Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/472/made
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The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 22 and 42(6) of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998(1).
(3) In paragraph (2)(b), “academic year” has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the Education (Student Support) Regulations 2011(2).
2. The Education (Student Support) Regulations 2011 are amended in accordance with regulations 3 to 26.
(b)in the definition of “Erasmus year”(3), after “5(1)(d)”, insert “or 139(1)(d)”;
4. In regulation 6(4)(a) (period of eligibility), for “132 or 152” substitute “132, 139B or 139C”.
5. In regulation 71 (general), after paragraph (1), insert—
“(2) This Chapter is subject to regulations 139B(4) to (6) and 139C(3) to (5).”.
9. In regulation 136 (interpretation of Part 11)—
(i)in the words before sub-paragraph (a), omit “(except for purposes of regulation 139(1)(e))”;
(ii)in sub-paragraph (a), for “151” substitute “139A”;
(a)for the purposes of regulation 139(1)(e); or
(b)in relation to the application of this Part to loans for living costs in connection with designated part-time courses.”;
10. In regulation 137(4) (eligible part-time students)—
(a)in paragraph (1), at the end, insert “and Parts 11A and 11B”;
(b)in paragraph (3), omit sub-paragraph (e);
11. In regulation 138(5) (students becoming eligible during the course of the academic year)—
13. In regulation 139(6) (designated part-time courses)—
(a)in paragraph (1), after “paragraphs”, insert “(2A),”;
“(2A) A course mentioned in Schedule 2 is not a designated part-time course for the purposes of support under Part 11B unless it is—
(a)a course which leads to an honours degree or an ordinary degree;
(b)a course which leads to a graduate diploma at an equivalent level to an honours degree or an ordinary degree;
(c)a course which leads to a graduate certificate at an equivalent level to an honours degree or an ordinary degree;
(d)a course which leads to a diploma in respect of a course in—
(i)a dental profession subject; or
(ii)operating department practice;
(e)a course which leads to a foundation degree in respect of a course in a dental profession subject;
(f)a course which leads to a Postgraduate Certificate in Education;
(g)a course which leads to a Professional Graduate Certificate in Education; or
(h)any other course not within sub-paragraph (f) or (g) which is a course of initial teacher training at an accredited institution.
(2B) In paragraph (2A)(h), “accredited institution” means an institution accredited by the Secretary of State under regulation 11 of the Education (School Teachers’ Qualifications) (England) Regulations 2003(7).”.
15. In regulation 140 (period of eligibility)—
(a)in paragraph (4), for “151 or 152” substitute “139A to 139C”;
(i)in the words before sub-paragraph (a), after “this Part”, insert “and Parts 11A and 11B”;
(ii)in sub-paragraph (c), at the end, insert “or 157R”.
16. Before regulation 141, insert—
“PART 11AFee support, grants and allowances for designated part-time courses
Interpretation of Part 11A
140A.—(1) In this Part, the current part-time course is treated as beginning before 1st September 2012 in relation to a student (“A”) where—
(a)A transfers to the current part-time course pursuant to regulation 139A on or after 1st September 2012 from a designated part-time course beginning before 1st September 2012; or
(b)the current part-time course is an end-on course of the kind described in paragraph (g) of the definition of “end-on course” in regulation 2.
(a)the reference to the period ordinarily required to complete the full-time equivalent means—
(b)“standard full-time student” is a student who is to be taken—
(i)to have begun the full-time equivalent course on the same date as the eligible part-time student began the part-time course in question;
(ii)not to have been excused any part of the full-time equivalent course;
(iii)not to have repeated any part of the full-time equivalent course; and
(iv)not to be absent from the full-time equivalent course other than during vacations.
Availability of support to prisoners
140B. An eligible part-time student who is a prisoner qualifies for support under this Part only—
(a)if the student is an eligible prisoner; or
(b)in respect of an academic year during which the student enters prison or is released from prison.”.
18. In regulation 142(3)(8) (amount of assistance in respect of courses beginning before 1st September 2012), for “151” substitute “139A”.
19. In regulation 145(9) (amount of the fee loan – courses beginning on or after 1st September 2012), in paragraphs (3) and (10), for “151” substitute “139A”.
21. In regulation 149(10) (declarations provided by academic authorities), in paragraphs (4) and (5), after “support”, insert “under this Part”.
