course start date. (5) In this Chapter “financial year”, in relation to a person whose income is calculated under this Chapter, means the period of twelve months in respect of which their income is computed for the purposes of the income tax legislation which applies to it. Elements of the grants for dependants 72. The grants for dependants consist of the following elements— (a) adult dependants’ grant; (b) childcare grant; (c) parents’ learning allowance. Amount of the grants for dependants - general 73.—(1) Subject to regulation 60, grants for dependants are payable in respect of a course year. (2) An element of the grants for dependants is not payable if the eligible student does not provide requested details of income or other information needed to calculate the amount of that element to which they would otherwise be entitled. Adjustment for concurrent study 74.—(1) This regulation applies where an eligible student is studying two courses where— (a) each of those courses has a credit value of at least 120, and (a) Section 104 was amended by paragraph 27(a) of Schedule 1 and paragraph 221(a) of Schedule 4 to the Health and Care Act 2022. (b) Part 1 was repealed with savings by Part 1 of Schedule 14 to the Welfare Reform Act 2012; see article 3 of S.I. 2019/167 (C. 6). (c) Section 23C was inserted by section 2(4) of the Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000 (c. 35), and paragraph (5A) was inserted by section 21(2) of the Children and Young Persons Act 2008. (d) Regulation 27(1) was substituted by S.I. 2017/204. (e) Regulation 24 was amended by section 14(5)(a) of the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016 (c. 7) and by S.I. 2014/288, 2021/786 and 2022/177. 56(b) the periods of study of those courses overlap. (2) In this regulation— (a) “day” includes Saturday and Sunday; (b) “course A” means whichever of the courses begins first; (c) “course B” means whichever of the courses begins second; (d) “period of overlap” means the period during which the periods of study of course A and course B overlap. (3) The eligible student is not entitled to any element of the grants for dependants in respect of any day of course B that falls during the period of overlap. Adult dependants’ grant - qualification and basic amount 75.—(1) An eligible student qualifies for an adult dependants’ grant in connection with the student’s attendance on a designated course in accordance with this regulation. (2) For the purposes of regulation 58(1)(b), the threshold number of credits in relation to the adult dependants’ grant is 120 credits of study for the course year. (3) The adult dependants’ grant is available in respect of one dependant of an eligible student who is either— (a) the eligible student’s partner, or (b) an adult dependant whose net income for the relevant year does not exceed £3,796, provided that the dependant is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom. (4) The basic amount of adult dependants’ grant in relation to all course years that begin in the same service year is such amount not exceeding £3,545 as the Secretary of State considers is reasonable in the circumstances. Childcare grant - qualification and basic amount 76.—(1) An eligible student (“A”) qualifies for a childcare grant in connection with A’s attendance on a designated course in accordance with this regulation. (2) For the purposes of regulation 58(1)(b), the threshold number of credits in relation to the childcare grant is 120 credits of study for the course year. (3) Subject to paragraphs (4), (5), (6), (7) and (9), the childcare grant is available in respect of any day of a course year in relation to which A incurs prescribed childcare charges for a dependent child who— (a) is under the age of 15 immediately before the beginning of the course year, or (b) has special educational needs within the meaning of section 20 of the Children and Families Act 2014(a) and is under the age of 17 immediately before the beginning of the course year. (4) A does not qualify for a childcare grant if— (a) A or A’s partner is entitled to an award of universal credit the calculation of which includes an amount under regulation 31 of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013 (childcare costs element), (b) A’s partner has elected to receive financial support for childcare under a healthcare bursary, or (a) 2014 c. 6. 57(c) A’s partner is eligible for a healthcare tuition payment and has elected to receive financial support for childcare under section 63 of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968. (5) A does not qualify for a childcare grant during any entitlement period for which A or A’s partner has made a valid declaration of eligibility under the Childcare Payments Act 2014(a) in relation to any child. (6) A does not qualify for a childcare grant if the prescribed childcare charges that A incurs for A’s child are paid or to be paid by A to A’s partner. (7) Childcare grant is not payable in respect of any prescribed childcare charges unless the application from the person seeking payment of the prescribed childcare charges reaches the Secretary of State— (a) within the period of 13 weeks beginning with the end of the last day of the week in which the student incurred those prescribed childcare charges, or (b) such later date as the Secretary of State specifies, having regard to all the circumstances of the case. (8) Subject to paragraph (9), the basic amount of childcare grant for each week of a course year in relation to which A incurs prescribed childcare charges is— (a) for one dependent child, 85% of the prescribed childcare charges, subject to a maximum weekly amount, or (b) for two or more dependent children, 85% of the prescribed childcare charges, subject to a maximum weekly amount. (9) A does not qualify for a childcare grant in relation to a week of a course year where— (a) the course year is the final year of a course, or (b) the course is less than one year in duration, and the week falls after the last day of the course. (10) For the purposes of calculating the basic amount of childcare grant under paragraph (8)— (a) where a week in respect of which prescribed childcare charges are incurred falls partly within and partly outside the course year in respect of which childcare grant is payable under this regulation, the maximum weekly amount of childcare grant is calculated by multiplying the relevant maximum weekly amount in sub-paragraph (b) by the number of days of that week falling within the course year and dividing the product by seven; (b) the maximum weekly amount is— (i) £199.62 for the purposes of paragraph (8)(a); (ii) £342.24 for the purposes of paragraph (8)(b). (11) Subject to paragraph (12), in this regulation “prescribed childcare charges” means childcare charges of a description prescribed for the purposes of section 12 of the Tax Credits Act 2002. (12) “Prescribed childcare charges” do not include childcare charges in respect of childcare provided by a nanny unless the Secretary of State has determined that, owing to exceptional circumstances, it would be appropriate for A to incur childcare charges in respect of childcare provided by a nanny. (13) In paragraph (12), “nanny” means a person who cares for a child in any of the circumstances specified in article 3 of the Childcare (Exemptions from Registration) Order 2008(b) (and is (a) 2014 c. 28. (b) S.I. 2008/979, amended by S.I. 2010/744, 2011/584 and 2014/913. There are other amending instruments but none is relevant. 58consequently not required to be registered in either of the childcare registers established by section 32 of the Childcare Act 2006)(a). (14) In this regulation, the terms “entitlement period” and “valid declaration of eligibility” have the meanings they are given in the Childcare Payments Act 2014 and regulations made under that Act. Parents’ learning allowance - qualification and basic amount 77.—(1) An eligible student qualifies for the parents’ learning allowance in connection with their attendance on a designated course if they have one or more dependants who are dependent children. (2) For the purposes of regulation 58(1)(b), the threshold number of credits in relation to the parents’ learning allowance is 120 credits of study for the course year. (3) The basic amount of parents’ learning allowance payable in relation to all course years that begin in the same service year is £2,024. Calculation of adult dependants’ grant 78.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3), the amount of adult dependants’ grant is equal to— A−B where— (a) A is the basic amount referred to in regulation 75(4); (b) B, where the dependants’ income for the prior financial year is more than £8,746, is the amount by which the household income exceeds £8,746 divided by 2; (c) B, where the dependants’ income for the prior financial year is £8,746 or less, is nil. (2) The amount of adult dependants’ grant calculated under paragraph (1) in respect of an adult dependant is reduced by one half where— (a) the eligible student’s partner— (i) is an eligible student, or (ii) holds a statutory award, and (b) account is taken of that partner’s dependants in calculating the amount of support for which that partner qualifies, or the payment to which that partner is entitled, under the statutory award. (3) No adult dependants’ grant is payable where the dependants’ income for the prior financial year exceeds £15,835.98. Calculation of childcare grant 79.—(1) Subject to paragraph (8), the amount of childcare grant payable in respect of a course year is calculated— (a) in accordance with paragraphs (2), (3), (6) and (7) where the eligible student has one dependent child only; (a) 2006 c. 21. Section 32 was amended by paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 to the Children and Families Act 2014 and paragraph 2 of Schedule 23 to the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55). 59(b) in accordance with paragraphs (4), (5), (6) and (7) where the eligible student has two or more dependent children; (2) The amount of childcare grant, where the dependants’ income for the prior financial year exceeds £9,727 but does not exceed £20,107.23, is an amount equal to— ⎡ ⎢ ⎡ ⎢ ⎤ ⎥⎤ ⎥ D ⎢ ⎣A−⎢ ⎣B −C ⎥ ⎦⎥ ⎦ × E where— (a) A is the basic amount described in regulation 76(8)(a) multiplied by 52, (b) B is the dependants’ income for the prior financial year, (c) C is £9,727, (d) D is the number of days in respect of which the eligible student applies and qualifies for childcare grant, up to a maximum of 365 days or, where the course year includes 29th February, up to a maximum of 366 days, and (e) E is 365 or, where the course year includes 29th February, 366. (3) The amount of childcare grant, where the dependants’ income for the prior financial year does not exceed £9,727, is an amount equal to— B A× C where— (a) A is the basic amount described in regulation 76(8)(a) multiplied by 52, (b) B is the number of days in respect of which the eligible student applies and qualifies for childcare grant, up to a maximum of 365 days or, where the course year includes 29th February, up to a maximum of 366 days, and (c) C is 365 or, where the course year includes 29th February, 366. (4) The amount of childcare grant, where the dependants’ income for the prior financial year exceeds £11,118 but does not exceed £28,914.47, is an amount equal to— ⎡ ⎢ ⎡ ⎢ ⎤ ⎥⎤ ⎥ D ⎢ ⎣A−⎢ ⎣B −C ⎥ ⎦⎥ ⎦× E where— (a) A is the basic amount described in regulation 76(8)(b) multiplied by 52, (b) B is the dependants’ income for the prior financial year, (c) C is £11,118, (d) D is the number of days in respect of which the eligible student applies and qualifies for childcare grant, up to a maximum of 365 days or, where the course year includes 29th February, up to a maximum of 366 days, and (e) E is 365 or, where the course year includes 29th February, 366. (5) The amount of childcare grant, where the dependants’ income for the prior financial year does not exceed £11,118, is an amount equal to— 60B A× C where— (a) A is the basic amount described in regulation 76(8)(b) multiplied by 52, (b) B is the number of days in respect of which the eligible student applies and qualifies for childcare grant, up to a maximum of 365 days or, where the course year includes 29th February, up to a maximum of 366 days, and (c) C is 365 or, where the course year includes 29th February, 366. (6) The amount of childcare grant payable is nil where— (a) the eligible student has one dependent child only and the dependants’ income for the prior financial year exceeds £20,107.23, or (b) the eligible student has two or more dependent children and the dependants’ income for the prior financial year exceeds £28,914.47. (7) The amount of childcare grant calculated in accordance with paragraphs (2), (3) and (6) or paragraphs (4), (5) and (6), as applicable, is reduced by one half where— (a) the eligible student’s partner— (i) is an eligible student, or (ii) holds a statutory award, and (b) account is taken of that partner’s dependants in calculating the amount of support for which that partner qualifies, or the payment to which that partner is entitled, under the statutory award. (8) Where an eligible student has one dependent child for part of the course year and two or more dependent children for another part of the course year, the eligible student’s entitlement to childcare grant is the sum of— (a) the amount calculated in accordance with paragraphs (2), (3), (6) and (7) in respect of the days of the course year on which the student had one dependent child, and (b) the amount calculated in accordance with paragraphs (4), (5), (6) and (7) in respect of the days of the course year on which the student had two or more dependent children. (9) An eligible student may request an amount of childcare grant to be payable which is less than the amount calculated under this regulation. (10) Where an eligible student makes a request under paragraph (9), the amount of childcare grant payable is the amount requested, provided that the Secretary of State considers the amount requested to be reasonable in the circumstances. Calculation of parents’ learning allowance 80.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the amount of parents’ learning allowance is equal to— A−B where— (a) A is the basic amount referred to in regulation 77(3), (b) B, where the dependants’ income for the prior financial year is more than £14,910, is the amount by which the household income exceeds £14,910 divided by 2, and 61(c) B, where the dependants’ income for the prior financial year is £14,910 or less, is nil. (2) Where the amount of parents’ learning allowance calculated under paragraph (1) is £0.01 or more but less than £50, the amount of parents’ learning allowance payable is £50. (3) No parents’ learning allowance is payable where the dependants’ income for the prior financial year exceeds £18,957.98. Assessment of net income for current year 81.—(1) Where the Secretary of State is satisfied that the net income of the eligible student’s dependent children for the financial year beginning immediately before the relevant year (“the current financial year”) is likely to be not more than 85% of the sterling value of their net income for the prior financial year, the Secretary of State may, for the purpose of enabling the eligible student to attend the course without hardship, use the dependent children’s net income for the current financial year for the purposes of the calculations in regulations 78 to 80. (2) In the event that paragraph (1) or this paragraph is applied in the previous course year of the current course and the Secretary of State is satisfied that the net income of the eligible student’s dependent children for the financial year beginning immediately before the relevant year is likely to be not more than 85% of the sterling value of their net income for the previous financial year, the Secretary of State may, for the purpose of enabling the eligible student to attend the course without hardship, use the dependent children’s net income for the current financial year for the purposes of the calculations in regulations 78 to 80. (3) In a course year immediately following one in which the Secretary of State has ascertained the eligible student’s dependent children’s net income for the current financial year under paragraph (1) and, where applicable, under paragraph (2), the Secretary of State must use the dependent children’s net income for the preceding financial year for the purposes of the calculations in regulations 78 to 80. Changes during a course year 82.—(1) This regulation applies if any of the following changes occurs during the course year— (a) there is a change in the number of the eligible student’s dependants; (b) a person becomes or ceases to be a dependant of the eligible student; (c) a student becomes eligible for support as a result of— (i) a course designation event, or (ii) an in-year qualifying event. (2) For the purposes of determining whether adult dependants’ grant or parents’ learning allowance is payable, the Secretary of State must determine the following in relation to each day of the course year, by reference to the student’s circumstances on that day— (a) how many dependants the eligible student is to be treated as having; (b) who those dependants are. (3) The amount of adult dependants’ grant and parents’ learning allowance in respect of a day of the course year is the amount that grant would be for the course year if the student’s circumstances on that day applied for the duration of the course year, divided by 365 or, where the course year includes 29th February, 366. (4) The amount of grants for dependants for the course year is the aggregate of the amounts of adult dependants’ grant and parents’ learning allowance calculated in respect of each day of the course year under paragraph (3) and the amount of any childcare grant for the course year calculated under regulation 79. 62PART 7 Payments Chapter 1 Interpretation of Part 7 Interpretation 83. In this Part, “attendance confirmation” means— (a) confirmation from the academic authority that the student has enrolled for the course year where— (i) the student is applying for support in connection with a designated course for the first time, (ii) the student has a disability, and (iii) the student is undertaking the course but not attending (regardless of whether the reason for not attending relates to the student’s disability); (b) confirmation from the academic authority that the student has been present at the institution and begun to attend the course where— (i) the student is applying for support in connection with a designated course for the first time, (ii) the student’s status as an eligible student has not been transferred to the course from another designated course at the same institution, and (iii) paragraph (a)(iii) does not apply; (c) confirmation from the academic authority that the student has enrolled for the course year where— (i) the student is applying for support in connection with a designated course other than for the first time, or (ii) the student is applying for support in connection with a designated course for the first time after the student’s status as an eligible student has been transferred to that course from another course at the same institution. Chapter 2 Payment of supplementary grants Payment of supplementary grants 84.—(1) The Secretary of State may pay support under Part 6 in instalments. (2) Subject to paragraph (4), the Secretary of State may pay a supplementary grant under Part 6 at such times as the Secretary of State considers appropriate. (3) An academic authority is required to send an attendance confirmation to the Secretary of State. (4) The Secretary of State must not pay the first instalment or, where it has been determined not to pay a supplementary grant under Part 6 by instalments, make any payment of a supplementary grant under Part 6, to any person before the Secretary of State has received the attendance confirmation unless an exception applies. (5) An exception applies if— 63(a) the disabled students’ allowance is payable, in which case that particular supplementary grant may be paid before the Secretary of State has received an attendance confirmation, or (b) the Secretary of State has determined that, owing to exceptional circumstances, it would be appropriate to make a payment without receiving an attendance confirmation. (6) Where a final assessment cannot be made on the basis of the information provided by the student, the Secretary of State may make a provisional assessment and payment of a supplementary grant under Part 6. (7) Payment of a supplementary grant under Part 6 is to be made in such a manner as the Secretary of State considers appropriate and the Secretary of State may make it a condition of entitlement to payment that the eligible student, or in the case of a childcare grant, a person seeking payment of prescribed childcare charges, must provide the Secretary of State or such person as the Secretary of State specifies with particulars of a bank or building society account in the United Kingdom into which payments may be made by electronic transfer. (8) No supplementary grant is due in respect of any day of a course year on which the eligible student is a prisoner, unless in the opinion of the Secretary of State it would be appropriate in all the circumstances for support to be paid in respect of that day. (9) In deciding whether it would be appropriate for a supplementary grant to be paid under paragraph (8), the circumstances to which the Secretary of State must have regard include the financial hardship which not paying the supplementary grant would cause and whether not paying the supplementary grant would affect the student's ability to continue the course. (10) No supplementary grant in respect of the current course is due in respect of any payment period beginning after an eligible student's period of eligibility terminates. (11) Where an eligible student's period of eligibility terminates on or after the first day of the relevant course year, the Secretary of State must determine— (a) the amount of each supplementary grant for which the student qualifies that would be payable in respect of the relevant payment period if the eligible student's period of eligibility had not terminated (the “full amount”), and (b) how much of the full amount is due in respect of the period which runs from the first day of the relevant payment period up to and including the day on which the eligible student's period of eligibility terminated (the “partial amount”). (12) If the Secretary of State has made a payment of a supplementary grant in respect of the relevant payment period before the point in that period at which the eligible student's period of eligibility terminated and that payment exceeds the partial amount of that grant— (a) the Secretary of State may treat the excess as an overpayment of that grant, or (b) if the Secretary of State considers that it is appropriate to do so, the Secretary of State may extend the student's period of eligibility in respect of that grant until the end of the relevant payment period and determine that the full amount of that grant is due in respect of that payment period. (13) Subject to paragraph (14), if a payment of a supplementary grant in respect of the relevant payment period is due to be made or is made after the eligible student's period of eligibility has terminated, the amount of that grant due is the partial amount unless the Secretary of State considers it appropriate to extend the period of eligibility in respect of that grant until the end of the relevant payment period and to determine that the full amount of that grant is due in respect of that payment period. (14) Paragraph (13) does not apply to a payment of the disabled students' allowance in respect of specialist equipment. 64(15) No supplementary grant is due in respect of a payment period during any part of which an eligible student is absent from the course, unless in the opinion of the Secretary of State it would be appropriate in all the circumstances for support to be paid in respect of the period of absence. (16) In deciding whether it would be appropriate for a supplementary grant to be paid under paragraph (15), the circumstances to which the Secretary of State must have regard include the reasons for the student's absence, the length of the absence and the financial hardship which not paying the supplementary grant would cause. (17) An eligible student is not to be considered absent from the course if the student is unable to attend due to illness and the student's absence has not exceeded 60 consecutive days. (18) Where, after the Secretary of State has made a payment of a supplementary grant under Part 6, the Secretary of State makes a determination of the amount of a supplementary grant for which the student qualifies, either for the first time or by way of revision of a provisional or other determination of that amount— (a) if the determination increases the amount of that grant for which the student qualifies, the Secretary of State must pay the additional amount in such instalments (if any) and at such times as the Secretary of State considers appropriate; (b) if the determination decreases the amount of that grant for which the student qualifies, the Secretary of State must subtract the amount of the decrease from the amount of that grant which remains to be paid; (c) if the amount of the decrease is greater than the amount of that grant remaining to be paid, the latter amount is reduced to nil and the balance subtracted from any other supplementary grant for which the student qualifies in respect of the course year; (d) any remaining overpayment is recoverable in accordance with Chapter 4 of this Part. (19) In the case of a childcare grant— (a) the general rule is that an application from a person seeking payment of prescribed childcare charges must reach the Secretary of State within the period of 13 weeks beginning with the last day of the week in which the student incurred those prescribed childcare charges; (b) the general rule does not apply where the Secretary of State, having regard to the circumstances of the particular case, considers that the time limit should be relaxed, in which case the application must reach the Secretary of State not later than such date as the Secretary of State specifies. Chapter 3 Payment of loans Provision of United Kingdom national insurance number 85.