The Education (Fees and Awards) (England) Regulations 2007

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reg. 2 words inserted by S.I. 2023/74 reg. 55
reg. 2(1) word inserted by S.I. 2019/139 reg. 12(a) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Amending Regulations revoked immediately before IP completion day by S.I. 2020/1181, regs. 1(2). 2)
reg. 2(1) words substituted by S.I. 2023/74 reg. 58(a)
reg. 2(1) words substituted by S.I. 2023/74 reg. 58(b)
reg. 2(3A) words inserted by S.I. 2023/74 reg. 61
reg. 2(4) words substituted by S.I. 2019/139 reg. 12(b)(i) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Amending Regulations revoked immediately before IP completion day by S.I. 2020/1181, regs. 1(2). 2)
reg. 2(4) words substituted by S.I. 2019/139 reg. 12(b)(ii) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Amending Regulations revoked immediately before IP completion day by S.I. 2020/1181, regs. 1(2). 2)
reg. 2(4) words substituted by S.I. 2019/139 reg. 12(b)(iii) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Amending Regulations revoked immediately before IP completion day by S.I. 2020/1181, regs. 1(2). 2)
reg. 2(5)(b) words inserted by S.I. 2019/139 reg. 12(c) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Amending Regulations revoked immediately before IP completion day by S.I. 2020/1181, regs. 1(2). 2)
reg. 2(5)(c) words inserted by S.I. 2019/139 reg. 12(c) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Amending Regulations revoked immediately before IP completion day by S.I. 2020/1181, regs. 1(2). 2)
reg. 2(6) words substituted by S.I. 2019/139 reg. 12(d)(i) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Amending Regulations revoked immediately before IP completion day by S.I. 2020/1181, regs. 1(2). 2)
reg. 2(6) words substituted by S.I. 2019/139 reg. 12(d)(ii) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Amending Regulations revoked immediately before IP completion day by S.I. 2020/1181, regs. 1(2). 2)
reg. 2(6) words substituted by S.I. 2019/139 reg. 12(d)(iii) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Amending Regulations revoked immediately before IP completion day by S.I. 2020/1181, regs. 1(2). 2)
reg. 2(7) words inserted by S.I. 2019/139 reg. 12(e) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Amending Regulations revoked immediately before IP completion day by S.I. 2020/1181, regs. 1(2). 2)

