Amendment of regulation 157B
29.—(1) Regulation 157B(1) (qualifying conditions for the loan for living costs) is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (6)(a)(i)—
(a)in sub-paragraph (aa), for “engineering, technology or computer science”, substitute “engineering and technology or computing”;
(b)for sub-paragraph (ab), substitute—
“(ab)agriculture, food and related studies, biological and sport sciences, general and others in sciences, geographical and environmental studies, mathematical sciences, medicine and dentistry, physical sciences, psychology, subjects allied to medicine or veterinary sciences (or a combination of those subjects); and”.
(3) After paragraph (6), insert—
“(6A) Paragraph 5 does not apply in respect of an academic year of the current part-time course which begins on or after 1st August 2019, where—
(a)the course—
(i)is a course for the initial training of teachers;
(ii)leads to an award mentioned in sub-paragraphs (a), (f), (g) or (h) of paragraph (2A) of regulation 139; and
(b)the student begins the course on or after 1st August 2018.”.
Regulation 157B was inserted by S.I. 2018/472 Sch. 1 para.1.