The Education (Student Support) Regulations 2011

[F1 Quarters in respect of which grant for travel is payable] E+W

[F2 49A.— (1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), a grant for travel is payable in respect of the four quarters of the academic year.

(2) Where a protected category event which results in a student becoming an eligible student occurs—

(a) in the course of the first academic year of a course; and

(b) on or before the course start date,

the student may qualify for a grant for travel in respect of the four quarters of the first academic year of the course.

(3) Where—

(a) a course designation event which results in a student’s course becoming a designated course occurs in the course of an academic year; or

(b) an in-year qualifying event (other than a settled status event) which results in a student becoming an eligible student occurs in the course of an academic year,

the student may qualify for a grant for travel in respect of such quarters of the academic year as begin after the event in question occurs.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 49A heading inserted (1.6.2023) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/521), regs. 1(1), 5(5) (with reg. 4(3)(a))

F2 Reg. 49A substituted (with application in accordance with reg. 2(4)(5)(a) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/74), regs. 1, 21