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Sch. para. 11(1)(a)-(d) Sch. para. 11(a)-(d) renumbered as Sch. para. 11(1)(a)-(d) by S.I. 2019/139 reg. 13(7)(a) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Amending Regulations revoked immediately before IP completion day by S.I. 2020/1181, regs. 1(2). 2)
Sch. para. 9(3) inserted by S.I. 2019/139 reg. 13(5)(d) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Amending Regulations revoked immediately before IP completion day by S.I. 2020/1181, regs. 1(2). 2)
Sch. para. 11(2) inserted by S.I. 2019/139 reg. 13(7)(d) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Amending Regulations revoked immediately before IP completion day by S.I. 2020/1181, regs. 1(2). 2)
Sch. para. 9(1A) substituted by S.I. 2019/139 reg. 13(5)(c) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Amending Regulations revoked immediately before IP completion day by S.I. 2020/1181, regs. 1(2). 2)
Sch. para. 8(1)(d) words inserted by S.I. 2019/139 reg. 13(4)(a) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Amending Regulations revoked immediately before IP completion day by S.I. 2020/1181, regs. 1(2). 2)
Sch. para. 8(1)(e) words inserted by S.I. 2019/139 reg. 13(4)(b) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Amending Regulations revoked immediately before IP completion day by S.I. 2020/1181, regs. 1(2). 2)
Sch. para. 9(1)(c) words inserted by S.I. 2019/139 reg. 13(5)(b)(ii) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Amending Regulations revoked immediately before IP completion day by S.I. 2020/1181, regs. 1(2). 2)
Sch. para. 10(1)(d) words inserted by S.I. 2019/139 reg. 13(6)(b) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Amending Regulations revoked immediately before IP completion day by S.I. 2020/1181, regs. 1(2). 2)
Sch. para. 11(1)(c) words inserted by S.I. 2019/139 reg. 13(7)(b) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Amending Regulations revoked immediately before IP completion day by S.I. 2020/1181, regs. 1(2). 2)
Sch. para. 11(1)(d) words inserted by S.I. 2019/139 reg. 13(7)(c) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Amending Regulations revoked immediately before IP completion day by S.I. 2020/1181, regs. 1(2). 2)
Sch. para. 12 words inserted by S.I. 2019/139 reg. 13(8) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Amending Regulations revoked immediately before IP completion day by S.I. 2020/1181, regs. 1(2). 2)
Sch. para. 9 heading words substituted by S.I. 2019/139 reg. 13(5)(a) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Amending Regulations revoked immediately before IP completion day by S.I. 2020/1181, regs. 1(2). 2)
Sch. para. 9(1)(a)(i) words substituted by S.I. 2019/139 reg. 13(5)(b)(i) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Amending Regulations revoked immediately before IP completion day by S.I. 2020/1181, regs. 1(2). 2)
Sch. para. 10(1)(a) words substituted by S.I. 2019/139 reg. 13(6)(a) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Amending Regulations revoked immediately before IP completion day by S.I. 2020/1181, regs. 1(2). 2)
Sch. para. 10(2) words substituted by S.I. 2019/139 reg. 13(6)(a) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Amending Regulations revoked immediately before IP completion day by S.I. 2020/1181, regs. 1(2). 2)
Sch. 1 para. 4C(1) Sch. 1 para. 4C renumbered as Sch. 1 para. 4C(1) by S.I. 2024/85 reg. 17(2)(b)
Sch. 1 para. 4E(1) Sch. 1 para. 4E renumbered as Sch. 1 para. 4E(1) by S.I. 2024/85 reg. 17(2)(e)
Sch. 1 para. 5A(1) Sch. 1 para. 5A renumbered as Sch. 1 para. 5A(1) by S.I. 2023/74 reg. 64(3)(b)
Sch. 1 para. 5B inserted by S.I. 2022/534 reg. 6(2)(b)
Sch. 1 para. 5C inserted by S.I. 2022/534 reg. 7(1)(b)
Sch. 1 para. 5A(2)-(4) inserted by S.I. 2023/74 reg. 64(3)(c)
Sch. 1 para. 4C(2)(3) inserted by S.I. 2024/85 reg. 17(2)(c)
Sch. 1 para. 4E(2)(3) inserted by S.I. 2024/85 reg. 17(2)(f)
Sch. 1 para. 9C(1)(a)(iii) and word inserted by S.I. 2024/85 reg. 19(a)(iii)
Sch. 1 para. 9C(3)(4) inserted by S.I. 2024/85 reg. 19(b)
Sch. 1 para. 5C substituted by S.I. 2023/74 reg. 64(4)
Sch. 1 para. 4C(1)(a)(i)(ii) substituted for Sch. 1 para. 4C(1)(a)(i)-(iii) by S.I. 2024/85 reg. 16(2)
Sch. 1 para. 4E(1)(a)(i)(ii) substituted for Sch. 1 para. 4E(1)(a)(i)-(iv) by S.I. 2024/669 reg. 9
Sch. 1 para. 5B words substituted by S.I. 2023/74 reg. 60(10)
reg. 4(2)-(2D) substituted for reg. 4(2) by S.I. 2023/74 reg. 62
reg. 4(2)(a) words substituted by S.I. 2024/85 reg. 14(1)
reg. 4(2C)(c) words inserted by S.I. 2024/85 reg. 17(1)
reg. 4(2C)(c) words substituted by S.I. 2024/85 reg. 16(1)
reg. 4(2C)(e) words inserted by S.I. 2024/85 reg. 17(1)
reg. 4(2C)(f) words inserted by S.I. 2023/74 reg. 63(a)
reg. 4(2C)(g) words inserted by S.I. 2023/74 reg. 63(b)
reg. 4(2D)(e) words substituted by S.I. 2024/85 reg. 16(1)
reg. 4(2ZA) inserted by S.I. 2024/85 reg. 15
reg. 9(1)(a) words inserted by S.I. 2022/534 reg. 6(1)(f)
reg. 9(2)(a) words inserted by S.I. 2022/534 reg. 6(1)(f)
reg. 9B inserted by S.I. 2024/418 reg. 2

