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The Higher Education (Basic Amount) (England) Regulations 2010
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2012-09-01
Section 24 of the Higher Education Act 2004 enables the Secretary of State to impose a condition on grants to the Higher Education Funding Council for England and the Training and Development Agency for Schools requiring them to impose a condition on financial support given to the governing body of a relevant institution. This condition would require the governing body to secure that the fees payable for a qualifying course by a qualifying student do not exceed either the prescribed basic amount, or, where an institution has an approved plan in force, the amount specified in that plan which is not to exceed the prescribed higher amount.
The Higher Education (Basic Amount) (England) Regulations 2010
Prescribed basic amount from 1st September 20124
Subject to regulation 5, for the purpose of section 24 of the 2004 Act the basic amount is £6,000.