—(1) The Secretary of State may make it a condition of entitlement to payment of any loan that the eligible student must provide the Secretary of State with the student’s United Kingdom national insurance number. (2) Where the Secretary of State has imposed a condition under paragraph (1), the Secretary of State must not make any payment of the loan to the eligible student before the Secretary of State is satisfied that the student has complied with that condition. (3) Despite paragraph (2), the Secretary of State may make a payment of a loan to an eligible student if the Secretary of State is satisfied that, owing to exceptional circumstances, it would be appropriate to make such payment without the eligible student having complied with the condition imposed under paragraph (1). 65Information requirements 86.—(1) The Secretary of State may at any time request from an applicant or eligible student information that the Secretary of State considers is required to recover a loan. (2) The Secretary of State may at any time require an applicant or eligible student to enter into an agreement to repay a loan by a particular method. (3) The Secretary of State may at any time request from an applicant or eligible student sight of their valid national identity card, valid passport issued by the state of which they are a national, or their birth certificate. (4) Where the Secretary of State has requested information under this regulation, the Secretary of State may withhold payment of a loan until the person provides what has been requested or provides a satisfactory explanation for not complying with the request. (5) Where the Secretary of State has required an agreement as to the method of repayment under this regulation, the Secretary of State may withhold any payment of a loan until the person provides what has been required. Payment of fee loans 87.—(1) The Secretary of State must pay the fee loan for which an eligible student qualifies to an institution to which the student is liable to make payment. (2) The Secretary of State may pay the fee loan in instalments. (3) The Secretary of State must not pay the fee loan or instalment of fee loan until the Secretary of State has received from the academic authority— (a) a request for payment, and (b) confirmation (in such form as may be required by the Secretary of State) of the student’s attendance on the course for the period to which the instalment relates. (4) An academic authority must not send confirmation of the student’s attendance to the Secretary of State— (a) in the case of an institution with degree awarding powers pursuant to section 76 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 or sections 42 to 49 of the 2017 Act, until the student is registered on the course at the institution, (b) in the case of a course validated by an institution with degree awarding powers pursuant to section 76 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 or sections 42 to 49 of the 2017 Act, until the validating institution has been notified by the institution teaching the student that the student is studying on the course covered by the validation agreement, or (c) where neither sub-paragraph (a) or (b) applies, until the student has been registered with the relevant awarding body. (5) In this regulation, “confirmation of the student’s attendance” means confirmation from the academic authority that the student— (a) has enrolled for the course year and has begun to attend (or in the case of a distance learning course, undertake) the course for that course year, where the confirmation relates to the payment of the fee loan or the first instalment of the fee loan for the course year, or (b) remains enrolled and continues to attend (or in the case of a distance learning course, undertake) the course, where the confirmation relates to payment of an instalment of the fee loan other than the first instalment. 66(6) The academic authority must inform the Secretary of State if a student ceases to attend or undertake the designated course during the course year. Payment of loans for living costs 88.—(1) The Secretary of State may pay a loan for living costs under Part 5 in instalments. (2) Subject to paragraph (4), the Secretary of State may pay a loan for living costs under Part 5 at such times as the Secretary of State considers appropriate. (3) An academic authority is required to send an attendance confirmation to the Secretary of State. (4) The Secretary of State must not pay the first instalment, or where it has been determined not to pay a loan for living costs under Part 5 by instalments, make any payment of a loan for living costs under Part 5 to the eligible student before the Secretary of State has received an attendance confirmation from the relevant academic authority unless an exception applies. (5) An exception applies if the Secretary of State has determined that, owing to exceptional circumstances, it would be appropriate to make a payment without receiving an attendance confirmation. (6) Where a final assessment cannot be made on the basis of the information provided by the student, the Secretary of State may make a provisional assessment and payment of a loan for living costs under Part 5. (7) Payments of a loan for living costs under Part 5 are to be made in such a manner as the Secretary of State considers appropriate and the Secretary of State may make it a condition of entitlement to payment that the eligible student must provide the Secretary of State with particulars of a bank or building society account in the United Kingdom into which payments may be made by electronic transfer. (8) Where the Secretary of State has made a payment of a loan for living costs under Part 5 and a student who qualifies for a loan for living costs under Part 5 applies for an additional amount in respect of a course year, the Secretary of State may pay that additional amount of loan in such instalments and at such times as the Secretary of State considers appropriate, as soon as is reasonably practicable after a satisfactory application has been received. (9) No loan for living costs is due in respect of any day of a course year on which the eligible student is a prisoner, unless in the opinion of the Secretary of State it would be appropriate in all the circumstances for a loan for living costs to be paid in respect of that day. (10) In deciding whether it would be appropriate for a loan for living costs to be due, the circumstances to which the Secretary of State must have regard include the financial hardship which not paying the loan for living costs would cause and whether not paying the loan for living costs would affect the student's ability to continue the course. (11) No loan for living costs in respect of the current course is due in respect of any payment period beginning after an eligible student's period of eligibility terminates. (12) No loan for living costs is due in respect of a payment period during part of which an eligible student is absent from the course, unless in the opinion of the Secretary of State it would be appropriate in all the circumstances for support to be paid in respect of the period of absence. (13) In deciding whether it would be appropriate for a loan for living costs to be due, the circumstances to which the Secretary of State must have regard include the reasons for the student's absence, the length of the absence and the financial hardship which not paying the support would cause. (14) An eligible student is not to be considered absent from the student's course if the student is unable to attend due to illness and the student's absence has not exceeded 60 consecutive days. 67(15) Where, after the Secretary of State has made a payment of a loan for living costs under Part 5 for which a student qualifies in respect of a course year, the Secretary of State makes a determination that the amount of a loan for living costs for which the student qualifies is less than the amount previously determined either by way of a revision of a provisional assessment or otherwise— (a) the Secretary of State must subtract from any amount of loan which remains to be paid under Part 5 such amount as is necessary to ensure that the student does not borrow an amount of loan under Part 5 which is greater than that for which the student qualifies; (b) if the amount to be subtracted is greater than the amount of loan remaining to be paid under Part 5, the amount of that loan remaining to be paid is reduced to nil; (c) any remaining overpayment is recoverable in accordance with Chapter 4 of this Part. Chapter 4 Overpayments Overpayment of fee loans 89.—(1) An overpayment of a fee loan is recoverable by the Secretary of State from— (a) the academic authority, or (b) the student in respect of whom the payment of a fee loan was made. (2) A student must, if so required by the Secretary of State, repay any amount of a fee loan paid in respect of the student which for whatever reason exceeds the amount of a fee loan to which the student is entitled. (3) An academic authority must, if so required by the Secretary of State, repay any amount of a fee loan paid to the academic authority in respect of a student which for whatever reason exceeds the amount of a fee loan to which the student is entitled. (4) An overpayment of a fee loan may be recovered from a student under paragraph (1)(b) in whichever one or more of the following ways the Secretary of State considers appropriate in all the circumstances— (a) by subtracting the overpayment from any amount of the fee loan which remains to be paid; (b) by subtracting the overpayment from any kind of grant or loan payable to the student from time to time pursuant to regulations made by the Secretary of State under section 22 of the 1998 Act as modified by section 28A of that Act; (c) by requiring the student to repay the fee loan in accordance with regulations made under section 22 of the 1998 Act as modified by section 28A of that Act; (d) by taking such other action for the recovery of an overpayment as is available to the Secretary of State. Overpayment of supplementary grants and loans for living costs 90.—(1) A student must, if so required by the Secretary of State, repay any amount paid to the student under Part 5 or Part 6 which, for whatever reason, exceeds the amount of support to which the student is entitled under Part 5 or Part 6. (2) The Secretary of State must recover an overpayment of any supplementary grant unless the Secretary of State considers it is not appropriate to do so. (3) The methods of recovery are— 68(a) subtracting the overpayment from any kind of grant or loan payable to the student from time to time pursuant to regulations made by the Secretary of State under section 22 of the 1998 Act as modified by section 28A of that Act; (b) taking such other action for the recovery of an overpayment as is available to the Secretary of State. (4) A payment of any supplementary grant made before the relevant date is an overpayment if the student withdraws from the course before the relevant date, unless the Secretary of State decides otherwise. (5) In this regulation, “the relevant date” is the course start date. (6) In the circumstances in paragraph (7) or (8), there is an overpayment of the disabled students’ allowance unless the Secretary of State decides otherwise. (7) The circumstances are— (a) the Secretary of State applies all or part of the disabled students’ allowance to the purchase of specialist equipment on behalf of the student, (b) the student’s period of eligibility terminates after the relevant date, and (c) the equipment has not been delivered to the student before the student’s period of eligibility terminates. (8) The circumstances are— (a) the student’s period of eligibility terminates after the relevant date, and (b) a payment of the disabled students’ allowance in respect of specialist equipment is made to the student after the student’s period of eligibility terminated. (9) Where there is an overpayment of the disabled students’ allowance, the Secretary of State may accept the return of specialist equipment purchased with the grant by way of recovery of all or part of the overpayment if the Secretary of State considers it appropriate to do so. (10) An overpayment of a loan for living costs in respect of a course year is recoverable by the Secretary of State from the student to whom the payment was made. (11) The methods of recovery are— (a) subtracting the overpayment from any kind of grant or loan payable to the student from time to time pursuant to regulations made by the Secretary of State under section 22 of the 1998 Act as modified by section 28A of that Act; (b) requiring the student to repay the loan in accordance with regulations made under section 22 of the 1998 Act as modified by section 28A of that Act; (c) taking such other action for the recovery of an overpayment as is available to the Secretary of State. PART 8 Consequential amendment of other subordinate legislation Chapter 1 Amendment of the 2007 Fees and Awards Regulations Amendment of the 2007 Fees and Awards Regulations 91. The 2007 Fees and Awards Regulations are amended in accordance with Schedule 8. 69Chapter 2 Amendment of the 2016 Master’s Degree Regulations Amendment of the 2016 Master’s Degree Regulations 92.—(1) The 2016 Master’s Degree Regulations are amended in accordance with this regulation. (2) In regulation 2 (interpretation)— (a) after the definition of “the 1998 Act” insert— ““the 2011 Student Support Regulations” means the Education (Student Support) Regulations 2011;”; (b) after the definition of “the 2020 Citizens’ Rights Regulations”(a) insert— ““the 2026 Student Support Regulations” means the Lifelong Learning (Student Support) (Amendment of Fees and Awards etc.) Regulations 2026;”; (c) in the definition of “student loans legislation”— (i) after “means” insert “the 2026 Student Support Regulations,”; (ii) for “the student support regulations” substitute “the 2011 Student Support Regulations”; (d) omit the definition of “student support regulations”. (3) In regulation 3 (eligible students), in paragraph (3), in sub-paragraph (f)(b), for “the student support regulations” substitute “the 2011 Student Support Regulations”. (4) In regulation 4 (designated courses), in paragraph (5)(c)— (a) for “the student support regulations or” substitute “the 2011 Student Support Regulations,”; (b) after “2018” insert “, or regulation 10 (designation of courses) or 11 (designation of modules) of the 2026 Student Support Regulations”. Chapter 3 Amendment of the 2018 Doctoral Degree Regulations Amendment of the 2018 Doctoral Degree Regulations 93.—(1) The 2018 Doctoral Degree Regulations are amended in accordance with this regulation. (2) In regulation 2 (interpretation)— (a) after the definition of “the 1998 Act” insert— ““the 2011 Student Support Regulations” means the Education (Student Support) Regulations 2011;”; (b) after the definition of “the 2020 Citizens’ Rights Regulations”(d) insert— ““the 2026 Student Support Regulations” means the Lifelong Learning (Student Support) (Amendment of Fees and Awards etc.) Regulations 2026;”; (a) The definition was inserted by S.I. 2021/127. (b) Regulation 3(3)(f) was substituted by S.I. 2018/599. (c) Regulation 4(5) was substituted by S.I. 2018/599. (d) The definition was inserted by S.I. 2021/127. 70(c) in the definition of “student loans legislation”, for the student support regulations” substitute “the 2011 Student Support Regulations, the 2026 Student Support Regulations,”; (d) omit the definition of “student support regulations”. (3) In regulation 3 (eligible students), in paragraph (3), in sub-paragraph (f), for “the student support regulations” substitute “the 2011 Student Support Regulations”. (4) In regulation 4 (designated courses), in paragraph 4— (a) for “the student support regulations or” substitute “the 2011 Student Support Regulations,”; (b) after “the 2016 Master’s Degree Regulations” insert “, or regulation 10 (designated courses) or 11 (designated modules) of the 2026 Student Support Regulations”. Smith of Malvern Minister of State 22nd July 2026 Department for Education 71SCHEDULES SCHEDULE 1 Regulation 3 Interpretation PART 1 General definitions 1. In these Regulations— “the 1998 Act” means the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998; “the 2007 Fees and Awards Regulations” means the Education (Fees and Awards) (England) Regulations 2007(a); “the 2011 Student Support Regulations” means the Education (Student Support) Regulations 2011(b); “the 2016 Master’s Degree Regulations” means the Education (Postgraduate Master’s Degree Loans) Regulations 2016(c); “the 2017 Act” means the Higher Education and Research Act 2017(d); “the 2018 Doctoral Degree Regulations” means the Education (Postgraduate Doctoral Degree Loans and the Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) (Amendment) (No. 2) etc.) Regulations 2018(e); “the 2020 Citizens’ Rights Regulations” means the Citizens’ Rights (Application Deadline and Temporary Protection) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020(f); “academic authority”, in relation to an institution, means the governing body or other body having the functions of a governing body and includes a person acting with the authority of that body; “activity” refers to any individual type of activity within the meaning of “credit-differentiated activity” as defined by regulation 11(2) of the Lifelong Learning (Fee Limits) Regulations 2026; “additional entitlement” has the meaning given by regulation 25; “advanced learner loan” means a type of loan funding approved by the Secretary of State and provided in relation to specific courses that are or were designated for student support under regulation 4 of the Further Education Loans Regulations 2012; “ALL-transfer course” means a course included in the list published under regulation 9(1)(a); (a) S.I. 2007/779. (b) S.I. 2011/1986. (c) S.I. 2016/606. (d) 2017 c. 29. (e) S.I. 2018/599. (f) S.I. 2020/1209. 72“allied health profession subject” means chiropody, a dental profession subject, dietetics, dietetics and nutrition, occupational therapy, orthoptics, orthotics and prosthetics, physiotherapy, podiatry, radiography, radiotherapy, or speech and language therapy; “approved HTQ” means an approved technical education qualification (within the meaning of Chapter A1 of Part 1 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009(a) (see section A12(1) of that Act)) which— (a) is at level 4 or 5, and (b) is included in the list of qualifications maintained by the Secretary of State in accordance with section A2HA of that Act (list of technical education qualifications); “bursary year” means a course year in relation to which a student is— (a) eligible to apply for a healthcare bursary the amount of which is calculated by reference to income whether or not the calculation results in a nil amount, or (b) eligible for a healthcare tuition payment, (meaning a payment for tuition in connection with the NHS Bursary Scheme in England, established pursuant to section 63 of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968(b)), except where the course leads to qualification as a medical doctor or dentist; “concurrent study” (or “studying two or more courses concurrently”) means a student enrolling or being enrolled on two or more courses where the periods of study overlap and where they are in receipt of funding for those courses; “course designation event” has the meaning given by regulation 5(2); “course start date” means the date within the first course year on which a course begins; “course year” means— (a) the period of 12 months beginning with the first day of the month in which the course begins (the “first course year”), and (b) each subsequent period of 12 months (if any) in which part of the course is undertaken; “credit value” means the number of credits attached or, where no credits are attached, regarded as being attached to a course year; “credits” has the meaning given by regulation 4(5); “credits attached” (and similar terms such as “credits are attached”) has the meaning given by regulation 9 of the Lifelong Learning (Fee Limits) Regulations 2026 (attachment of credits); “current course” means the designated course in respect of which a person is applying for support; (a) 2009 c. 22. Chapter A1 was inserted by section 1 of the Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), section A12(1) was inserted by section 7(7) of the Skills and Post-16 Education Act 2022 (c. 21) and the definition was amended by paragraph 27 of Schedule 1 to the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Act 2025 (c. 14). (b) Section 63 as it applies in relation to England was amended by paragraph 3 of Schedule 4 to the Health Act 1999 (c. 8), paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 5 to the Health and Social Care Act 2001 (c. 15), paragraph 40(2) of Schedule 2 and paragraph 2 of Schedule 5 to the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17), paragraph 4 of Schedule 11, paragraph 14 of Schedule 4 and Schedule 14 to the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43), section 55(3) of the Children Act 2004 (c. 31), paragraph 38 of Schedule 1 to the National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Health Act 2009 (c. 21), paragraph 12 of Schedule 5 to the Health and Social Care Act 2012, section 97(7) of the Care Act 2014 (c. 23), paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 and paragraph 7 of Schedule 4 to the Health and Care Act 2022, and by S.I. 1968/1699, 2004/957 and 2007/961. 73“dental profession subject” means dental hygiene, dental therapy, or dental hygiene and dental therapy; “designated course” means a course that is designated by or under regulation 10 (designation of courses); “designated module” means a module that is designated by or under regulation 11 (designation of modules); “Directive 2004/38” means Directive 2004/38 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29th April 2004 on the rights of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely in the territory of the Member States(a); “disability” has the meaning given by section 6 of the Equality Act 2010(b); “disabled students’ allowance” means the supplementary grant available under Chapter 2 of Part 6; “distance learning course” means a course on which a student undertaking the course is not required to be in attendance by the institution providing the course, where “required to be in attendance” is not satisfied by a requirement imposed by the institution to attend any institution— (a) for the purposes of registration or enrolment or any examination, (b) on a weekend or during any vacation, or (c) on an occasional basis during the week; “electronic signature” is so much of anything in electronic form as— (a) is incorporated into or otherwise logically associated with any electronic communication or electronic data, and (b) purports to be so incorporated or associated for the purpose of being used in establishing the authenticity of the communication or data, the integrity of the communication or data, or both; “eligible prisoner” means a prisoner— (a) who is serving a sentence of imprisonment in the United Kingdom, (b) who has been authorised by the Governor or Director of the institution (prison) or other appropriate authority to study the current course, and (c) whose earliest release date is within 6 years of the first day of the first course year of the current course; “eligible student” has the meaning given by regulation 7(2); “employment-based teacher training scheme” means— (a) a scheme established by the Secretary of State whereby a person may undertake initial teacher training in order to obtain qualified teacher status while being employed to teach at a school or other educational institution except a pupil referral unit, or (b) a scheme established by the Welsh Ministers whereby persons who are or who have been employed in a school or other educational institution except a pupil referral unit may become qualified teachers; (a) OJ No. L 158, 30.4.2004, p77-123. (b) 2010 c. 15. 