[F1PART 11BE+WLOANS FOR LIVING COSTS IN CONNECTION WITH DESIGNATED PART-TIME COURSES

Textual Amendments

F1Pt. 11B inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Support) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/472), reg. 1(2)(a), Sch. 1

CHAPTER 2E+WAmount of loan for living costs

Maximum amount of loans for living costs: generalE+W

157F.—(1) The maximum amount of a loan for living costs in connection with a designated part-time course is calculated as follows in respect of an academic year—

(a)where the student is an eligible part-time student with full entitlement, in accordance with regulation 157G;

(b)where the student is an eligible part-time student with reduced entitlement, in accordance with regulation 157H.

(2) For the purposes of regulations 157G and 157H, the “relevant intensity of study” is calculated as follows—

(a)where the intensity of study is less than 25 per cent, the relevant intensity of study is nil;

(b)where the intensity of study is 25 per cent or more, but less than 33.3 per cent, the relevant intensity of study is 25 per cent;

(c)where the intensity of study is 33.3 per cent or more, but less than 50 per cent, the relevant intensity of study is 33.3 per cent;

(d)where the intensity of study is 50 per cent or more, but less than 66.6 per cent, the relevant intensity of study is 50 per cent;

(e)where the intensity of study is 66.6 per cent or more, but less than 75 per cent, the relevant intensity of study is 66.6 per cent;

(f)where the intensity of study is 75 per cent or more, but less than 100 per cent, the relevant intensity of study is 75 per cent;

(g)where the intensity of study is 100 per cent or higher, the relevant intensity of study is 100 per cent.

(3) An eligible part-time student with reduced entitlement is an eligible part-time student who opts, when applying for a loan for living costs, not to provide the information needed to calculate the household income.

(4) F2... In this Part—

(a)an eligible part-time student (“X”) is in category A if X resides at X’s parents’ home while attending the designated part-time course;

(b)an eligible part-time student (“Y”) is in category B if Y is not in category A and Y attends one or more of the following—

(i)a course at the University of London; or

(ii)a course at an institution which requires attendance for at least half the time in aggregate of any quarter of the course in the academic year at a site wholly or partly within the area comprising the City of London and the former Metropolitan Police District;

(c)an eligible part-time student is in category C if the student is not in category A and—

(i)attends an overseas institution as part of the student’s course;

(ii)attends the Institute; or

(iii)attends an overseas work placement in an Erasmus year;

(d)an eligible part-time student is in category D if the student is not in categories A to C.]

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