The Student Support (Scotland) Regulations 2022

1. Introductory Text

2. PART 1 General

   1. 1. Citation and commencement

   2. 2. Interpretation

3. PART 2 Allowances

   1. 3. Persons eligible for allowances

   2. 4. Amount of allowances

   3. 5. Conditions and requirements of allowances

   4. 6. Method of payment

4. PART 3 Paramedic science, nursing and midwifery student allowances

   1. 7. Persons eligible for allowance

   2. 8. Amount of allowances

   3. 9. Conditions and requirements of allowances

   4. 10. Method of payment

5. PART 4 Student loans

   1. 11. Students eligible for student loans

   2. 12. Students eligible for student loans for tuition fees for RUK institutions

   3. 13. Designated courses for student loans

   4. 14. Designated courses for student loans for tuition fees for RUK institutions

   5. 15. Applications for loans

   6. 16. Transfers of eligibility

   7. 17. Termination of eligibility

   8. 18. Provision of United Kingdom national insurance number

   9. 19. Information

   10. 20. Maximum amounts of loans

   11. 21. Means Test

   12. 22. Payment of loans

   13. 23. Overpayments

   14. 24. Interest

   15. 25. Insolvency

6. PART 5 Bursaries

   1. 26. Exercise of power to grant a bursary

   2. 27. Amount of bursaries

   3. 28. Conditions of bursary

7. PART 6 Education maintenance allowances

   1. 29. Exercise of power to grant an education maintenance allowance

   2. 30. Amount of education maintenance allowances

   3. 31. Conditions of education maintenance allowance

8. PART 7 Revocations

   1. 32. The regulations listed in schedule 5 are revoked.

9. Signature

10. 1. SCHEDULE 1

       PERSONS ELIGIBLE FOR STUDENT SUPPORT

       1. PART 1 PERSONS ELIGIBLE FOR TUITION FEE AND LIVING COST SUPPORT

          1. 1. Persons who are settled in the United Kingdom or have long residence

          2. 2. EU nationals etc. with protected rights who have been living in the UK and Islands for three years

          3. 3. Irish nationals who are settled in the United Kingdom

          4. 4. Family members of a relevant person of Northern Ireland

          5. 5. Workers, employed persons, self-employed persons and their family members

          6. 6. Workers who benefitted from the Freedom of Movement for Workers Regulation—

          7. 7. Persons who are settled in the United Kingdom and have exercised a right of residence elsewhere

          8. 8. Refugees

          9. 9. Persons granted leave following on from refugee claim

          10. 10. Iraqi nationals

          11. 11. Syrian nationals

          12. 12. Afghan nationals

          13. 13. Relocated Afghan citizens

          14. 14. Ukrainian nationals

          15. 15. Persons granted stateless leave

          16. 16. Persons granted discretionary leave to remain as a victim of modern slavery

          17. 17. Persons granted indefinite leave to remain as a victim of domestic violence or domestic abuse

          18. 18. Persons granted Calais leave

          19. 19. Children of Swiss nationals

          20. 20. Children of Turkish workers

       2. PART 2 PERSONS ELIGIBLE FOR TUITION FEE SUPPORT ONLY

          1. 21. EU nationals etc with protected rights who have not been living in the UK and Islands for 3 years

          2. 22. Persons who are children of asylum seekers or young asylum seekers

    2. SCHEDULE 2

       PERSONS ELIGIBLE FOR TUITION FEE LOAN ONLY

       1. 1. United Kingdom nationals formerly resident in the EEA and Switzerland

       2. 2. Residents of Ireland

       3. 3. Residents of Gibraltar

    3. SCHEDULE 3

       ORDINARY RESIDENCE

       1. 1. Ordinary residence on relevant date

       2. 2. Ordinary residence for specified period: general and interpretation

       3. 3. Ordinary residence for specified period: exclusion for education purposes

       4. 4. Ordinary residence for specified period: length of residence requirements for dependent and independent students born in the relevant area

       5. 5. Ordinary residence for specified period: temporary absence for employment or study

    4. SCHEDULE 4

       DESIGNATED COURSES

       1. PART 1 COURSES DESIGNATED FOR STUDENT LOANS AND STUDENT LOANS FOR TUITION FEES

          1. 1. A first degree course other than a course referred to...

          2. 2. A course for the Diploma of Higher Education.

          3. 3. A course for the initial training for teachers, including such...

          4. 4. A course for the further training of teachers or youth...

          5. 5. A course in preparation for a professional examination of a...

          6. 6. A course providing education (whether or not in preparation for...

          7. 7. A course for the Certificate of Higher Education.

       2. PART 2 COURSES DESIGNATED FOR STUDENT LOANS ONLY

          1. 8. A course for the Higher National Diploma or Higher National...

          2. 9. A taught course leading to a postgraduate diploma.

          3. 10. A taught course leading to a postgraduate masters degree.

          4. 11. A research course leading to a postgraduate masters degree.

    5. SCHEDULE 5

       REVOCATIONS

11. Explanatory Note