74“English higher education provider” means an institution in England which provides higher education courses; “EU national” means a national of a member State of the EU; “fee loan” means a loan for tuition fees made to a student pursuant to these Regulations; “fee loan entitlement balance” has the meaning given by regulation 24(1); “fee loan per-credit limit” has the meaning given by regulation 34(2)(d); “fees” has the meaning given by section 85(2) of the 2017 Act; “first course year” has the meaning given by paragraph (a) of the definition of “course year”; “full course” means a higher education course that is not a module of another higher education course; “full-time course year” means a course year that— (a) if it contains activities which cumulatively are 15 or more weeks long, contains more than 900 notional learning hours, or (b) if it contains activities which cumulatively are less than 15 weeks long, contains more than 450 notional learning hours, and references to study which is full-time or equivalent to full-time are to be construed accordingly; “gateway course” means a course included in the list published under regulation 9(1)(b); “graduate entry accelerated programme” means a course— (a) the standard of which is not higher than a first degree which leads to a qualification as a medical doctor or dentist, (b) where a first degree or equivalent would normally be required for entry to the course, and (c) the duration of which does not exceed 4 years; “graduate entry veterinary course” means a course— (a) the standard of which is not higher than a first degree which leads to qualification in veterinary science, and (b) where a first degree or equivalent qualification would normally be required for entry to the course; “healthcare bursary” means a bursary or award of similar description under— (a) section 63 of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 made in respect of— (i) a course provided by an institution in England beginning on or after 1st August 2017, where that course leads to qualification as a paramedic, medical doctor or dentist; (ii) a course provided by an institution in Scotland or Northern Ireland, where that course leads to qualification as a medical doctor or dentist; (iii) a course provided by an institution in Wales, or 75(b) article 44 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972(a); “high level quality rating” has the meaning given by paragraph 2(3) of Schedule 2 to the 2017 Act; “higher education course” has the meaning given by regulation 4(2); “higher education provider” means an institution which provides higher education courses (and “provider” is to be construed accordingly); “home institution” means the institution at which a student is enrolled; “household income” has the meaning given by paragraph 3 of Schedule 7; “immigration rules” has the meaning given by section 33(1) of the Immigration Act 1971(b); “in-year qualifying event” has the meaning given by regulation 5(3); “information” includes documents; “Institute” means the University of London Institute in Paris; “institution” in relation to England includes an English higher education provider; “intercalated year” means an additional year of study undertaken part way through a course in medicine, dentistry or veterinary science— (a) during which a student studies a different subject (which may be in a field other than medicine, dentistry or veterinary science), and (b) which (subject to successful completion) leads to the student being awarded an additional degree or equivalent qualification before the end of their course; “the Islands” means the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man; “level” refers to the standard of qualification— (a) of the FHEQ level within the Frameworks for Higher Education Qualifications of UK Degree-Awarding Bodies, as amended from time to time(c), or (b) as described in the Ofqual Handbook: General Conditions of Recognition, as amended from time to time(d); “lifetime entitlement” has the meaning given by regulation 22; “loan”, except where otherwise indicated, means a loan pursuant to regulations made by the Secretary of State under section 22 of the 1998 Act as modified by section 28A of that Act, including the interest accrued on the loan and any penalties or charges incurred in connection with it; “loan for living costs” means a loan described in regulation 36(1); “loan for maintenance” has the meaning given by regulation 36(2); “module” has the meaning given by regulation 4(3); (a) S.I. 1972/1265 (N.I. 14). Article 44 was amended by section 1 of the Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 (c. 1 (N.I.)). (b) 1971 c. 77. (c) Copies of the Frameworks are available here: https://www.qaa.ac.uk/the-quality-code/qualifications-frameworks or from (cid:0) (cid:0) the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education, Southgate House, Southgate Street, Gloucester GL1 1UB. (d) Copies of the Handbook are available at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/ofqual-handbook or from Ofqual, Earlsdon Park, (cid:0) (cid:0) 53 to 55 Butts Road, Coventry CV1 3BH. 76“module designation event” has the meaning given by regulation 5(9); “non-income assessed healthcare bursary” means a healthcare bursary the amount of which is not calculated by reference to income; “normal taught study” means learning at the home institution as part of a course, which includes lectures, coursework, laboratory work, seminars, and independent reading or study, assessment and revision; “Northern Irish designated course” means a Schedule 4 course which is substantially provided in Northern Ireland and is designated under— (a) regulation 6(9) of the Education (Student Support) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009(a) for the purposes of regulation 5 of those Regulations and Article 3 of the Education (Student Support) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998(b), or (b) regulation 124(7) of the Education (Student Support) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 for the purposes of regulation 122 of those Regulations and Article 3 of the Education (Student Support) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998; “notional learning hours” means the volume of study for a course or part of a course measured in hours, and provides an indication of the approximate learning time for a student; “Ofqual” means the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation, as established by section 127(1) of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009(c); “OfS” means the Office for Students, as established by section 1(1) of the 2017 Act; “payment period” means a period in respect of which the Secretary of State pays the relevant support under Part 5 or Part 6 or would have paid such support if the eligible student’s period of eligibility had not terminated; “period of eligibility” has the meaning given by regulation 13; “person granted Calais leave” means a person who— (a) has extant leave to remain in the United Kingdom under paragraph 352J, 352K, 352L or 352T (Calais leave and “leave in line” granted by virtue of being a dependent child of a person granted Calais leave) of the immigration rules, and (b) has been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands since the person was granted such leave to remain; “person granted humanitarian protection” means a person— (a) who, on the grounds of humanitarian protection, has been granted leave to remain under the immigration rules, (b) whose leave to remain is extant, or in respect of whose leave to remain an appeal is pending (within section 104 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002(d)), and (c) who has been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands throughout the period since the person was granted such leave to remain; (a) S.R. 2009 No. 373. (b) S.I. 1998/1760 (N.I. 14). (c) 2009 c. 22. (d) 2002 c. 41. Section 104 was amended by Schedule 4 to the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act 2004 (c. 19) and paragraph 47 of Schedule 9 to the Immigration Act 2014 (c. 22), and by S.I. 2010/21. 77“person granted indefinite leave to enter or remain as a bereaved partner” means a person— (a) granted indefinite leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom— (i) under paragraph BP 11.1 of Appendix Bereaved Partner of the immigration rules, (ii) where such leave was granted before the coming into force of Appendix Bereaved Partner under any of the following provisions of the immigration rules— (aa) paragraph 288, as a person in relation to whom the requirements in paragraph 287(b) of those rules were met (bereaved partners), (bb) paragraph 295N, as a person in relation to whom the requirements in paragraph 295M of those rules were met (bereaved partners), (cc) paragraph D-BPILR.1.1 of Appendix FM (bereaved partners), or (dd) paragraph 36 of Appendix Armed Forces (bereaved partner of a member of HM Forces), (iii) under paragraph AF (GHK) 14.1 of Appendix GHK of the immigration rules, as a bereaved partner, or (iv) where such leave was granted prior to 5th October 2023, outside the immigration rules, on the basis that the person was a bereaved partner of a Gurkha discharged before 1st July 1997, and (b) who has been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands since the person was granted such leave; “person granted indefinite leave to enter or remain as a victim of domestic violence or domestic abuse” means a person— (a) granted indefinite leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom under any of the following provisions of the immigration rules (provisions regarding victims of domestic violence or abuse)— (i) paragraph VDA 9.1 of Appendix Victim of Domestic Abuse, or (ii) where such leave was granted before the coming into force of Appendix Victim of Domestic Abuse, paragraph 289B (victims of domestic violence), paragraph D-DVILR.1.1. of Appendix FM (victims of domestic abuse) or paragraph 40 of Appendix Armed Forces (victims of domestic violence: partners of members of the armed forces), and (b) who has been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands since the person was granted such leave; “person granted leave under one of the Afghan Schemes” means a person granted leave under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme or a person granted leave under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy Scheme; “person granted leave under one of the Ukraine Schemes” means a person granted leave under the Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme, a person granted leave under the Ukraine Extension Scheme, a person granted leave under the Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme or a person granted leave under the Ukraine Family Scheme; “person granted leave under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme” means a person— (a) who has indefinite leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom, outside the immigration rules, on the basis of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme, and 78(b) who has been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands throughout the period since the person was granted such leave; “person granted leave under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy Scheme” means a person— (a) who has— (i) indefinite leave to enter the United Kingdom under paragraph 276BA2 of the immigration rules or indefinite leave to remain under paragraph 276BS2 of the immigration rules, having been relocated to the United Kingdom pursuant to paragraph 276BB1(iii)(a) of the immigration rules, (ii) indefinite leave to enter the United Kingdom under paragraph ARAP 6.1 of Appendix Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy of the immigration rules or indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom under paragraph ARAP 6.2 of that Appendix of those rules, (iii) leave to enter the United Kingdom on the basis of the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy Scheme, or (iv) indefinite leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom, outside those rules, on the basis of the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy Scheme, and (b) who has been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands throughout the period since the person was granted such leave; “person granted leave under the Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme” means a person— (a) who has leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom— (i) under paragraph UKR 19.1 of Appendix Ukraine Scheme of the immigration rules, or (ii) outside the immigration rules, where the person— (aa) was residing in Ukraine immediately before 1st January 2022, and (bb) left Ukraine in connection with the Russian invasion which took place on 24th February 2022, and (b) who has been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands throughout the period since the person was granted such leave; “person granted leave under the Ukraine Extension Scheme” means a person— (a) who has leave to remain in the United Kingdom under paragraph UKR 27.1 of Appendix Ukraine Scheme of the immigration rules, as it had effect on the day on which such leave was granted, and (b) who has been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands throughout the period since the person was granted such leave; “person granted leave under the Ukraine Family Scheme” means a person— (a) who has leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom— (i) under paragraph UKR 9.1 of Appendix Ukraine Scheme of the immigration rules, as it had effect on the day on which such leave was granted, or (ii) outside the immigration rules, where the person— (aa) was residing in Ukraine immediately before 1st January 2022, and (bb) left Ukraine in connection with the Russian invasion which took place on 24th February 2022, and 79(b) who has been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands throughout the period since the person was granted such leave; “person granted leave under the Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme” means a person— (a) who has leave to remain in the United Kingdom under paragraph UKR 36.1 of Appendix Ukraine Scheme of the immigration rules, and (b) who has been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands throughout the period since the person was granted such leave; “person granted section 67 leave” means a person who— (a) has extant leave to remain as a person granted leave under paragraph 352ZG of the immigration rules, having been relocated to the United Kingdom pursuant to arrangements made by the Secretary of State under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016(a), or a dependent child of such a person who has been granted “leave in line” under paragraph 352ZO of those rules, and (b) has been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands throughout the period since the person was granted such leave; “person granted stateless leave” means a person who— (a) has extant leave to remain as a stateless person under the immigration rules, and (b) has been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands throughout the period since the person was granted such leave; “person with protected rights” means— (a) a person within the personal scope of the citizens’ rights provisions who— (i) has leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom granted by virtue of residence scheme immigration rules, (ii) is an Irish citizen who, pursuant to section 3ZA of the Immigration Act 1971(b), does not require leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom, (iii) is an applicant for the purposes of regulation 4 of the 2020 Citizens’ Rights Regulations where the relevant period has not expired, or (iv) otherwise has rights deemed to apply by virtue of any citizens’ rights provisions; or (b) a family member of a relevant person of Northern Ireland for the purposes of residence scheme immigration rules, where that family member has leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom granted by virtue of residence scheme immigration rules; “postgraduate pre-registration course” means an education and training programme leading to a graduate master’s degree or a postgraduate diploma which is a condition of inclusion in the register (or, as the case may be, the relevant part or parts of the register) maintained by— (a) the Health and Care Professions Council, for allied health profession subjects other than dental profession subjects, or (b) the Nursing and Midwifery Council, for midwifery or nursing; “prescribed childcare charges” has the meaning given by regulation 76(11); (a) 2016 c. 19. (b) Section 3ZA was inserted by section 2(2) of the Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Act 2020 (c. 20). 80“prisoner” includes a person detained in a young offender institution; “private institution” means an institution which is not publicly funded; “protected category event” has the meaning given by regulation 5(4); “public funds” means money provided by Parliament or by a government authority outside of the United Kingdom; “publicly funded”, unless otherwise indicated, means maintained or assisted by recurrent grants out of public funds and related expressions are to be construed accordingly; “qualified teacher” has the meaning given by section 132(1) of the Education Act 2002(a) but does not include a person who— (a) is a qualified teacher by virtue of paragraph 13B of Schedule 2 to the Education (School Teachers’ Qualifications) (England) Regulations 2003(b), and (b) has not been assessed by an institution accredited under regulation 11 of those Regulations as meeting the specified standards (within the meaning of paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to those Regulations); “recognised initial further education teacher training course” means a course that is included in the list referred to in regulation 6(1); “refugee” means a person who is recognised by His Majesty’s Government as a refugee within the meaning of the United Nations Convention relating to the Status of Refugees done at Geneva on 28th July 1951 as extended by the Protocol thereto which entered into force on 4th October 1967; “register”, except where the context indicates otherwise, means the register established and maintained by the OfS under section 3 of the 2017 Act; “registered provider” means an English higher education provider which is registered in the register and “unregistered provider” is to be construed accordingly; “regulated institution” means an institution that has a fee and access plan in force approved by the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research under section 7 of the Higher Education (Wales) Act 2015(c) and “non-regulated institution” is to be construed accordingly; “relevant person of Northern Ireland” has the meaning given by residence scheme immigration rules; “repeat study”, in relation to a student, means a period of learning, which may relate to any activity within the course— (a) that the provider requires the student to undertake in order to progress within the course, (b) that serves the purpose of making up for elements of the course that the student has not completed or has not completed in a satisfactory way, and (c) that the provider considers to be suitable, given the standards and expectations of the course; (a) 2002 c. 32. (b) S.I. 2003/1662. Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2012/431, 2014/2697, 2020/476 and 2023/1286. (c) 2015 anaw 1. The Commission for Tertiary Education and Research was established by section 1 of the Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022 (2022 asc 1). 81“residence scheme immigration rules” has the meaning given by section 17(1) of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020(a); “Schedule 4 course” means a course referred to in Schedule 4; “Scottish designated course” means a Schedule 4 course which is substantially provided in Scotland and is determined as designated under regulation 13(4) of the Student Support (Scotland) Regulations 2022 for the purposes of regulation 11(2) of those Regulations; “Scottish healthcare allowance” means any allowance (including a young students’ bursary or an independent students’ bursary) under sections 73(f) and 74(1) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980(b) granted in respect of a person on a course leading to a qualification in a healthcare profession other than as a medical doctor or dentist; “service year” means a period of 12 months, beginning with 1st August and ending with the following 31st July; “settled status event” has the meaning given by regulation 5(5); “special period” has the meaning given by regulation 27(3); “special support loan” has the meaning given by regulation 36(3); “statutory award” means any award bestowed, grant paid or other support provided by virtue of the 1998 Act or the Education Act 1962(c), or any comparable award, grant or other support in respect of undertaking a course which is paid out of public funds; “supplementary grant” means a grant described in regulation 57; “support”, except where the context indicates otherwise, means financial support by way of grant or loan made by the Secretary of State pursuant to regulations made by the Secretary of State under section 22 of the 1998 Act as modified by section 28A of that Act; “Swiss citizens’ rights agreement” has the meaning given by section 39(1) of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020; “term week”, in relation to an eligible student undertaking a designated course, means a week of the course year during which the student is expected, on any day of that week, to be actively engaged in the course content through learning, self-guided study, or assessment; “unpaid service” means— (a) unpaid service in a hospital or in a public health service laboratory or with an integrated care board in the United Kingdom, (b) unpaid service with a local authority in the United Kingdom acting in the exercise of its functions relating to the care of children and young persons, health or welfare or with a voluntary organisation providing facilities or carrying out activities of a like nature in the United Kingdom, (a) 2020 c. 1. (b) 1980 c. 44. Section 73(f) was amended by section 29(1) of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 and section 3(2) of the Education (Graduate Endowment and Student Support) (Scotland) Act 2001 (2001 asp 6). Section 74(1) was amended by section 8(17) of the Self-Governing Schools etc. (Scotland) Act 1989 (c. 39). (c) 1962 c. 12. 82(c) unpaid service with a local authority (within the meaning of section 2B of the National Health Service Act 2006(a)) acting in the exercise of public health functions (within the meaning of that Act), (d) unpaid service in the prison or probation and aftercare service in the United Kingdom, (e) unpaid research in an institution in the United Kingdom or, in the case of a student attending an overseas institution as part of the student’s course, in an overseas institution, (f) unpaid service with— (i) a Special Health Authority established pursuant to section 28 of the National Health Service Act 2006(b), (ii) NHS England, (iii) the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, (iv) a Local Health Board established pursuant to section 11 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006(c) or a Special Health Authority established pursuant to section 22 of that Act(d), (v) a Health Board or a Special Health Board constituted under section 2 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978(e), (vi) the Department of Health in Northern Ireland; (vii) the Regional Agency for Public Health and Social Well-being established by section 12 of the Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009(f), or (viii) a Health and Social Care trust established under Article 10 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991(g), or (g) unpaid service with either House of Parliament; “week” means a period of 7 days beginning with a Monday; “Welsh designated course” means a Schedule 4 course which is substantially provided in Wales and is— (a) designated under regulation 5(8) of the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2017 for the purposes of regulation 4(1) of those Regulations and section 22 of the 1998 Act, (b) designated under regulation 83(6) of the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2017 for the purposes of regulation 81(1) of those Regulations and section 22 of the 1998 Act, or (c) specified to be treated as a designated course under regulation 8(1) of the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2018, for the purposes of those Regulations; “work experience” means— (a) 2006 c. 41. Section 2B was inserted by section 12 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012. (b) To which there is an amendment not relevant to these Regulations. (c) 2006 c. 42. (d) There are amendments to section 22 which are not relevant to these Regulations. (e) 1978 c. 29. There are amendments to section 2 which are not relevant to these Regulations. (f) 2009 c. 1 (N.I.). (g) S.I. 1991/194 (N.I. 1). Relevant amendments were made by paragraph 1(1)(a), (c) and (d) of Schedule 6 to the Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009, and by paragraph 141 of Schedule 1 to the Health and Social Care Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 3). 