PART 4

Amendment of the Education (Postgraduate Master’s Degree Loans) Regulations 2016

58.

The Education (Postgraduate Master’s Degree Loans) Regulations 2016 are amended in accordance with this Part.

59.

In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), for the definition of “postgraduate master’s degree loan”, substitute—

“postgraduate master’s degree loan” means a loan made by the Secretary of State pursuant to these Regulations, and includes the interest accrued on the loan, and any penalties or charges incurred in connection with it, except for any interest, penalties or charges payable under Part 3 or 4 of the Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) Regulations 2009;”.

60.

(1)

Regulation 3 (eligible students) is amended as follows.

(2)

For regulation 3(3)(f)76 substitute –
  • “A is enrolled on a course which is a designated course under regulation 5 (designated courses) or 139 (designated part-time courses) of the student support regulations77 or under regulation 4 (designated courses) of the Education (Postgraduate Doctoral Degree Loans and the Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) (Amendment) (No. 2) etc.) Regulations 2018, and is receiving support under either set of regulations for that course;”.

(3)

In paragraph (4A)78, omit sub-paragraph (c).

61.

For regulation 4(5) (designated courses), substitute –

  • ““A course cannot be a designated course for the purposes of regulation 3 if it is recognised as a designated course for the purposes of regulation 5 (designated courses) or 139 (designated part-time courses) of the student support regulations or regulation 4 (designated courses) of the Education (Postgraduate Doctoral Degree Loans and the Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) (Amendment) (No. 2) etc.) Regulations 2018.”.

62.

For regulation 1079 (time limit), substitute –

“10.

(1)

An application for a postgraduate master’s degree loan, or an application to amend the amount of loan applied for, must reach the Secretary of State no later than the end of the ninth month of the final academic year of the course.

(2)

Paragraph (1) does not apply where the Secretary of State considers that having regard to the circumstances of the particular case the time limit is to be relaxed, in which case the application must reach the Secretary of State no later than such date as the Secretary of State specifies.”.

63.

In regulation 12(3)(b)80(amount of the postgraduate master’s degree loan), for “regulation 10(2)”, substitute “regulation 10(1)”.

64.

For regulation 13(4) (payment of postgraduate master’s degree loans), substitute –

  • “The Secretary of State must not, in any academic year, pay the whole or part of the postgraduate master’s degree loan in respect of a particular student until the Secretary of State has received from the academic authority confirmation (in such form as may be required by the Secretary of State) in respect of that academic year that the student is in attendance or is undertaking the designated course.”.

65.

In regulation 17(3)(c), for “with Part 2” substitute “with regulations made under section 22 of the 1998 Act”.