The Education (Student Support) (No. 2) Regulations 2002 (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2004

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Education (Student Support) (No.2) Regulations 2002 (as amended by the Education (Student Support) (No. 2) Regulations 2002 (Amendment) Regulations 2004).

Regulation 17A(2) of the 2002 Regulations as inserted by regulation 10 of the 2004 Regulations is amended to change the requirements of eligibility for the higher education grant. The grant will only be available to an eligible student attending a course which begins on or after 1st September 2004. The grant will not be available to a student attending an end-on course related to a course which begins before 1st September 2004 or a student whose eligibility for receipt of student support has been transferred by the Secretary of State from a course which began before 1st September 2004 to a course which begins on or after 1st September 2004.

Regulation 27(3) of the 2002 Regulations as inserted by Schedule 1 to the 2004 Regulations is amended to change the requirements of eligibility for assistance for part-time students. To obtain assistance for each year of a course an eligible part-time student must be resident in England and Wales on the first day of each academic year of the course.

Paragraph 4(6) of Schedule 3 to the 2002 Regulations, as inserted by Schedule 2 to the 2004 Regulations, is amended to change the accounting year in respect of which means tested support is calculated where a student’s parent is self employed. This will now be the parent’s accounting year which ends in the financial year preceding the relevant academic year in respect of which an application for grant has been made.