83(a) periods of industrial, professional or commercial experience associated with full-time study at an institution, but at a place outside that institution; (b) periods during which a student is employed and residing in a country whose language is one that the student is studying for that student’s course (provided that the period of residence in that country is a requirement of that student’s course and the study of one or more modern languages accounts for not less than half of the total time spent studying on the course). 2.—(1) In paragraph 4 and in regulation 23(13)(a)(i) and in Schedule 4, “course for the initial training of teachers” means any of the following courses, except if the course takes the form of an employment-based teacher training scheme— (a) a course of initial teacher training undertaken in England and leading to qualified teacher status in England; (b) a course of initial teacher training undertaken in Wales and accredited as initial teacher training by the Education Workforce Council; (c) a course of initial teacher training undertaken in Scotland and accredited as initial teacher training by the General Teaching Council for Scotland; (d) a course of initial teacher training undertaken in Northern Ireland and accredited as initial teacher training by the General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland; (e) a recognised initial further education teacher training course undertaken in England; (f) a course for the initial training of teachers in further education which is undertaken in Wales and leads to a qualification the standard of which is at least equivalent to a Diploma in Higher Education; (g) a course for the Teaching Qualification in Further Education which is undertaken in Scotland; (h) a course for the initial training of teachers in further education undertaken in Northern Ireland which leads to a qualification which is approved by the Department for the Economy as a qualification which entitles a person to work as a full-time associate or essential skills lecturer in a further education college in Northern Ireland. (2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), a course mentioned in sub-paragraph (a), (b), (c), (d), (f), (g) or (h) of that paragraph includes a course leading to a first degree. (3) For the purposes of paragraph 1— (a) citizens’ rights provisions are deemed to apply in certain circumstances by the following provisions regarding issuance of residence documents— (i) Article 18(2) and (3) of the EU withdrawal agreement, (ii) Article 17(2) and (3) of the EEA EFTA separation agreement (as defined in section 39(1) of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020), or (iii) Article 16(2) and (3) of the Swiss citizens’ rights agreement; (b) a person is within the personal scope of the citizens’ rights provisions if that person falls within any of the following provisions regarding personal scope— (i) Article 10 of the EU withdrawal agreement, (ii) Article 9 of the EEA EFTA separation agreement, or (iii) Article 10 of the Swiss citizens’ rights agreement; (c) “substantially provided” means— (i) in relation to Northern Ireland, at least half of the teaching and supervision which comprise the course is provided in Northern Ireland; 84(ii) in relation to Scotland, at least half of the teaching and supervision which comprise the course is provided in Scotland; (iii) in relation to Wales, at least half of the teaching and supervision which comprise the course is provided in Wales. PART 2 Definitions relating to foundation years 3.—(1) In these Regulations, a “foundation year” is a period of study of 120 credits (or 1,200 notional learning hours), whether in a single course year or otherwise— (a) that is integrated with an undergraduate course at the start of that course, and may be enrolled for at the same time as enrolling for that undergraduate course, (b) that is designed to equip students with the skills and knowledge that are needed for progressing to an undergraduate course, (c) that a student must complete successfully in order to progress to the first year of an undergraduate course, (d) that may result in the student being awarded a qualification that is separate from the qualification awarded as a result of completing the undergraduate course to which the student progresses, and (e) that may, where contractual arrangements are in place, be undertaken at an institution (which may or may not be a registered higher education provider) that is different from the provider to which the student applied and with which the student has enrolled for the undergraduate course. (2) In these Regulations, in relation to foundation years, “CAH3 code” means a Common Aggregated Hierarchy 3 code associated with a subject, as referred to in version 1.3.4 of the Higher Education Classification of Subjects coding system(a). (3) In a foundation year— (a) “lower fee foundation year study” is study for a foundation year where more than 50% of the CAH3 codes associated with the foundation year (for student loan purposes) are listed in the table in paragraph (4); (b) “higher fee foundation year study” is study for a foundation year where 50% or less of the CAH3 codes associated with the foundation year (for student loan purposes) are listed in the table in paragraph (4). (4) The table below lists certain subjects together with their respective CAH3 codes, for the purpose of determining the fee for a foundation year. CAH3 version 1.3.4 subject name CAH3 version 1.3.4 subject code rural estate management 06-01-04 social sciences (non-specific) 15-01-01 sociology 15-01-02 social policy 15-01-03 (a) Version 1.3.4 of the Higher Education Classification of Subjects coding system was published digitally on 28th October 2021. A full list of Common Aggregated Hierarchy 3 codes, and the subjects they are associated with, is available at h ttps://.hesa.ac.uk/collection/coding-manual-tools/hecoscahdata/cah. A printed copy can be obtained on request from the (cid:0) Department for Education, Sanctuary Buildings, Great Smith Street, London SW1P. 85CAH3 version 1.3.4 subject name CAH3 version 1.3.4 subject code anthropology (excluding forensic anthropology) 15-01-04 development studies 15-01-05 cultural studies 15-01-06 economics 15-02-01 politics 15-03-01 social work 15-04-01 childhood and youth studies 15-04-02 law 16-01-01 business and management (non-specific) 17-01-01 business studies 17-01-02 marketing 17-01-03 management studies 17-01-04 human resource management 17-01-05 finance 17-01-07 accounting 17-01-08 others in business and management 17-01-09 English studies (non-specific) 19-01-01 English language 19-01-02 literature in English 19-01-03 studies of specific authors 19-01-04 creative writing 19-01-05 others in English studies 19-01-06 linguistics 19-01-07 Celtic studies (non-specific) 19-02-01 Gaelic studies 19-02-02 Welsh studies 19-02-03 others in Celtic studies 19-02-04 American and Australasian studies 19-04-08 history 20-01-01 history of art, architecture and design 20-01-02 heritage studies 20-01-04 classics 20-01-05 philosophy 20-02-01 theology and religious studies 20-02-02 86CAH3 version 1.3.4 subject name CAH3 version 1.3.4 subject code education 22-01-01 teacher training 22-01-02 combined, general or negotiated studies 23-01-01 personal development 23-01-02 humanities (non-specific) 23-01-03 liberal arts (non-specific) 23-01-04 publicity studies 24-01-02 PART 3 Definitions relating to sandwich placements, study abroad and Turing mobility 4. In these Regulations, “sandwich placement”— (a) in relation to England, is one or more periods amounting to at least 13 weeks within a course year— (i) which the student spends away from the home institution on work experience placements, either in the United Kingdom, or abroad otherwise than as part of Turing mobility, (ii) which do not contribute towards a mandatory minimum amount of work placement that is required by a regulatory body, as at 1st August preceding the start of the course year, (iii) which are not from a course for the initial training of teachers, (iv) which alternate with periods of study at the home institution (which may be in different course years from the time spent away from the home institution), and (v) which are organised or facilitated by the home institution; (b) in relation to Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland— (i) is a course year during which the aggregate of any periods of full-time study at the institution is less than 10 weeks, or in respect of which the aggregate of any periods of attendance in relation to the course year and any previous course years of the course which were not full-time study at the home institution (disregarding any intervening vacations) exceeds 30 weeks, and (ii) is not from a course for the initial training of teachers or a Turing mobility. 5. In these Regulations, “study abroad”— (a) in relation to England, is one or more periods amounting to at least 13 weeks within a full-time course year— (i) which are spent studying abroad (meaning other than in the United Kingdom or the Islands) otherwise than as part of Turing mobility, (ii) which are undertaken in conjunction with a provider other than a provider in the United Kingdom or the Islands, (iii) which may comprise or include taught study, (iv) which do not include a work placement, and (v) which excludes study abroad— 87(aa) that occurs in a course year containing at least 10 weeks of study at the home institution, and (bb) that does not extend the overall duration of the course beyond its full-time equivalent, which must not exceed three years (except in the case of courses in medicine, dentistry and veterinary studies, which may be of any duration); (b) in relation to Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, is a course year of a full-time designated course provided in conjunction with an overseas institution that is not a Turing mobility— (i) in which the periods of taught study undertaken at the UK provider (meaning a provider located within the United Kingdom) during the course year were in aggregate less than 10 weeks, or (ii) in which the aggregate periods of attendance in relation to the course year undertaken and any previous course years undertaken as part of the course, which were not periods of taught study at the UK provider (disregarding any intervening vacations), exceeded 30 weeks. 6. In these Regulations (unless otherwise specified), “Turing mobility”— (a) in relation to a course provided by an institution in England, is one or more periods amounting to at least 13 weeks within a full-time course year— (i) which are spent either studying or on work experience outside the United Kingdom, as part of the scheme established by the Secretary of State and known as “the Turing Scheme” (being a government programme in the United Kingdom that provides funding for international opportunities in education and training across the world), and (ii) which exclude study abroad that occurs in a course year containing at least 10 weeks of study at the home institution, and that does not extend the overall duration of the course beyond its full-time equivalent, which must not exceed three years (except in the case of courses in medicine, dentistry and veterinary studies, which may be of any duration); (b) in relation to a course provided by an institution in Wales or Scotland, is a course year where— (i) at least one period of study or work placement during the course year is attended at an institution or workplace outside the United Kingdom as part of the Turing Scheme, or in relation to a course provided by an institution in Wales, as part of the scheme established by the Welsh Ministers known as the International Learning Exchange Programme, and (ii) either— (aa) the aggregate of any one or more periods of full-time study at the institution in the United Kingdom is less than 10 weeks, or (bb) the aggregate of any periods of attendance in relation to the course year and any previous course years of the course which were not periods of full-time study at the institution in the United Kingdom (disregarding any intervening vacations) exceeds 30 weeks; (c) in relation to a course provided by an institution in Northern Ireland, is a course year where all the periods of study or work placement during the course year are attended at an institution or workplace outside the United Kingdom as part of the Turing Scheme. 88SCHEDULE 2 Regulations 5(3), (5) and (8) and 7(2) Eligible students PART 1 Interpretation 1.—(1) For the purposes of this Schedule— “EEA frontier self-employed person” means an EEA national who— (a) is a self-employed person in England, and (b) resides in Switzerland or the territory of an EEA State and returns to the national’s residence in Switzerland or that EEA State, as the case may be, daily or at least once a week; “EEA frontier worker” means an EEA national who— (a) is a worker in England, and (b) resides in Switzerland or the territory of an EEA State and returns to the national’s residence in Switzerland or that EEA State, as the case may be, daily or at least once a week; “EEA migrant worker” means an EEA national who is a worker, other than an EEA frontier worker, in the United Kingdom; “EEA national” means a national of an EEA State; “EEA self-employed person” means an EEA national who is a self-employed person, other than an EEA frontier self-employed person, in the United Kingdom; “employed person” means an employed person within the meaning of Annex 1 to the Swiss Agreement; “EU overseas territory” means any of the following: Faroe Islands; French Polynesia; French Southern and Antarctic Territories; Mayotte; Greenland; the Caribbean part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, Sint Maarten); St Barthélemy; St Pierre et Miquelon; the Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies; and Wallis and Futuna; “European Economic Area” means the area comprised by the EEA States “evacuated or assisted British national from Afghanistan” means a person— (a) who is a British citizen, a British overseas territories citizen, a British National (Overseas), a British Overseas citizen, a British subject under the British Nationality Act 1981(a) or a British protected person within the meaning of that Act, (b) who was either— (i) evacuated from Afghanistan by or on behalf of the United Kingdom, a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation member state, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, (a) 1981 c. 61. 89Iran or Qatar during the period of the operation known as Operation Pitting, which began on 14th August 2021 and ended on 28th August 2021, or (ii) assisted by or on behalf of the United Kingdom, after 28th August 2021 and before 6th January 2022, to leave Afghanistan, and (c) who has been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands since they were evacuated from or otherwise left Afghanistan; “family member”, unless otherwise indicated, means— (a) in relation to an EEA frontier worker, an EEA migrant worker, an EEA frontier self-employed person, an EEA self-employed person, or a relevant person of Northern Ireland who is treated as an EEA migrant worker or an EEA self-employed person by virtue of paragraph 12(3)— (i) that person’s spouse or civil partner, (ii) direct descendants of the person or of the person’s spouse or civil partner who are— (aa) under the age of 21, or (bb) dependants of the person or the person’s spouse or civil partner, or (iii) dependent direct relatives in the ascending line of that person or that of the person’s spouse or civil partner; (b) in relation to a Swiss employed person, a Swiss frontier employed person, a Swiss frontier self-employed person or a Swiss self-employed person— (i) that person’s spouse or civil partner, or (ii) that person’s child or the child of that person’s spouse or civil partner; (c) in relation to an EU national who falls within Article 7(1)(b) of Directive 2004/38 or, for the purposes of paragraph 15, in relation to a relevant person of Northern Ireland who would fall within Article 7(1)(b) of Directive 2004/38 if that person were an EU national or solely an EU national— (i) that person’s spouse or civil partner; (ii) direct descendants of the person or of the person’s spouse or civil partner who are— (aa) under the age of 21, or (bb) dependants of the person or the person’s spouse or civil partner; or (cc) dependent direct relatives in the person’s ascending line or that of the person’s spouse or civil partner; (d) in relation to an EU national who falls within Article 7(1)(c) of Directive 2004/38 or, for the purposes of paragraph 15, in relation to a relevant person of Northern Ireland who would fall within Article 7(1)(c) of Directive 2004/38 if that person were an EU national or solely an EU national— (i) that person’s spouse or civil partner, or (ii) direct descendants of the person or of the person’s spouse or civil partner who are— (aa) under the age of 21, or (bb) dependants of the person or the person’s spouse or civil partner; 90(e) in relation to a United Kingdom national, for the purposes of paragraphs 16, 20 or, for the purposes of paragraph 19, in relation to a person settled in the United Kingdom— (i) the person’s spouse or civil partner; or (ii) direct descendants of the person or the person’s spouse or civil partner who are— (aa) under the age of 21, or (bb) dependants of the person or the person’s spouse or civil partner; “overseas territories” means Anguilla; Bermuda; British Antarctic Territory; British Indian Ocean Territory; British Virgin Islands; the Caribbean part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, Sint Maarten); Cayman Islands; Falkland Islands; Faroe Islands; French Polynesia; French Southern and Antarctic Territories; Gibraltar; Mayotte; Greenland; Montserrat; Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands; South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands; St Barthélemy; St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha; St Pierre et Miquelon; the Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies; Turks and Caicos Islands; and Wallis and Futuna; “parent” means a parent, guardian or any other person having parental responsibility for a child, and “child” is to be construed accordingly; “self-employed person” means— (a) in relation to an EEA national, a person who is self-employed within the meaning of Article 7 of Directive 2004/38 or the EEA Agreement, as the case may be, or (b) in relation to a Swiss national, a person who is a self-employed person within the meaning of Annex 1 to the Swiss Agreement; “settled” has the meaning given by section 33(2A) of the Immigration Act 1971; “specified British overseas territories” means Anguilla; Bermuda; British Antarctic Territory; British Indian Ocean Territory; British Virgin Islands; Cayman Islands; Falkland Islands; Gibraltar; Montserrat; Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands; South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands; St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha; and Turks and Caicos Islands; “Swiss Agreement” means the Agreement between the EU and its Member States, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other, on the Free Movement of Persons signed at Luxembourg on 21st June 1999 and which came into force on 1st June 2002; “Swiss employed person” means a Swiss national who is an employed person, other than a Swiss frontier employed person, in the United Kingdom; “Swiss frontier employed person” means a Swiss national who— (a) is an employed person in England, and (b) resides in Switzerland or in the territory of an EEA State and returns to the national’s residence in Switzerland or that EEA State, as the case may be, daily or at least once a week; “Swiss frontier self-employed person” means a Swiss national who— (a) is a self-employed person in England, and (b) resides in Switzerland or in the territory of an EEA State and returns to the national’s residence in Switzerland or that EEA State, as the case may be, daily or at least once a week; 91“Swiss self-employed person” means a Swiss national who is a self-employed person, other than a Swiss frontier self-employed person, in the United Kingdom; “Turkish worker” means a Turkish national who— (a) is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands, and (b) is, or has been, lawfully employed in the United Kingdom; “United Kingdom national” has the meaning given by Article 2(d) of the EU withdrawal agreement; “worker” means a worker within the meaning of Article 7 of Directive 2004/38 or the EEA Agreement as the case may be. (2) For the purposes of this Schedule, a reference to a “Member State” or “State” in Article 7 of Directive 2004/38 is to be read as including the United Kingdom. (3) For the purposes of this Schedule— (a) a person is not to be treated as ordinarily resident in a place unless that person lawfully resides in that place (but see also regulation 5(7) and (8)); (b) a person who is ordinarily resident in England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland or the Islands, as a result of having moved from another of those areas for the purpose of undertaking— (i) the current course, or (ii) a course which, disregarding any intervening vacations, the person undertook immediately before undertaking the current course, is to be considered to be ordinarily resident in the place from which the person moved; (c) a person (“A”) is to be treated as ordinarily resident in an area if A would have been so resident but for the fact that— (i) A, (ii) A’s spouse or civil partner, (iii) A’s parent, or (iv) in the case of a dependent direct relative in the ascending line, A’s child or child’s spouse or civil partner, is or was temporarily employed outside the area in question. (4) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (3)(c), temporary employment outside the area in question includes— (a) in the case of members of the regular naval, military or air forces of the Crown, any period which they serve outside the United Kingdom as members of such forces; (b) in the case of members of the regular armed forces of a specified British overseas territory, any period which they serve outside the territory comprising the United Kingdom and the specified British overseas territories as members of such forces; (c) in the case of members of the regular armed forces of the Republic of Ireland, any period which they serve outside the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the Islands and the Republic of Ireland as members of such forces; (d) in the case of members of the regular armed forces of an EEA State or Switzerland, any period which they serve outside the territory comprising the United Kingdom, Gibraltar, the European Economic Area and Switzerland as members of such forces; 92(e) in the case of members of the regular armed forces of Turkey, any period which they serve outside the territory comprising the United Kingdom, Gibraltar, the European Economic Area, Switzerland and Turkey as members of such forces; and (f) in the case of members of the regular armed forces of an EU overseas territory, any period which they serve outside the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the overseas territories. (5) For the purposes of this Schedule, an area other than the United Kingdom or Gibraltar which— (a) was previously not part of the EU or the European Economic Area, but (b) at any time before or after these Regulations come into force has become part of one or other or both of these areas, is to be considered to always have been a part of the European Economic Area. (6) For the purposes of this Schedule, an eligible prisoner is to be considered ordinarily resident in the part of the United Kingdom where the prisoner resided prior to sentencing. PART 2 Categories Persons who are settled in the United Kingdom 2.—(1) A person— (a) who— (i) is settled in the United Kingdom and does not fall within paragraph 4, (ii) is ordinarily resident in England on the first day of the first course year of the course, and (iii) has been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first course year of the course; and (b) subject to sub-paragraph (2), whose residence in the United Kingdom and Islands has not during any part of the period referred to in paragraph (a)(iii) been wholly or mainly for the purpose of receiving a full-time education. (2) Paragraph (b) of sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to a person who is treated as being ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands in accordance with paragraph 1(3)(c). 3.