PART 2 E+W Amendment of the Education (Student Support) Regulations 2011

CHAPTER 3 E+W Eligible students, eligible part-time students and eligible postgraduate students

Amendments relating to students becoming eligible for student support in the course of an academic year E+W

15.—(1) For regulation 16 (other than the heading) (students becoming eligible during the course of an academic year) substitute—

“16.— (1) 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;

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

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

(ii) on or before the course start date; or

(c) an in-year qualifying event which results in a student becoming an eligible student occurs within the first three months of an academic year,

the student may qualify for a fee loan in accordance with this Part in respect of that academic year.

(2) But a fee loan is not available in respect of any academic year beginning before the academic year in which the event in question occurs.”.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 15 in force at 16.2.2023, see reg. 1