InterpretationE+W+S

This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“the 2005 Act” means the Education Act 2005 M1;

“academic year” means the period of twelve months beginning on 1^st January, 1^st April, 1st July or 1^st September of the calendar year in which the academic year of the course in question begins according to whether that academic year begins on or after 1^st January and before 1^st April, on or after 1^st April and before 1^st July, on or after 1^st July and before 1^st August or on or after 1^st August and on or before 31^st December, respectively;

“award” means a fees award or a maintenance award or both;

“education” includes post-graduate research otherwise than in the course of employment;

“employment” means full-time or part-time employment;

“European Community” means the territory comprised by the Member States of the European Community as constituted from time to time;

“European Economic Area” means the area comprised by the EEA States;

“fees award” means an award in respect only of any fees payable other than any element of those fees which is a charge for maintenance;

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“the Islands” means the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man;

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“maintenance award” means any award other than a fees award;

[F3“OfS” means the Office for Students;]

“overseas territories” means Anguilla; Aruba; Bermuda; British Antarctic Territory; British Indian Ocean Territory; British Virgin Islands; Cayman Islands; Falkland Islands; Faroe Islands; French Polynesia; French Southern and Antarctic Territories; [F4Gibraltar;] Mayotte; Greenland; Montserrat; Netherlands Antilles (Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius and Sint Maarten); Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie & Oeno Islands; South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands; [F5St-Barthélemy]; St Helena and Dependencies (Ascension Island and Tristan de Cunha); St Pierre et Miquelon; the Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies; Turks and Caicos Islands and Wallis and Futuna;

“post-compulsory education award” means a scholarship, exhibition, bursary or other allowance granted by a local education authority under the Local Education Authority (Post-Compulsory Education Awards) Regulations 1999 M2;

[F6“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 and Dependencies (Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha); and Turks and Caicos Islands;]

“training provider” means a person who provides training for members of the school workforce under Part 3 of the 2005 Act;

[F3“UKRI” means United Kingdom Research and Innovation;]

(2) Despite section 11 of the Interpretation Act 1978 M3 section 3(2) of the Education (Fees and Awards) Act 1983 (references to the United Kingdom to include references to the Islands) shall not apply for the purposes of interpreting these Regulations.

[F7(3) For the purposes of these Regulations, “parent” [F8means a parent, guardian or] any other person having parental responsibility for a child and “child” is to be construed accordingly.]

[F9(3A) For the purposes of these Regulations, a person is not to be treated as ordinarily resident in a place unless that person lawfully resides in that place.]

(4) For the purposes of these Regulations, a person is to be treated as ordinarily resident in England, England and Wales, Great Britain, the United Kingdom, the United Kingdom and Islands [F10, the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the Islands and the Republic of Ireland], in [F11the territory comprising the United Kingdom, Gibraltar, the European Economic Area and Switzerland], in [F12the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the overseas territories] [F13, the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the Islands and the specified British overseas territories], or in [F14the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the European Economic Area, Switzerland, Turkey and the overseas territories] if he would have been so resident but for the fact that—

(a)he;

(b)his spouse or civil partner;

(c)his parent; or

(d)in the case of dependent direct relative in the ascending line, his child or child's spouse or civil partner,

is or was temporarily employed outside the area in question.

(5) For the purposes of paragraph (4), temporary employment 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;

[F15(aa)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;]

(b)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 [F16the United Kingdom, Gibraltar,] the European Economic Area and Switzerland as members of such forces; and

(c)in the case of members of the regular armed forces of Turkey, any period which they serve outside the territory comprising the European Economic Area, Switzerland and Turkey as members of such forces.

(6) For the purposes of Regulations 6, 7, 8 and 9 a person is to be treated as ordinarily resident in England, England and Wales, Great Britain, the United Kingdom, the United Kingdom and Islands [F17, the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the Islands and the Republic of Ireland], in [F18the territory comprising the United Kingdom, Gibraltar, the European Economic Area and Switzerland], in [F19the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the overseas territories] [F20, the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the Islands and the specified British overseas territories], or in [F21the territory comprising the United Kingdom, Gibraltar, the European Economic Area, Switzerland and Turkey] if he would have been so resident but for the fact that—