—(1) A person— (a) who is settled in the United Kingdom and does not fall within paragraph 4, (b) who is attending or undertaking a course in England, (c) who has been ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the Islands and the Republic of Ireland throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first course year and who has been ordinarily resident in the Republic of Ireland for at least part of that period, (d) subject to sub-paragraph (2), whose ordinary residence in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the Islands and the Republic of Ireland has not during any part of the period referred to in paragraph (c) been wholly or mainly for the purpose of receiving full-time education, and 93(e) who did not move to England from the Islands for the purpose of undertaking the current course, or a course which, disregarding any intervening vacations, the person undertook immediately before the current course. (2) Paragraph (d) of sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to a person who is treated as being ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the Islands and the Republic of Ireland in accordance with paragraph 1(3)(c). 4.—(1) A person who— (a) meets one of the following conditions— (i) the person is within the personal scope of the citizens’ rights provisions and is settled in the United Kingdom by virtue of the grant of indefinite leave to enter or remain under residence scheme immigration rules; (ii) the person— (aa) is within the personal scope of the citizens’ rights provisions, (bb) is an Irish citizen settled in the United Kingdom who, pursuant to section 3ZA of the Immigration Act 1971, does not require leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom, and (cc) would meet the eligibility requirements for indefinite leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom granted by virtue of residence scheme immigration rules if that person were to make an application for such leave; (iii) the person— (aa) is within the personal scope of the citizens’ rights provisions, (bb) is an applicant for the purposes of regulation 4 of the 2020 Citizens’ Rights Regulations or otherwise has rights deemed to apply by virtue of any of the citizens’ rights provisions, and (cc) has, or is treated as having, a right of permanent residence for the purposes of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2016(a), as those Regulations continue to have effect by virtue of the 2020 Citizens’ Rights Regulations in relation to that person during the relevant period or otherwise has a deemed right of permanent residence by virtue of any of the citizens’ rights provisions; (iv) the person is a family member of a relevant person of Northern Ireland for the purposes of residence scheme immigration rules, where that family member is settled in the United Kingdom by virtue of the grant of indefinite leave to enter or remain under residence scheme immigration rules, (b) is ordinarily resident in England on the first day of the first course year, (c) has been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first course year, and (d) in a case where the person’s ordinary residence referred to in paragraph (c) was wholly or mainly for the purpose of receiving full-time education, was ordinarily resident immediately before the period of ordinary residence referred to in paragraph (c) in the territory comprising— (i) the United Kingdom, Gibraltar, the European Economic Area and Switzerland, or (a) S.I. 2016/1052. 94(ii) the overseas territories. (2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(a)(ii)(cc), “eligibility requirements for indefinite leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom granted by virtue of residence scheme immigration rules” means the eligibility requirements for such leave in accordance with paragraph EU11 of Appendix EU to the immigration rules. Refugees and their family members 5.—(1) A person who— (a) is a refugee, (b) is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands and has not ceased to be so resident since the person was recognised as a refugee, and (c) is ordinarily resident in England on the course start date. (2) A person who— (a) is the spouse or civil partner of a refugee, (b) was the spouse or civil partner of the refugee on the date on which the refugee made the application for asylum, (c) is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands and has not ceased to be so resident since being given leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom, and (d) is ordinarily resident in England on the course start date. (3) A person who— (a) is the child of a refugee or the child of the spouse or civil partner of a refugee; (b) on the date on which the refugee made the application for asylum, was the child of the refugee or the child of a person who was the spouse or civil partner of the refugee on that date, (c) was under the age of 18 on the date on which the refugee made the application for asylum, (d) is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands and has not ceased to be so resident since being given leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom, and (e) is ordinarily resident in England on the course start date. Persons granted stateless leave and their family members 6.—(1) A person granted stateless leave, who is ordinarily resident in England on the course start date. (2) A person— (a) who— (i) is the spouse or civil partner of a person granted stateless leave, and (ii) on the leave application date, was the spouse or civil partner of a person granted stateless leave, (b) who is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands and has not ceased to be so resident since being given leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom, and (c) who is ordinarily resident in England on the course start date. (3) A person— (a) who— 95(i) is the child of a person granted stateless leave or the child of the spouse or civil partner of a person granted stateless leave, and (ii) on the leave application date, was the child of a person granted stateless leave or the child of a person who, on the leave application date, was the spouse or civil partner of a person granted stateless leave, (b) who was under the age of 18 on the leave application date, (c) who is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands and has not ceased to be so resident since being given leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom, and (d) who is ordinarily resident in England on the course start date. (4) In this paragraph, “leave application date” means the date on which a person granted stateless leave made an application to remain in the United Kingdom as a stateless person under the immigration rules. Persons granted section 67 leave 7. A person granted section 67 leave, who is ordinarily resident in England on the course start date. Persons granted indefinite leave to enter or remain as a victim of domestic violence or domestic abuse and their children 8.—(1) A person granted indefinite leave to enter or remain as a victim of domestic violence or domestic abuse, who is ordinarily resident in England on the course start date. (2) A person granted indefinite leave to enter or remain— (a) who— (i) is the child of a person granted indefinite leave to enter or remain as a victim of domestic violence or domestic abuse, and (ii) on the leave application date, was the child of the person granted indefinite leave to enter or remain as a victim of domestic violence or domestic abuse, (b) who was under the age of 18 on the leave application date, (c) who has been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands since the person was granted such leave, and (d) who is ordinarily resident in the England on the course start date. (3) In this paragraph, “leave application date” means the date on which a person granted indefinite leave to enter or remain as a victim of domestic violence or domestic abuse made an application to remain in the United Kingdom on those grounds under the immigration rules. Persons granted Calais leave 9. A person granted Calais leave, who is ordinarily resident in England on the course start date. Persons granted indefinite leave to enter or remain as a bereaved partner and their children 10.—(1) A person granted indefinite leave to enter or remain as a bereaved partner, who is ordinarily resident in England on the course start date. (2) A person granted indefinite leave to enter or remain— (a) who— 96(i) is the child of a person granted indefinite leave to enter or remain as a bereaved partner, and (ii) on the leave application date, was the child of the person granted indefinite leave to enter or remain as a bereaved partner, (b) who was under 18 years of age on the leave application date, (c) who has been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands since the person was granted such leave, and (d) who is ordinarily resident in England on the course start date. (3) In this paragraph, “leave application date” means the date on which a person granted indefinite leave to enter or remain as a bereaved partner made an application to enter or remain in the United Kingdom on those grounds— (a) under the immigration rules, or (b) in the case of a person referred to in paragraph (a)(iv) of the definition of “person granted indefinite leave to enter or remain as a bereaved partner” in paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 1, outside the immigration rules. Persons granted humanitarian protection and their family members 11.—(1) A person granted humanitarian protection, who is ordinarily resident in England on the course start date. (2) A person who— (a) is the spouse or civil partner of a person granted humanitarian protection, (b) was the spouse or civil partner of the person granted humanitarian protection on the date on which that person applied for asylum (“the asylum application date”), (c) is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands and has not ceased to be so resident since being given leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom, and (d) is ordinarily resident in England on the course start date. (3) A person who— (a) is the child of a person granted humanitarian protection or the child of the spouse or civil partner of a person granted humanitarian protection, (b) on the asylum application date, was the child of that person or the child of a person who was the spouse or civil partner of the person granted humanitarian protection on that date, (c) was under the age of 18 on the asylum application date, (d) is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands and has not ceased to be so resident since being given leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom, and (e) is ordinarily resident in England on the course start date. Workers, employed persons, self-employed persons and their family members 12.—(1) A person with protected rights, or a frontier worker within the meaning of regulation 3 of the Citizens’ Rights (Frontier Workers) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020(a), who— (a) is— (i) an EEA migrant worker or an EEA self-employed person, (a) S.I. 2020/1213. 97(ii) a Swiss employed person or a Swiss self-employed person, (iii) a family member of a person mentioned in sub-paragraph (i) or (ii), (iv) an EEA frontier worker or an EEA frontier self-employed person, (v) a Swiss frontier employed person or a Swiss frontier self-employed person, or (vi) a family member of a person mentioned in sub-paragraph (iv) or (v), (b) subject to sub-paragraph (2), is ordinarily resident in England on the first day of the first course year of the course, and (c) has been ordinarily resident throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first course year of the course either— (i) in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, Gibraltar, the European Economic Area and Switzerland, or (ii) in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the overseas territories, where at least part of that ordinary residence was in the overseas territories. (2) Paragraph (b) of sub-paragraph (1) does not apply where the person applying for support falls within paragraph (a)(iv), (v) or (vi) of sub-paragraph (1). (3) In this paragraph, a description of a person in sub-paragraph (1)(a)(i) is to be read as if it includes a relevant person of Northern Ireland who would, if that person were an EEA national or solely an EEA national, be an EEA migrant worker or an EEA self-employed person. 13.—(1) A person with protected rights who— (a) is ordinarily resident in England on the first day of the first course year of the course, (b) has been ordinarily resident throughout the three-year period preceding the first course year of the course either— (i) in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, Gibraltar, the European Economic Area and Switzerland, or (ii) in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the overseas territories where at least part of that ordinary residence was in the overseas territories, and (c) is entitled to support by virtue of Article 10 of Regulation (EU) No 492/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2011 on freedom of movement for workers within the Union (“the Workers Regulation”), as it had effect immediately before IP completion day, as extended by the EEA Agreement, as it had effect immediately before IP completion day. (2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(c), in Article 10 of the Workers Regulation— (a) the reference to a “national of a Member State” is to be read as including a relevant person of Northern Ireland, and (b) the reference to “another Member State” is to be read as including the United Kingdom, and the references to “that State” construed accordingly. Persons who are settled in the United Kingdom and have exercised a right of residence elsewhere 14.—(1) A person who— (a) is settled in the United Kingdom, 98(b) was ordinarily resident in England and settled in the United Kingdom immediately before leaving the United Kingdom and who has exercised a right of residence before IP completion day, (c) was ordinarily resident immediately before IP completion day— (i) in the territory comprising Gibraltar, the European Economic Area and Switzerland, or (ii) in the United Kingdom, where that ordinary residence began after 31st December 2017 immediately following a period of ordinary residence in the territory comprising Gibraltar, the European Economic Area and Switzerland, and has remained ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, Gibraltar, the European Economic Area and Switzerland throughout the period beginning on IP completion day and ending immediately before the first day of the first course year of the course, (d) is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom on the course start date, (e) has been ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, Gibraltar, the European Economic Area and Switzerland throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first course year of the course, and (f) in a case where the person’s ordinary residence referred to in paragraph (e) was wholly or mainly for the purposes of receiving full-time education, was ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, Gibraltar, the European Economic Area and Switzerland immediately before the period of ordinary residence referred to in paragraph (e). (2) For the purposes of this paragraph, a person has exercised a right of residence— (a) if the person is a United Kingdom national, is a family member of a United Kingdom national for the purposes of Article 7 of Directive 2004/38 (or corresponding purposes under the EEA Agreement or Swiss Agreement), or a person who had the right of permanent residence, who in each case has exercised a right under Article 7 of Directive 2004/38 or any equivalent right under the EEA Agreement or Swiss Agreement in a state other than the United Kingdom, or (b) in the case of a person who is settled in the United Kingdom and had the right of permanent residence, if the person has gone to the state within the territory comprising the European Economic Area and Switzerland of which the person is a national or of which the person in relation to whom the person is a family member is a national. (3) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2), a person had the right of permanent residence if they had a right which arose under Directive 2004/38 to reside permanently in the United Kingdom without restriction. EU nationals etc. 15.—(1) A person with protected rights— (a) who is— (i) an EU national on the first day of the first course year of the course, (ii) a family member of a person mentioned in sub-paragraph (i), or (iii) a family member of a relevant person of Northern Ireland, (b) who is attending or undertaking a course in England, 99(c) who has been ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the overseas territories throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first course year of the course, and (d) subject to sub-paragraph (2), whose ordinary residence in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the overseas territories has not during any part of the period referred to in paragraph (c) been wholly or mainly for the purpose of receiving full-time education. (2) Paragraph (d) of sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to a person who is treated as being ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the overseas territories in accordance with paragraph 1(3)(c). United Kingdom nationals 16.—(1) A person— (a) who is— (i) a United Kingdom national on the first day of the first course year of the course, or (ii) a family member of a person mentioned in sub-paragraph (i), (b) who was ordinarily resident immediately before IP completion day— (i) in the territory comprising the European Economic Area and Switzerland, or (ii) in the United Kingdom, where that ordinary residence began after 31st December 2017 immediately following a period of ordinary residence in the territory comprising the European Economic Area and Switzerland, and has remained ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, Gibraltar, the European Economic Area and Switzerland throughout the period beginning on IP completion day and ending immediately before the first day of the first course year of the course, (c) who is attending or undertaking a course in England, (d) who has been ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, Gibraltar, the European Economic Area and Switzerland throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first course year of the course, and (e) subject to sub-paragraph (2), whose ordinary residence in the territory comprising the Untied Kingdom, Gibraltar, the European Economic Area and Switzerland has not during any part of the period referred to in paragraph (d) been wholly or mainly for the purpose of receiving full-time education. (2) Paragraph (e) of sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to a person who is treated as being ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, Gibraltar, the European Economic Area and Switzerland in accordance with paragraph 1(3)(c). (3) Where a person (“A”) falls within sub-paragraph (1)(a)(ii), the person in relation to whom A is a family member must also meet the requirements of sub-paragraph (1)(b) and (d). 17.—(1) A person— (a) who is an Irish citizen on the first day of the first course year of the course, (b) who was ordinarily resident before IP completion day— (i) in the territory comprising the European Economic Area and Switzerland, or 100(ii) in the United Kingdom, where that ordinary residence began after 31st December 2017 immediately following a period of ordinary residence in the territory comprising the European Economic Area and Switzerland, and has remained ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, Gibraltar, the European Economic Area and Switzerland throughout the period beginning on IP completion day and ending immediately before the first day of the first course year of the course, (c) who is attending or undertaking a course in England, (d) who has been ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, Gibraltar, the European Economic Area and Switzerland throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first course year of the course, and (e) subject to sub-paragraph (2), whose ordinary residence in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, Gibraltar, the European Economic Area and Switzerland has not during any part of the period referred to in paragraph (d) been wholly or mainly for the purpose of receiving full-time education. (2) Paragraph (e) of sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to a person who is treated as being ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, Gibraltar, the European Economic Area and Switzerland in accordance with paragraph 1(3)(c). 18.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (3) and (4), a person— (a) who is— (i) settled in the United Kingdom, or (ii) a British citizen who— (aa) was born in the British Indian Ocean Territory or, prior to 8th November 1965, in those islands designated as the British Indian Ocean Territory on that date, or (bb) is a direct descendant of a person who was born in the British Indian Ocean Territory or, prior to 8th November 1965, in those islands designated as the British Indian Ocean Territory on that date, (b) who is attending or undertaking a course in England, (c) who has been ordinarily resident in the specified British overseas territories for at least part of the three-year period preceding the first day of the first course year of the course, (d) who has been ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the Islands and the specified British overseas territories throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first course year of the course, (e) who did not move to England from the Islands for the purpose of undertaking the current course or a course which, disregarding any intervening vacations, the person undertook immediately before undertaking the current course, and (f) subject to sub-paragraph (2), whose ordinary residence in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the Islands and the specified British overseas territories has not during any part of the period referred to in paragraph (d) been wholly or mainly for the purpose of receiving full-time education. (2) Paragraph (f) of sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to a person who is treated as being ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the Islands and the specified British overseas territories in accordance with paragraph 1(3)(c). (3) For the purposes of paragraphs (c) and (d) of sub-paragraph (1), a person mentioned in paragraph (a)(ii) of sub-paragraph (1) is treated as being ordinarily resident in the specified British 101overseas territories in any period before the first day of the first course year of the course in which they are not ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom or the Islands. (4) Paragraphs (e) and (f) of sub-paragraph (1) do not apply to a person mentioned in paragraph (a)(ii) of that sub-paragraph. 19.—(1) A person— (a) who is a family member of a person who is settled in the United Kingdom on the first day of the first course year of the course, (b) who is attending or undertaking a course in England, (c) who has been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first course year of the course, (d) subject to sub-paragraph (2), whose ordinary residence in the United Kingdom and Islands has not during any part of the period referred to in paragraph (c) been wholly or mainly for the purpose of receiving full-time education, and (e) who did not move to England from the Islands for the purpose of undertaking the current course or a course which, disregarding any intervening vacations, the person undertook immediately before undertaking the current course. (2) Paragraph (d) of sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to a person who is treated as being ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands in accordance with paragraph 1(3)(c). Persons resident in Gibraltar 20.—(1) A person— (a) who is— (i) a United Kingdom national who has resident status in Gibraltar granted by the Government of Gibraltar, or (ii) a family member of a United Kingdom national where that family member has resident status in Gibraltar granted by the Government of Gibraltar, (b) who is attending or undertaking a course in England, (c) who has been ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, Gibraltar, the European Economic Area and Switzerland throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first course year of the course, and (d) subject to sub-paragraph (3), whose ordinary residence in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, Gibraltar, the European Economic Area and Switzerland has not during any part of the period referred to in paragraph (c) been wholly or mainly for the purpose of receiving full-time education. (2) A person— (a) who is— (i) an EU national who has a right of residence in Gibraltar arising under the EU withdrawal agreement, or (ii) a family member of an EU national, where that family member has a right of residence in Gibraltar arising under the EU withdrawal agreement, (b) who is attending or undertaking a course in England, (c) who has been ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the overseas territories throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first course year of the course, and 102(d) subject to sub-paragraph (3), whose ordinary residence in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the overseas territories has not during any part of the period referred to in paragraph (c) been wholly or mainly for the purpose of receiving full-time education. (3) Paragraph (d) of sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) does not apply to a person treated as being ordinarily resident in the territory referred to in paragraph (c) of those sub-paragraphs in accordance with paragraph 1(3)(c). EU nationals ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands 21. A person with protected rights who— (a) is an EU national on the first day of the first course year of the course, (b) is ordinarily resident in England on the first day of the first course year of the course, (c) has been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands throughout the three-year period immediately preceding the first day of the first course year of the course, and (d) in a case where the person’s ordinary residence referred to in paragraph (c) was wholly or mainly for the purpose of receiving full-time education, was ordinarily resident immediately before the period of ordinary residence referred to in paragraph (c) in the territory comprising— (i) the United Kingdom, Gibraltar, the European Economic Area and Switzerland, or (ii) the overseas territories. Children of Swiss nationals 22. A person with protected rights who— (a) is the child of a Swiss national who is entitled to support in the United Kingdom by virtue of Article 18(2) of the Swiss citizens’ rights agreement, (b) is ordinarily resident in England on the first day of the first course year of the course, (c) has been ordinarily resident throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first course year of the course either— (i) in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, Gibraltar, the European Economic Area and Switzerland, or (ii) in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the overseas territories where at least part of that ordinary residence was in the overseas territories, and (d) in a case where the person’s ordinary residence referred to in paragraph (c) was wholly or mainly for the purpose of receiving full-time education, was ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, Gibraltar, the European Economic Area and Switzerland immediately prior to the period of ordinary residence referred to in paragraph (c). Children of Turkish workers 23.—(1) A person who— (a) is the child of a Turkish worker (“T”), where T was ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom immediately before IP completion day, (b) immediately before IP completion day— (i) was the child of T, and 103(ii) was ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom, (c) is ordinarily resident in England on the first day of the first course year of the course, and (d) has been ordinarily resident throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first course year of the course either— (i) in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, Gibraltar, the European Economic Area, Switzerland and Turkey, or (ii) is the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the European Economic Area, Switzerland, Turkey and the overseas territories where at least part of that ordinary residence was in the overseas territories. Long residence 24.—(1) A person— (a) who on the first day of the first course year of the course either— (i) is under the age of 18 and has lived in the United Kingdom throughout the seven-year period preceding the first day of the first course year of the course, or (ii) is aged 18 or above and, preceding the first day of the first course year of the course, has lived in the United Kingdom throughout either— (aa) half their life, or (bb) a period of at least twenty years, whichever is shorter; (b) who is ordinarily resident in England on the first day of the first course year of the course, (c) who has been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first course year of the course, and (d) subject to paragraph (2), whose residence in the United Kingdom and Islands has not during any part of the period referred to in paragraph (c) been wholly or mainly for the purpose of receiving full-time education. (2) Paragraph (d) of sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to a person who is treated as being ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands in accordance with paragraph 1(3)(c). Persons granted leave under one of the Afghan Schemes and their family members 25.—(1) A person granted leave under one of the Afghan Schemes, who is ordinarily resident in England on the course start date. (2) A person who— (a) is the spouse or civil partner of a person granted leave under one of the Afghan Schemes, (b) on the leave application date, was the spouse or civil partner of that person, (c) is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands and has not ceased to be so resident since being given leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom, and (d) is ordinarily resident in England on the course start date. (3) A person who— (a) is— (i) the child of a person granted leave under one of the Afghan Schemes, or 104(ii) the child of the spouse or civil partner of a person granted leave under one of the Afghan Schemes, (b) on the leave application date, was— (i) the child of the person granted leave under one of the Afghan Schemes, or (ii) the child of a person who was the spouse or civil partner of the person granted leave under one of the Afghan Schemes on that date, (c) was under the age of 18 on the leave application date, (d) is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands and has not ceased to be so resident since being given leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom, and (e) is ordinarily resident in England on the course start date. (4) In this paragraph “leave application date” means the date on which the person granted leave under one of the Afghan Schemes made an application for leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom. Evacuated or assisted British nationals from Afghanistan 26. An evacuated or assisted British national from Afghanistan who is ordinarily resident in England on the course start date. Persons granted leave under one of the Ukraine Schemes and their family members 27.—(1) A person granted leave under one of the Ukraine Schemes, who is ordinarily resident in England on the course start date. (2) A person who— (a) is the spouse or civil partner of a person granted leave under one of the Ukraine Schemes, (b) on the leave application date, was the spouse or civil partner of that person, (c) is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands and has not ceased to be so resident since being given leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom, and (d) is ordinarily resident in England on the course start date. (3) A person who— (a) is— (i) the child of a person granted leave under one of the Ukraine Schemes, or (ii) the child of the spouse or civil partner of a person granted leave under one of the Ukraine Schemes, (b) on the leave application date, was— (i) the child of the person granted leave under one of the Ukraine Schemes, or (ii) the child of a person who was the spouse or civil partner of the person granted leave under one of the Ukraine Schemes on that date, (c) was under the age of 18 on the leave application date, (d) is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands and has not ceased to be so resident since being given leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom, and (e) is ordinarily resident in England on the course start date. (4) In this paragraph “leave application date” means the date on which the person granted leave under one of the Ukraine Schemes made an application for leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom. 105SCHEDULE 3 Regulation 7(5) Termination of eligibility due to change of circumstance Refugees 1. Where— (a) the Secretary of State has determined that, by virtue of being a refugee or the spouse, civil partner, child or step-child of a refugee, a person (“A”) was an eligible student in connection with— (i) an application for support for an earlier year of the current course, or (ii) an application for support in connection with a designated course from which A’s status as an eligible student has been transferred to the current course, and (b) as at the day before the course year in respect of which A is applying for support begins, the refugee status of A or of A’s spouse, civil partner, parent or step-parent (as the case may be) has expired and— (i) no further leave to remain has been granted and paragraphs SUI 13.1 and 13.2 of Part Suitability of the immigration rules do not apply in respect of an application for such leave, (ii) no appeal is pending (within the meaning of section 104 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002), and (iii) the person (A or A’s spouse, civil partner, parent or step-parent) whose refugee status has expired has not become a British or Irish citizen, A’s status as an eligible student terminates immediately before the first day of the course year in respect of which A is applying for support. Persons granted stateless leave 2. Where— (a) the Secretary of State has determined that, by virtue of being a person granted stateless leave or the spouse, civil partner, child or step-child of a person granted stateless leave, a person (“A”) was an eligible student in connection with— (i) an application for support for an earlier year of the current course, or (ii) an application for support in connection with a designated course from which A’s status as an eligible student has been transferred to the current course, and (b) as at the day before the course year in respect of which A is applying for support begins, the period for which the person granted stateless leave is allowed to stay in the United Kingdom has expired and— (i) no further leave to remain has been granted and paragraphs SUI 13.1 and 13.2 of Part Suitability of the immigration rules do not apply in respect of an application for such leave, and (ii) that person has not become a British or Irish citizen, A’s status as an eligible student terminates immediately before the first day of the course year in respect of which A is applying for support. 106Persons granted section 67 leave 3. Where— (a) the Secretary of State has determined that, by virtue of being a person granted section 67 leave, a person (“A”) was an eligible student in connection with— (i) an application for support for an earlier year of the current course, or (ii) an application for support in connection with a designated course from which A’s status as an eligible student has been transferred to the current course, and (b) as at the day before the course year in respect of which A is applying for support begins, the period for which A is allowed to stay in the United Kingdom has expired and— (i) no further leave to remain has been granted and paragraphs SUI 13.1 and 13.2 of Part Suitability of the immigration rules do not apply in respect of an application for such leave, and (ii) A has not become a British or Irish citizen, A’s status as an eligible student terminates immediately before the first day of the course year in respect of which A is applying for support. Persons granted Calais leave 4. Where— (a) the Secretary of State has determined that, by virtue of being a person granted Calais leave, a person (“A”) was an eligible student in connection with— (i) an application for support for an earlier year of the current course, or (ii) an application for support in connection with a designated course from which A’s status as an eligible student has been transferred to the current course, and (b) as at the day before the course year in respect of which A is applying for support begins, the period for which A is allowed to stay in the United Kingdom has expired and— (i) no further leave to remain has been granted and paragraphs SUI 13.1 and 13.2 of Part Suitability of the immigration rules do not apply in respect of an application for such leave, and (ii) A has not become a British or Irish citizen, A’s status as an eligible student terminates immediately before the first day of the course year in respect of which A is applying for support. Persons granted humanitarian protection 5. Where— (a) the Secretary of State has determined that, by virtue of being a person granted humanitarian protection or the spouse, civil partner, child or step-child of such a person, a person (“A”) was an eligible student in connection with— (i) an application for support for an earlier year of the current course, or (ii) an application for support in connection with a designated course from which A’s status as an eligible student has been transferred to the current course, and (b) as at the day before the course year in respect of which A is applying for support begins, the period for which the person granted humanitarian protection is allowed to stay in the United Kingdom has expired and— 107(i) no further leave to remain has been granted and paragraphs SUI 13.1 and 13.2 of Part Suitability of the immigration rules do not apply in respect of an application for such leave, (ii) no appeal is pending (within the meaning of section 104 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002), and (iii) the person (A or A’s spouse, civil partner, parent or step-parent) whose period for which they are allowed to stay in the United Kingdom has expired has not become a British or Irish citizen, A’s status as an eligible student terminates immediately before the first day of the course year in respect of which A is applying for support. Persons with limited rights by virtue of residence scheme immigration rules 6. Where— (a) the Secretary of State has determined that, by virtue of being a person with protected rights with limited leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom granted by virtue of residence scheme immigration rules, a person (“A”) was an eligible student in connection with— (i) an application for support for an earlier year of the current course, or (ii) an application for support in connection with a designated course from which A’s status as an eligible student has been transferred to the current course, and (b) as at the day before the course year in respect of which A is applying for support begins, A no longer has extant limited leave to enter or remain granted by virtue of residence scheme immigration rules and no further leave to enter or remain has been granted under those rules and A has not become a British or Irish citizen, A’s status as an eligible student terminates immediately before the first day of the course year in respect of which A is applying for support. Other persons with limited protected rights 7. Where— (a) the Secretary of State has determined that, by virtue of— (i) falling within paragraph (a)(iii) or (iv) of the definition of “person with protected rights”, or (ii) meeting the conditions in paragraph 4(1)(a)(iii) in Part 2 of Schedule 2, a person (“A”) is an eligible student in connection with an application for support for a course year of a designated course, and (b) as at the day before the course year begins, A is not a person with protected rights and A has not become a British or Irish citizen, A’s status as an eligible student terminates immediately before the first day of the course year in respect of which A is applying for support. Persons with rights under one of the Afghan Schemes 8. A’s status as an eligible student terminates immediately before the first day of the course year in respect of which A is applying for support where— 108(a) the Secretary of State has determined that, by virtue of being a person granted leave under one of the Afghan Schemes, or the spouse, civil partner, child or step-child of such a person, a person (“A”) was an eligible student in connection with— (i) an application for support for an earlier year in the current course, or (ii) an application for support in connection with a designated course from which A’s status as an eligible student has been transferred to the current course, and (b) as at the day before the course year in respect of which A is applying for support begins, the period for which the person granted leave under one of the Afghan Schemes is allowed to stay in the United Kingdom has expired and that person has not become a British or Irish citizen. Persons with rights under one of the Ukraine Schemes 9. Where— (a) the Secretary of State has determined that, by virtue of being a person granted leave under one of the Ukraine Schemes, or the spouse, civil partner, child or step-child of such a person, a person (“A”) was an eligible student in connection with— (i) an application for support for an earlier year of the current course, or (ii) an application for support in connection with a designated course from which A’s status as an eligible student has been transferred to the current course, and (b) as at the day before the course year in respect of which A is applying for support begins, the period for which the person granted leave under one of the Ukraine Schemes is allowed to stay in the United Kingdom has expired and— (i) no further leave to enter or remain has been granted and paragraphs SUI 13.1 and 13.2 of Part Suitability of the immigration rules do not apply in respect of an application for such leave, and (ii) that person has not become a British or Irish citizen, A’s status as an eligible student terminates immediately before the first day of the course year in respect of which A is applying for support. Long residence 10. Where— (a) the Secretary of State has determined that, by virtue of being a person satisfying the criteria in paragraph 24 of Schedule 2 (eligible students: long residence), a person (“A”) was an eligible student in connection with— (i) an application for support for an earlier year of the current course, or (ii) an application for support in connection with a designated course from which A’s status as an eligible student has been transferred to the current course, and (b) as at the day before the course year in respect of which A is applying for support begins, the period for which A was granted leave to stay in the United Kingdom has expired and— (i) no further leave to enter or remain has been granted, and paragraphs SUI 13.1 and 13.2 of Part Suitability of the immigration rules do not apply in respect of an application for such leave, (ii) no appeal is pending (within the meaning of section 104 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002), and 109(iii) A has not become a British or Irish citizen, A’s status as an eligible student terminates immediately before the first day of the course year in respect of which A is applying for support. SCHEDULE 4 Regulations 10(2) and 11(2) Schedule 4 courses 1. A first degree course. 2. A course for the Diploma of Higher Education. 3. A course for the Higher National Diploma or Higher National Certificate of— (a) the Business & Technician Education Council, or (b) Qualifications Scotland. 4. A course for the Certificate of Higher Education. 5. A course for the initial training of teachers. 6. A course in preparation for a professional examination of a standard higher than that of— (a) examination at the advanced level for the General Certificate of Education or the examination at higher level for the Scottish Certificate of Education, or (b) the examination for the National Certificate or the National Diploma of either of the bodies mentioned in paragraph 3, not being a course for entry to which a first degree (or equivalent qualification) is normally required. 7. A course— (a) providing education (whether or not in preparation for an examination) the standard of which is higher than that of courses providing education in preparation for any of the examinations mentioned in paragraph 6(a) or (b) but not higher than that of a first degree course, and (b) for entry to which a first degree (or equivalent qualification) is not normally required. 8. A postgraduate pre-registration course. 9. A graduate entry accelerated programme. 10. A graduate entry veterinary course. 11. A course for an approved HTQ. SCHEDULE 5 Regulation 18(1) Information 1. Every applicant or eligible student must, as soon as reasonably practicable after being requested to do so, provide the Secretary of State with such information as the Secretary of State considers the Secretary of State requires for the purposes of these Regulations. 2. An applicant or eligible student must without delay inform the Secretary of State and provide the Secretary of State with particulars if any of the following occurs— 110(a) they withdraw from or abandon their course; (b) they are expelled from their course; (c) they transfer to another course (whether at the same institution or not); (d) they are absent from their course for more than 60 days due to illness; (e) they are suspended from their course (whether at their request or not); (f) the date of the start or completion of their course changes; (g) their home or term-time address or telephone number changes. 3.—(1) An academic authority must without delay inform the Secretary of State and provide the Secretary of State with particulars if an applicant or eligible student— (a) withdraws from or abandons their course; (b) is expelled from their course; (c) is absent from their course for more than 60 days due to illness; (d) is suspended from their course (whether at the applicant’s or student’s request or not). (2) An academic authority is not required to provide under sub-paragraph (1) any information which it has already provided to the Secretary of State under Chapter 4 (declarations provided by academic authorities) of Part 3 (applying for support, provision of information, and loan contracts). 4. Information provided to the Secretary of State pursuant to these Regulations must be in the format that the Secretary of State requires and, if the Secretary of State requires the information to be signed by the person providing it, an electronic signature in such form as the Secretary of State may specify satisfies such a requirement. 5. For the purposes of the exercise of the Secretary of State’s functions under the 1998 Act and regulations made under it, the Secretary of State may require an eligible student to provide from time to time such information as the Secretary of State considers necessary as to the income of any person whose means are relevant to the assessment of the student’s entitlement to a loan for living costs under Part 5 or a supplementary grant under Part 6. SCHEDULE 6 Regulation 35(2) Fee loan per-course amounts for various higher education courses Course type Fee loan per-course amount Architecture course: 600 A first degree course leading to a postgraduate qualification accredited by the Architects Registration Board. Bachelor Degree: 300 A first degree course leading to the qualification “bachelor’s degree”, meaning an ordinary (non-honours) degree. This is a separate course type to the Bachelor’s degree with Honours, and not a classification of an Honours degree. Bachelor Degree with Honours (including an undergraduate Master 480 of Arts offered by an institution located in Scotland), where either: a) the course contains at least 4,800 notional learning hours and has a full-time equivalent duration of at least 4 full-time years, excluding qualifying periods of foundation year, repeat study, 111Course type Fee loan per-course amount sandwich placement, study abroad, Turing mobility or intercalated year; or b) the course has no full-time equivalent, but the course has a minimum of 480 credits attached to it, excluding credits assigned to qualifying periods of foundation year, repeat study, sandwich placement, study abroad, Turing mobility or intercalated year - with each credit equalling 10 notional learning hours, in compliance with expectations and guidelines set out by the relevant regulatory body (meaning the regulatory body that sets expectations regarding the use of credits in higher education). Bachelor Degree with Honours (including an undergraduate Master 420 of Arts offered by an institution located in Scotland), where the course does not meet the criteria to have per-course amounts of 480, and either: a) the course contains at least 4,200 notional learning hours and has a full-time equivalent duration of 3 full-time years plus an additional period of learning comprising less than 15 weeks of taught study containing at least 600 notional learning hours, excluding qualifying periods of foundation year, repeat study, sandwich placement, study abroad, Turing mobility or intercalated year; or b) the course has no full-time equivalent, but a minimum of 420 credits are attached to the course, excluding credits assigned to qualifying periods of foundation year, repeat study, sandwich placement, study abroad, Turing mobility or intercalated year - with each credit equalling 10 notional learning hours, in compliance with expectations and guidelines set out by the relevant regulatory body. Bachelor Degree with Honours (including an undergraduate Master 360 of Arts offered by an institution located in Scotland), where the course does not meet the criteria to have per-course amounts of 480, 420 or 390. Bachelor’s Degree with Honours (including an undergraduate 390 Master of Arts offered by an institution located in Scotland), where the course does not meet the criteria to have per-course amounts of 480 or 420, and either: a) the course contains at least 3,900 notional learning hours and has a standard full-time equivalent duration of 3 full-time years plus an additional period of learning comprising less than 15 weeks of taught study containing at least 300 notional learning hours, excluding qualifying periods of foundation year, repeat study, sandwich placement, study abroad, Turing mobility or intercalated year; or b) the course has no full-time equivalent, but a minimum of 390 credits are attached to the course, excluding credits assigned to qualifying periods of foundation year, repeat study, sandwich placement, study abroad, Turing mobility or intercalated year – with each credit equalling 10 notional learning hours, in compliance with expectations and guidelines set out by the relevant regulatory body. Bachelor’s Degree or an undergraduate Master of Arts offered by 360 an institution located in Scotland: A first-degree course leading to the qualification “bachelor’s degree”, meaning an ordinary (non-honours) degree. This is a 112Course type Fee loan per-course amount separate course type to the bachelor’s degree with Honours, and not a classification of an Honours degree Bachelor’s degree with Honours or an undergraduate Master of 600 Arts offered by an institution located in Scotland, where the course does not meet the criteria to have per-course amounts of 480, and either: a) the course contains at least 6,000 notional learning hours and has a standard full-time equivalent duration of five full-time years, excluding qualifying periods of foundation year, repeat study, sandwich placement, study abroad, Turing mobility or intercalated year; or b) the course has no full-time equivalent, but a minimum of 600 credits are attached to the course, excluding credits assigned to qualifying periods of foundation year, repeat study, sandwich placement, study abroad, Turing mobility or intercalated year – with each credit equalling 10 notional learning hours, in compliance with expectation and guidelines set out by the relevant regulatory body. Integrated Master’s Degree offered by an institution located in 600 Scotland, where the course does not meet the criteria to have per-course amounts of 480, and either: a) the course contains at least 6,000 credits of notional learning hours and has a standard full-time equivalent duration of five full-time years, excluding qualifying periods of foundation year, repeat study, sandwich placement, study abroad, Turing mobility or intercalated year; or b) the course has no full-time equivalent, but a minimum of 600 credits are attached to the course, excluding credits assigned to qualifying periods of foundation year, repeat study, sandwich placement, study abroad, Turing mobility or intercalated year – with each credit equalling 10 notional learning hours, in compliance with expectation and guidelines set out by the relevant regulatory body. Integrated Master’s Degree offered by an institution located in 720 Scotland, where the course does not meet the criteria to have per-course amounts of 600 or 480, and either: a) the course contains at least 7,200 credits of notional learning hours and has a standard full-time equivalent duration of six full-time years, excluding qualifying periods of foundation year, repeat study, sandwich placement, study abroad, Turing mobility or intercalated year; or b) the course has no full-time equivalent, but a minimum of 720 credits are attached to the course, excluding credits assigned to qualifying periods of foundation year, repeat study, sandwich placement, study abroad, Turing mobility or intercalated year – with each credit equalling 10 notional learning hours, in compliance with expectation and guidelines set out by the relevant regulatory body. Certificate of Higher Education: 120 A course leading to the qualification “Certificate of Higher Education”. Diploma of Higher Education: 240 A course leading to the qualification “Diploma of Higher Education”. 113Course type Fee loan per-course amount First degree in Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Veterinary Medicine, 720 Veterinary Surgery, or Veterinary Science, with a duration of 6 years full-time equivalent or more. First degree in Medicine, Surgery, Dentistry, Veterinary Medicine, 600 Veterinary Surgery, or Veterinary Science, with a duration of less than 6 years full-time equivalent Foundation Degree: 240 A course leading to the qualification “Foundation Degree”. Graduate Certificate: 120 A course leading to the qualification “Graduate Certificate”. Graduate Diploma: 120 A course leading to the qualification “Graduate Diploma”. Graduate Entry Medical, Dentistry and Veterinary Courses: 480 A graduate entry course leading to a medicine, dentistry or veterinary degree. Higher National Certificate (not regulated by Ofqual): 120 A course leading to the qualification “Higher National Certificate”. Higher National Diploma (not regulated by Ofqual): 240 A course leading to the qualification “Higher National Diploma”. Initial Teacher Education [ITE] programme (one year): 120 A course leading to a level 4-7 qualification in teaching, and is not on the Ofqual register (meaning the register that lists qualifications regulated by Ofqual), and either contains at least 120 credits, or more than 1,200 notional learning hours (including time spent on integrated placements). Integrated Masters Degree: 480 A first degree course leading to the qualification “Masters Degree”. Postgraduate Course in Architecture: 240 A postgraduate course accredited bv the Architects Registration Board. Postgraduate Healthcare (2 years full-time equivalent): 240 Where the course does not meet the criteria to have per-course amounts of 360 or 300. Postgraduate Healthcare (2 years full-time, plus additional short 300 year): Where the course does not meet the criteria to have a per-course amount of 360 credits, but either: a) the course has a standard full-time equivalent duration of 2 full-time years, excluding qualifying periods of foundation year, repeat study, sandwich placement, study abroad, Turing mobility or intercalated year, plus an additional period of learning comprising less than 15 weeks of study containing at least 600 notional learning hours, or b) the course has no full-time equivalent, but a minimum of 300 credits are attached to the course - with each credit equalling 10 notional learning hours, in compliance with expectations and guidelines set out by the relevant regulatory body. Postgraduate Healthcare (3 years full-time equivalent), where either: 360 114Course type Fee loan per-course amount a) the course has a standard full-time equivalent duration of at least 3 full-time years, excluding qualifying periods of foundation year, repeat study, sandwich placement, study abroad, Turing mobility or intercalated year; or b) the course has no full-time equivalent, but a minimum of 360 credits are attached to the course - with each credit equalling 10 notional learning hours, in compliance with expectations and guidelines set out by the relevant regulatory body. SCHEDULE 7 Regulations 37(2) and 71(1) Assessment of household income Definitions 1.—(1) In this Schedule— (a) “financial year” means the period of twelve months in respect of which the income of a person whose residual income is calculated under the provisions of this Schedule is computed for the purposes of the income tax legislation which applies to it; (b) “household income” has the meaning given in paragraph 3; (c) “independent eligible student” has the meaning given in paragraph 2; (d) “parent” means a natural or adoptive parent and “child”, “mother” and “father” are to be construed accordingly; (e) “parent student” means an eligible student who is the parent of an eligible student; (f) “partner”, in relation to an eligible student, means any of the following— (i) the spouse or civil partner of the eligible student; (ii) in the case of an eligible student who falls within paragraph 2(1)(a), a person ordinarily living with the eligible student as if the person were the student’s spouse or civil partner; (g) “partner”, in relation to the parent of an eligible student, means any of the following— (i) the spouse or civil partner of the parent of the eligible student; (ii) a person ordinarily living with the parent of the eligible student as if the person were the parent’s spouse or civil partner, but does not include another parent of the eligible student; (h) “period of multiple study”, in relation to an eligible student studying two or more courses in the same service year, means the period that— (i) begins with the start of the course year in which course A begins, and (ii) ends with the end of the course year in which course B ends, where “course A” is whichever of the courses begins first and “course B” is whichever of the courses ends last; (i) “preceding financial year” means the financial year that ends before the 31st July preceding the relevant year; (j) “prior financial year” means the financial year immediately before the preceding financial year; 115(k) “relevant year” means the course year of the course in respect of which the household income falls to be assessed; (l) “residual income” means— (i) taxable income after the application of— (aa) paragraph 4 (in the case of an eligible student), (bb) paragraph 5 (in the case of an eligible student’s parent), (cc) paragraph 6 (in the case of an eligible student’s partner), or (dd) paragraph 7 (in the case of the partner of an eligible student’s parent), and (ii) income referred to in sub-paragraph (2) received net of income tax; (m) “taxable income” means, in relation to paragraph 4 in respect of the course year for which an application for support has been made under regulation 16, in relation to paragraph 5 in respect (subject to sub-paragraphs (2) to (5) of paragraph 5) of the prior financial year, and in relation to paragraph 7 in respect (subject to sub-paragraphs (2) to (5) of paragraph 7) of the prior financial year— (i) the total income on which a person (“A”) is charged to income tax as determined at Step 1 of the calculation in section 23 of the Income Tax Act 2007(a), together with any payments and other benefits mentioned in section 401(1) of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (ignoring section 401(2)(b) of that Act), received or treated as received by A, to the extent that they are not a component of the total income on which A is charged to income tax; (ii) A’s total income from all sources as determined for the purposes of the income tax legislation of a member State which applies to A’s income, or (iii) where the legislation of the United Kingdom and one or more member States, or of more than one member State, applies to the period, A’s total income from all sources as determined for the purposes of the income tax legislation under which the Secretary of State considers that A’s total income for that period is greatest (except as otherwise provided in paragraph 5), except that no account is taken of income referred to in sub-paragraph (2) that is paid to another party. (2) The income referred to in this sub-paragraph is any benefits under a pension arrangement pursuant to an order made under section 23 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 which includes provision made by virtue of sections 25B(4) and 25E(3) of that Act(c), or pension benefits under Part 1 of Schedule 5 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 which includes provision made by virtue of Parts 6 and 7 of that Schedule. (3) For the purposes of the definition of “relevant year”, where an eligible student is studying two or more courses in the same service year the household income falls to be assessed in respect of the course year of whichever of those courses has the earliest course start date. (a) 2007 c. 3. Section 23 was amended by paragraph 19 of Schedule 17 to the Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 3 to the Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), paragraph 10(2) and 13(3)(f) of Schedule 2 to the Finance (No. 2) Act 2023 (c. 30) and paragraph 6(o)(i) of Schedule 1 to the Finance Act 2009 (c. 10). (b) 2003 c. 1. Section 401 was amended by S.I. 2014/211 and 2005/3229. (c) 1973 c. 18. Section 23 was amended by section 16 of the Administration of Justice Act 1982 (c. 53) and paragraph 20 of the Schedule to the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 (c. 11). Section 25B(4) was inserted by section 166(1) of the Pensions Act 1995 (c. 26) and amended by paragraph 1(5) of Schedule 4 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999. Section 25E(3) was inserted by paragraph 3 of Schedule 12 to the Pensions Act 2004 (c. 35). 116Independent eligible student 2.—(1) An “independent eligible student” is an eligible student who falls into one or more of the following categories on the first day of the relevant year— (a) they are aged 25 or over; (b) they were married or in a civil partnership before the beginning of the relevant year, whether or not the marriage or civil partnership is still subsisting; (c) they have no parent living; (d) the Secretary of State is satisfied that neither of the student’s parents can be found or that it is not reasonably practicable to get in touch with either of them; (e) they have not communicated with either of their parents for the period of one year before the beginning of the relevant year or, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, the student can demonstrate on other grounds that the student is irreconcilably estranged from their parents; (f) they have been looked after by a local authority (within the meaning of section 22 of the Children Act 1989(a) or, as the case may be, section 74 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014) throughout any three-month period ending on or after the date on which the student reached the age of 16 and before the first day of the first course year of the course, provided that the student has not in fact at any time during that three-month period been under the charge or control of the student’s parents; (g) their parents are residing outside the United Kingdom, Gibraltar and the EU and the Secretary of State is satisfied that the assessment of the household income by reference to their residual income would place those parents in jeopardy; (h) paragraph 5(11) applies, and the parent whom the Secretary of State considered the more appropriate for the purposes of that paragraph has died, irrespective of whether the parent in question had a partner; (i) they have the care of a person under the age of 18; (j) they have supported themselves out of their earnings for any period or periods ending before the first course year of the course, which periods together aggregate not less than three years. (2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(j)— (a) a student is treated as supporting themselves out of their earnings during any period in which they— (i) were participating in arrangements for training for the unemployed under any scheme operated, sponsored or funded by any state authority or agency, whether national, regional or local (“a relevant authority”), (ii) were in receipt of benefit payable by any relevant authority in respect of a person who is available for employment but who is unemployed, (iii) were available for employment and had complied with any requirement of registration imposed by a relevant authority as a condition of entitlement for participation in arrangements for training or receipt of benefit, (iv) held a state studentship bestowed under regulation 4 of the State Awards Regulations 1978(b) or a comparable award, or (a) Section 22 was amended by paragraph 19 of Schedule 5 to the Local Government Act 2000 (c. 22), section 2(2) of the Children (Leaving Care) Act 2000, section 116(2) of the Adoption and Children Act 2002, section 52 of the Children Act 2004, section 99 of the Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), by paragraph 6(b) of Schedule 3 to the Children and Young Persons Act 2008 and by S.I. 2016/413. (b) S.I. 1978/1096, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations. 117(v) received any pension, allowance or other benefit paid by any person by reason of a disability to which the student is subject, or by reason of confinement, injury or sickness; (b) where the eligible student is studying two or more courses concurrently, the reference to the course is a reference to whichever of those courses has the earliest course start date. (3) An eligible student who qualifies as an independent eligible student under sub-paragraph (1)(i) in respect of a course year of a designated course retains that status for the duration of the period of eligibility. Household income 3.—(1) The amount of reduction applicable to an eligible student is assessed on the basis of the household income. (2) The household income is— (a) in the case of an eligible student who is not an independent eligible student, the aggregate of— (i) the residual income of the eligible student, (ii) the residual income of the eligible student’s parents, subject to paragraph 5(11), and (iii) the residual income of the partner of the eligible student’s parent, where the Secretary of State considered that parent the more appropriate under paragraph 5(11), (b) in the case of an independent eligible student who has a partner, the aggregate of— (i) the residual income of the eligible student, and (ii) the residual income of the eligible student’s partner, subject to sub-paragraph (4), or (c) in the case of an independent eligible student who does not have a partner, the residual income of the eligible student. (3) In determining household income under sub-paragraph (2), the sum of £1,130 is deducted— (a) for each child who is wholly or mainly financially dependent on the eligible student or the eligible student’s partner, or (b) for each child, other than the eligible student, who is wholly or mainly financially dependent on the eligible student’s parent or the eligible student’s parent’s partner whose residual income is being taken into account. (4) In determining household income under sub-paragraph (2)(b) in respect of a parent student, the residual income of the parent student’s partner must not be aggregated where— (a) the parent student’s child, or parent student’s partner’s child, holds a statutory award, and (b) the household income in respect of that award is calculated with reference to the residual income of the parent student or of the parent student’s partner or of both. Calculation of eligible student’s residual income 4.—(1) For the purpose of determining the residual income of an eligible student, there is deducted from the student’s taxable income the aggregate of any amounts falling within any of the following sub-paragraphs— 118(a) any remuneration for work done during any course year of the eligible student’s course, provided that such remuneration does not include any sums paid in respect of any period for which the student has leave of absence or is relieved of the student’s normal duties for the purpose of attending that course; (b) the gross amount of any premium or other sum paid by the eligible student in relation to a pension (not being a pension payable under a policy of life insurance) in respect of which relief is given under section 188 of the Finance Act 2004(a), or where the eligible student’s income is computed for the purposes of the income tax legislation of a member State, the gross amount of any such premium or sum in respect of which relief would be given if that legislation made provision equivalent to the Income Tax Acts, provided that an amount is not to be deducted if it has already been deducted in determining the student’s taxable income. (2) Where the eligible student receives income in a currency other than sterling, the value of that income for the purpose of this paragraph is— (a) if the student purchases sterling with the income, the amount of sterling which the student receives as a result; (b) otherwise the value of the sterling which the income would purchase using the average rate published by His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs for the calendar year which ends before the start of the relevant year. (3) Where the eligible student is studying two or more courses in the same service year, the reference in paragraph (1)(a) to the eligible student’s course is a reference to whichever of those courses has the earliest course start date. Calculation of parent’s residual income 5.—(1) For the purposes of determining the residual income of an eligible student’s parent (“A”) there is deducted from A’s taxable income the aggregate of any amounts falling within any of the following sub-paragraphs (unless already deducted in determining taxable income)— (a) the gross amount of any premium or sum relating to a pension (not being a premium payable under a policy of life assurance) in respect of which relief is given under section 188 of the Finance Act 2004 or, where the income is computed for the purposes of the income tax legislation of a member State, the gross amount of any such premium in respect of which relief would be given if that legislation made provision equivalent to the Income Tax Acts; (b) in any case where income is computed for the purposes of the Income Tax Acts by virtue of sub-paragraph (7), any sums equivalent to the deduction mentioned in paragraph (a) of this sub-paragraph, provided that any sums so deducted do not exceed the deductions which would be made if the whole of A’s income were in fact income for the purposes of the Income Tax Acts; (c) where A is a parent student or A holds a statutory award, £1,130. (2) The Secretary of State may, for the purpose of enabling the eligible student to attend the course without hardship, ascertain A’s residual income for the financial year beginning immediately before the relevant year (“the current financial year”) if the Secretary of State is satisfied that— (a) where the eligible student’s household income is determined by reference to the residual income of A alone, the residual income of A for the current financial year is likely to (a) 2004 c. 12. Section 188 was amended by paragraph 2 of Schedule 18 and Schedule 27 to the Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), section 52 of the Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), and paragraph 13 of Schedule 7 to the Finance Act 2014. 119be not more than 85% of the sterling value of A’s residual income for the prior financial year, (b) where the eligible student’s household income is determined by reference to the residual income of both parents, the aggregate of the residual incomes of A and the other parent for the current financial year is likely to be not more than 85% of the sterling value of the aggregate of the residual incomes of A and the other parent for the prior financial year, or (c) where the eligible student’s household income is determined by reference to the residual income of A and A’s partner, the aggregate of the residual incomes of A and A’s partner for the current financial year is likely to be not more than 85% of the sterling value of the aggregate of— (i) the residual income of A for the prior financial year applicable to A, and (ii) the residual income of A’s partner for the prior financial year applicable to A’s partner. (3) In the event that sub-paragraph (2) or this sub-paragraph was applied in the previous course year of the current course, the Secretary of State may, for the purpose of enabling the eligible student to attend the course without hardship, ascertain A’s residual income for the current financial year if the Secretary of State is satisfied that— (a) where the eligible student’s household income is determined by reference to the residual income of A alone, the residual income of A for the current financial year is likely to be not more than 85% of the sterling value of A’s residual income for the preceding financial year, (b) where the eligible student’s household income is determined by reference to the residual income of both parents, the aggregate of the residual incomes of A and the other parent for the current financial year is likely to be not more than 85% of the sterling value of the aggregate of the residual incomes of A and the other parent for the preceding financial year, or (c) where the eligible student’s household income is determined by reference to the residual income of A and A’s partner, the aggregate of the residual incomes of A and A’s partner for the current financial year is likely to be not more than 85% of the sterling value of the aggregate of the residual incomes of A and A’s partner for the preceding financial year. (4) In a course year immediately following one in which the Secretary of State has ascertained A’s residual income for the current financial year under sub-paragraph (2) or (3) (as applicable), the Secretary of State must ascertain A’s residual income for the preceding financial year. (5) In a course year immediately following one in which the Secretary of State has ascertained A’s residual income for the preceding financial year under sub-paragraph (4), the Secretary of State must ascertain A’s residual income for the prior financial year. (6) Where A satisfies the Secretary of State that A’s income is wholly or mainly derived from the profits of a business or profession carried on by A, then any reference in this Schedule to a prior financial year means the earliest period of twelve months which ends after the start of the financial year immediately before the preceding financial year and in respect of which accounts are kept relating to that business or profession. (7) Where A is in receipt of any income which does not form part of A’s income for the purposes of the Income Tax Acts or the income tax legislation of a member State by reason only that— 120(a) A is not resident or domiciled in the United Kingdom, or where A’s income is computed for the purposes of the income tax legislation of a member State, not resident or domiciled in that member State, (b) the income does not arise in the United Kingdom, or where A’s income is computed for the purposes of the income tax legislation of a member State, does not arise in that member State, or (c) the income arises from an office, service or employment, income from which is exempt from tax in pursuance of any legislation, A’s taxable income for the purposes of this Schedule is computed as though the income under this sub-paragraph were part of A’s income for the purposes of the Income Tax Acts or the income tax legislation of a member State, as the case may be. (8) Where A’s income is computed for the purposes of the income tax legislation of a member State, it is computed under the provisions of this Schedule in the currency of that member State and A’s income for the purposes of this Schedule is the sterling value of that income determined in accordance with the average rate published by His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs for the calendar year which ends before the end of the prior financial year. (9) Where one of the eligible student’s parents dies before or during the relevant year and that parent’s income has been or would be taken into account for the purpose of determining the household income, the household income is— (a) where the parent dies before the relevant year, determined by reference to the income of the surviving parent, (b) where the parent dies during the relevant year, the aggregate of— (i) the appropriate proportion of the household income determined by reference to the income of both parents, being the proportion in respect of that part of the relevant year during which both parents were alive, and (ii) the appropriate proportion of the household income determined by reference to the income of the surviving parent, being the proportion in respect of that part of the relevant year after the death of the other parent. (10) Where— (a) the eligible student is studying two or more courses in the same service year, (b) one of the eligible student’s parents dies— (i) after the relevant year, but (ii) during the course year for which household income was assessed in respect of a relevant year determined in accordance with paragraph 1(3), and (c) that parent’s income has been or would be taken into account for the purpose of determining the household income, the household income is determined in accordance with paragraph (9)(b), but as if for “the relevant year” there were substituted “the period of multiple study”. (11) Where the Secretary of State determines that the eligible student’s parents are separated for the duration of the relevant year, the household income is determined by reference to the income of whichever parent the Secretary of State considers the more appropriate under the circumstances. (12) Where the Secretary of State determines that the eligible student’s parents have separated during the relevant year, the household income is determined by reference to the aggregate of— 121(a) the appropriate proportion of the household income determined in accordance with sub-paragraph (11), being the proportion in respect of that part of the relevant year during which the parents are separated, and (b) the appropriate proportion of the household income determined otherwise in respect of the remainder of the relevant year. (13) Where— (a) the eligible student is studying two or more courses in the same service year, and (b) the Secretary of State determines that the eligible student’s parents separated— (i) after the relevant year, but (ii) during the course year for which household income was assessed in respect of a relevant year determined in accordance with paragraph 1(3), the household income is determined in accordance with paragraph (12), but as if for “the relevant year” there were substituted “the period of multiple study”. (14) Where the eligible student is studying two or more courses in the same service year— (a) the reference in sub-paragraph (3) to the current course is a reference to whichever of those courses has the earliest course start date; (b) the references in sub-paragraphs (4) and (5) to a course year are to a course year of whichever of those courses has the earliest course start date. Calculation of eligible student’s partner’s residual income 6.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) to (6), an eligible student’s partner’s residual income is determined in accordance with paragraph 5, other than sub-paragraphs (2)(b) and (c), (3)(b) and (c), and (9) to (13), as if references to the parent in paragraph 5 were references to the eligible student’s partner. (2) Where the Secretary of State determines that the eligible student and the eligible student’s partner are separated for the duration of the relevant year, the eligible student’s partner’s residual income is not taken into account in determining the household income. (3) Where the Secretary of State determines that the eligible student and the eligible student’s partner have separated during the relevant year, the eligible student’s partner’s residual income is determined by reference to the eligible student’s partner’s residual income under sub-paragraph (1) divided by fifty-two and multiplied by the number of complete weeks in the relevant year for which the Secretary of State determines that the eligible student and the eligible student’s partner are not separated. (4) Where— (a) the eligible student is studying two or more courses in the same service year, and (b) the Secretary of State determines that the eligible student and the eligible student’s partner separated— (i) after the relevant year, but (ii) during the course year for which household income was assessed in respect of a relevant year determined in accordance with paragraph 1(3), the eligible student’s partner’s residual income is determined in accordance with paragraph (3), but as if for “the relevant year” there were substituted “the period of multiple study”. (5) Where the eligible student’s partner dies during the relevant year and the eligible student’s partner’s income has been or would be taken into account for determining the household income, the household income is the aggregate of— 122(a) the appropriate proportion of the household income determined by reference to the income of the eligible student and the eligible student’s partner, being the proportion in respect of that part of the relevant year during which the eligible student’s partner was alive, and (b) the appropriate proportion of the household income determined by reference to the income of the eligible student, being the proportion in respect of that part of the relevant year after the death of the eligible student’s partner. (6) Where— (a) the eligible student is studying two or more courses in the same service year, (b) the eligible student’s partner dies— (i) after the relevant year, but (ii) during the course year for which household income was assessed in respect of a relevant year determined in accordance with paragraph 1(3), and (c) the eligible student’s partner’s income has been or would be taken into account for the purpose of determining the household income, the household income is determined in accordance with paragraph (5), but as if for “the relevant year” there were substituted “the period of multiple study”. Calculation of parent’s partner’s residual income 7.—(1) For the purposes of determining the residual income of an eligible student’s parent’s partner (“P”), there is deducted from P’s taxable income the aggregate of any amounts falling within any of the following paragraphs (unless already deducted in determining taxable income)— (a) the gross amount of any premium or sum relating to a pension (not being a premium payable under a policy of life assurance) in respect of which relief is given under section 188 of the Finance Act 2004, or where the income is computed for the purposes of the income tax legislation of a member State, the gross amount of any such premium in respect of which relief would be given if that legislation made provision equivalent to the Income Tax Acts; (b) in any case where income is computed for the purposes of the Income Tax Acts by virtue of sub-paragraph (7), any sums equivalent to the deduction mentioned in paragraph (a) of this sub-paragraph, provided that any sums deducted do not exceed the deductions which would be made if the whole of P’s income were in fact income for the purposes of the Income Tax Acts; (c) where P is a parent student or P holds a statutory award, £1,130. (2) The Secretary of State may, for the purpose of enabling the eligible student to attend the course without hardship, ascertain P’s residual income for the financial year beginning immediately before the relevant year (“the current financial year”) if the Secretary of State is satisfied that the aggregate of the residual incomes of P and the eligible student’s parent for the current financial year is likely to be not more than 85% of the sterling value of the aggregate of— (a) the residual income of P for the prior financial year applicable to P, and (b) the residual income of the eligible student’s parent for the prior financial year applicable to the parent. (3) In the event that sub-paragraph (2) or this paragraph was applied in the previous course year of the current course, the Secretary of State may, for the purpose of enabling the eligible student to attend the course without hardship, ascertain P’s residual income for the current financial year if the Secretary of State is satisfied that the aggregate of the residual incomes of P and the eligible student’s parent for the current financial year is likely to be not more than 85% of the 123sterling value of the aggregate of the residual incomes of P and the eligible student’s parent for the preceding financial year. (4) In a course year immediately following one in which the Secretary of State has ascertained P’s residual income for the current financial year under sub-paragraph (2) or, where applicable, under sub-paragraph (3), the Secretary of State must ascertain P’s residual income for the preceding financial year. (5) In a course year immediately following one in which the Secretary of State has ascertained P’s residual income for the preceding financial year under sub-paragraph (4), the Secretary of State must ascertain P’s residual income for the prior financial year. (6) Where P satisfies the Secretary of State that P’s income is wholly or mainly derived from the profits of a business or profession carried on by P, then any reference in this Schedule to a prior financial year in relation to P means the earliest period of twelve months which ends after the start of the financial year immediately preceding the preceding financial year and in respect of which accounts are kept relating to that business or profession. (7) Where P is in receipt of any income which does not form part of P’s income for the purposes of the Income Tax Acts or the income tax legislation of a member State by reason only that— (a) P is not resident or domiciled in the United Kingdom, or where P’s income is computed for the purposes of the income tax legislation of a member State, not resident or domiciled in that member State, (b) the income does not arise in the United Kingdom, or where P’s income is computed for the purposes of the income tax legislation of a member State, does not arise in that member State, or (c) the income arises from an office, service or employment, income for which is exempt from tax in pursuance of any legislation, P’s taxable income for the purposes of this Schedule is computed as though the income under this sub-paragraph were part of P’s income for the purposes of the Income Tax Acts or the income tax legislation of a member State, as the case may be. (8) Where P’s income is computed for the purposes of the income tax legislation of a member State, it is computed under the provisions of this Schedule in the currency of that member State and P’s income for the purposes of this Schedule is the sterling value of that income determined in accordance with the average rate published by His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs for the calendar year which ends before the end of the prior financial year. (9) Where the Secretary of State determines that P and the eligible student’s parent are separated for the duration of the relevant year, P’s residual income is not taken into account in determining the household income. (10) Where the Secretary of State determines that P and the eligible student’s parent have separated during the relevant year, P’s residual income is determined by reference to P’s residual income under sub-paragraph (1) divided by 52 and multiplied by the number of complete weeks in the relevant year for which the Secretary of State determines that P and the eligible student’s parent are not separated. (11) Where— (a) the eligible student is studying two or more courses in the same service year, and (b) the Secretary of State determines that P and the eligible student’s parent separated— (i) after the relevant year, but (ii) during the course year for which household income was assessed in respect of a relevant year determined in accordance with paragraph 1(3), 124P’s residual income is determined in accordance with paragraph (10), but as if for “the relevant year” there were substituted “the period of multiple study”. (12) Where P dies during the relevant year and P’s income has been or would be taken into account for the purposes of determining the household income, the household income is the aggregate of— (a) the appropriate proportion of the household income determined by reference to the income of the student’s parent and P, being the proportion in respect of that part of the relevant year during which P was alive, and (b) the appropriate proportion of the household income determined by reference to the income of the student’s parent, being the proportion in respect of that part of the relevant year after the death of P. (13) Where— (a) the eligible student is studying two or more courses in the same service year, (b) P dies— (i) after the relevant year, but (ii) during the course year for which household income was assessed in respect of a relevant year determined in accordance with paragraph 1(3), and (c) P’s income has been or would be taken into account for the purpose of determining the household income, the household income is determined in accordance with paragraph (12), but as if for “the relevant year” there were substituted “the period of multiple study”. (14) Where the eligible student is studying two or more courses concurrently— (a) the reference in sub-paragraph (3) to the current course is a reference to whichever of those courses has the earliest course start date; (b) the references in sub-paragraphs (4) and (5) to a course year are to a course year of whichever of those courses has the earliest course start date. SCHEDULE 8 Regulation 91 Amendment of the 2007 Fees and Awards Regulations Amendment of regulation 2 of the 2007 Fees and Awards Regulations 1.—(1) In regulation 2 (interpretation), paragraph (1) is amended as follows. (2) After the definition of “the 2005 Act” insert— ““the 2026 Student Support Regulations” means the Lifelong Learning (Student Support) (Amendment of Fees and Awards etc.) Regulations 2026;”. (3) For the definition of “the course start date”(a) substitute— ““course start date” means— (a) for non-LLE courses, the day on which the first term of the first academic year of a course begins; (b) for LLE courses, the date within the first course year on which a course begins;”. (a) The definition was inserted by S.I. 2023/74. 125(4) After the definition of “course start date” insert— ““course year” means— (a) the period of 12 months beginning with the first day of the month in which the course begins, and (b) each subsequent period of 12 months (if any) in which part of the course is undertaken;”. (5) After the definition of “the Islands” insert— ““LLE” (which is short for “Lifelong Learning Entitlement”) refers to the availability of student support under the 2026 Student Support Regulations; “LLE course” means a course designated under the 2026 Student Support Regulations, and in relation to a higher education course as defined in regulation 4(2) of those Regulations, “course” includes a module as defined in regulation 4(3) of those Regulations;”. (6) After the definition of “maintenance award” insert— ““non-LLE course” means a course that is not an LLE course;”. (7) After the definition of “post-compulsory education award” insert— ““relevant year” means— (a) in relation to LLE courses, a course year; (b) in relation to non-LLE courses, an academic year;”. Amendment of regulation 4 of the 2007 Fees and Awards Regulations 2.—(1) Regulation 4 (fee charging)(a) is amended as follows. (2) In paragraph (1A)(a), for “academic” substitute “relevant”. (3) In paragraph (2)(a), in each place the word occurs, for “academic” substitute “relevant”. (4) In paragraph (2ZA)(a), for “an academic year” substitute “a relevant year”. (5) In paragraph (2A)— (a) for “an academic year” substitute “a relevant year”, and (b) for “academic” substitute “relevant”. (6) In paragraph (4), at the end, insert “, whether before or after section 10 was amended by the Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Act 2023(b)”. Amendment of regulation 6 of the 2007 Fees and Awards Regulations 3. In regulation 6 (awards by research councils, UKRI and others), in paragraphs (1A)(a) and (1B)(c), for “an academic year” substitute “a relevant year”. Amendment of regulation 8 of the 2007 Fees and Awards Regulations 4. In regulation 8 (payments by the OfS), in paragraph (3)(d), for “an academic year” substitute “a relevant year”. (a) Regulation 4 was amended by S.I. 2019/1027, 2021/127, 2023/74, 2024/85 and 2026/130. There are other amendments which are not relevant to this provision. (b) 2023 c. 40. (c) Paragraphs (1A) and (1B) were inserted by S.I. 2021/127. (d) Paragraph (3) was inserted by S.I. 2021/127. 126Amendment of regulation 9 of the 2007 Fees and Awards Regulations 5. In regulation 9 (payments by the Secretary of State), in paragraph (3)(a), for “an academic year” substitute “a relevant year”. Amendment of Schedule 1 to the 2007 Fees and Awards Regulations 6.—(1) Schedule 1(b) is amended as follows. (2) In paragraph 2(1)(a), in both places the word occurs, for “academic” substitute “relevant”. (3) In paragraph (2A)(1)(c), for “academic” substitute “relevant”. (4) In paragraph 3(1)— (a) in paragraph (a), for “an academic year” substitute “a relevant year”; (b) in paragraphs (b) and (c), for “academic” substitute “relevant”. (5) In paragraph 6(1)(b) and (c), for “academic” substitute “relevant”. (6) In paragraph 6A(1)(b) and (c), for “academic” substitute “relevant”. (7) In paragraph 7(1)(a) and (b), for “academic” substitute “relevant”. (8) In paragraph 7A(1)(a) and (b), for “academic” substitute “relevant”. (9) In paragraph 8(1)(d), for “academic” substitute “relevant”. (10) In paragraph 8A(1)(c) and (e) for “academic” substitute “relevant”. (11) In paragraph 9— (a) in sub-paragraph (1)(a)(i), for “an academic year” substitute “a relevant year”; (b) in sub-paragraphs (1)(c) and (1A)(b), for “academic” substitute “relevant”. (12) In paragraph 9A(1)(a)(i) and (c) and (2)(b), for “academic” substitute “relevant”. (13) In paragraph 9B— (a) in paragraph (1)(a)(i), for “an academic year” substitute “a relevant year”; (b) in the words after paragraph (1)(b)(ii), and in paragraphs (1)(d) and (2)(b), for “academic” substitute “relevant”. (14) In paragraph 9BA— (a) in paragraph (1)(a), for “an academic year” substitute “a relevant year”; (b) in the words after paragraph (1)(b)(ii) and in paragraph (1)(d), for “academic” substitute “relevant”. (15) In paragraph 9C(1)(c) and (d) and (3), for “academic” substitute “relevant”. (16) In paragraph 9D(1)(a) and (c), for “academic” substitute “relevant”. (17) In paragraph 9E(1)(c) and (2)(b) for “academic” substitute “relevant”. (18) In paragraph 10(1)(a), (b) and (c) and (2), in each place the word occurs, for “academic” substitute “relevant”. (19) In paragraph 10A(a), (b) and (c), for “academic” substitute “relevant”. (20) In paragraph 11(1)(b) and (c), for “academic” substitute “relevant”. (21) In paragraph 11A(b) and (c), for “academic” substitute “relevant”. (22) In paragraph 12(b) and (c), for “academic” substitute “relevant”. (23) In paragraph 12A(c) and (d), for “academic” substitute “relevant”. (a) Paragraph (3) was inserted by S.I. 2021/127. (b) Schedule 1 was amended by S.I. 2007/2263, 2011/1987, 2017/114, 2020/1181, 2021/127, 929 and 1348, and 2024/85. 127(24) In paragraph 13(1)(a), (b) and (c), in each place the word occurs, for “academic” substitute “relevant”. EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Regulations) These Regulations make provision for a new system of funding for lifelong learning in relation to England. They are based on the Education (Student Support) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/1986), with adaptations as needed. Part 1 contains introductory provisions, including amendments to the application of other subordinate legislation and provisions on interpretation. Regulation 3 introduces Schedule 1, which contains definitions. Part 2 makes provision about which students are eligible for student support, and about which courses and modules are designated for the purposes of student support. Schedule 2 lists categories of eligible students; Schedule 3 makes provision regarding the termination of eligibility due to change of circumstances; and Schedule 4 lists key types of course that are designated for student support if conditions set out in regulation 10 are met. Part 3 provides for the process of applying for student support, for the provision of information, and for loan contracts. Schedule 5 contains further provisions regarding the provision of information. Part 4 makes provision for fee loans to cover tuition fees. Chapter 1 sets out the entitlement to fee loans; it makes provision for the lifetime entitlement of an eligible student - which may be reduced if the student has received previous government funding, or added to if certain conditions are met. Chapter 2 covers eligibility for a fee loan, and (together with Schedule 6) makes provision for fee loan amounts. Part 5 provides for loans for living costs (loans for maintenance and special support loans). The total amount of loan for living costs to which an eligible student is entitled is subject to a lifetime limit. The amount of loan for living costs in relation to each course is determined by factors including the length of the course and the student’s household income. Schedule 7 makes provision for the assessment of household income, which determines the amount by which a student’s entitlement to loans and supplementary grants is reduced. Part 6 provides for supplementary grants (disabled students’ allowance, grants for travel, and grants for dependants). Part 7 provides for payment of support to the student and for cases of overpayment. Part 8 provides for amendment of other subordinate legislation as a consequence of provision made elsewhere in these Regulations. Together with Schedule 8, it amends the Education (Fees and Awards) (England) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/779), so that those Regulations additionally cover fees and awards under the new system of funding for lifelong learning. It also amends Regulations on loans for Master’s degrees and for Doctoral degrees so as to additionally cover loans under the new system of funding for lifelong learning. A full impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business, the voluntary sector and the public sector is available alongside the Explanatory Memorandum at www.legislation.gov.uk. (cid:0) 128