22. Omit regulations 151 and 152(11).
24. After regulation 157, insert Part 11B (loans for living costs in connection with designated part-time courses), as set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.
26. After Schedule 5, insert Schedule 6 (assessment of eligible part-time student’s household income) as set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.
27.—(1) The Education (Student Support) (European University Institute) Regulations 2010(12) are amended as follows.
(2) In Schedule 1, in paragraph 4A(3)(d), for the words from “first day” to the end substitute “relevant date”.
(i)the total income on which a person (“A”) is charged to income tax as determined at Step 1 of the calculation in section 23 of the Income Tax Act 2007(13), together with any payments and other benefits mentioned in section 401(1) of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (ignoring section 401(2) of that Act)(14), received or treated as received by A, to the extent that they are not a component of the total income on which A is charged to income tax,
(2) The income referred to in this sub-paragraph is any benefits under a pension arrangement pursuant to an order made under section 23 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973(15) which includes provision made by virtue of sections 25B(4) and 25E(3) of that Act or pension benefits under Part 1 of Schedule 5 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004(16) which includes provision made by virtue of Parts 6 and 7 of that Schedule.
(f)the student was looked after by a local authority (within the meaning of section 22 of the Children Act 1989(17)) or, as the case may be, section 74 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014(18) throughout any three-month period ending on or after the date on which the student reached the age of 16 and before the first day of the first academic year of the course (“the relevant period”) provided that the student has not in fact at any time during the relevant period been under the charge or control of the student’s parents;
(b)the gross amount of any premium or other sum paid by the eligible part-time student in relation to a pension (not being a pension payable under a policy of life insurance) in respect of which relief is given under section 188 of the Finance Act 2004(19), or where the eligible part-time student’s income is computed for the purposes of the income tax legislation of another Member State, the gross amount of any such premium or sum in respect of which relief would be given if that legislation made provision equivalent to the Income Tax Acts;
Part 11 of the Education (Student Support) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/1986) (“the Student Support Regulations”) makes provision to ensure that eligible part-time students undertaking designated part-time courses may receive financial support in connection with those courses by way of fee loans, grants or allowances. These Regulations amend the Student Support Regulations to provide that eligible part-time students who begin designated part-time courses on or after 1st August 2018 may also receive loans for living costs in respect of some categories of such courses.
Regulations 2 to 5 and 7 to 15 of these Regulations amend Part 11 of the Student Support Regulations so that regulations 136 to 140 in that Part now make provision in respect of the eligibility of part-time students for fee support, grants and allowances in connection with designated part-time courses and also in respect of their eligibility for loans for living costs in connection with such courses. “Designated part-time courses” are described in Part 11, in regulation 139, and is given a more restricted meaning in relation to loans for living costs. Part-time students who are “eligible part-time students” in accordance with Part 11 may be entitled to fee support, grants and allowances under new Part 11A and also to loans for living costs under new Part 11B. Regulation 6 amends regulation 85 so as to update that provision.
Regulation 151 of the Student Support Regulations makes provision in respect of the status of eligible part-time students who transfer to other designated part-time courses at the same or at another institution. Regulation 152 makes provision in respect of students who convert their mode of study: eligible (full-time) students who transfer to designated part-time courses at the same or at another institution and eligible part-time students who transfer to designated (full-time) courses at the same or at another institution. Regulations 151 and 152 are omitted (by regulation 22) but the substance of those provisions is inserted into Part 11, with some modifications, in regulations 139A to 139D. The modifications ensure that, when students convert their mode of study during a term (the “relevant term”), their entitlement to a loan for living costs in that term is calculated by reference to the number of days in the relevant term which they undertake in each mode of study. The modifications also ensure that students who transfer from full or part-time courses that are designated to full or part time courses that are not designated, may apply for any loans for living costs to which they may have been entitled before the transfer.
Regulations 16 to 23 insert regulations 140A and 140B into the Student Support Regulations and amend and reposition regulations 141 to 150 and regulations 153 to 157 of those Regulations. The substance of those provisions remains unchanged by these Regulations but they now form a new Part 11A in the Student Support Regulations: they continue to make the same provision in respect of fee support, grants and allowances in connection with designated part-time courses.
Regulation 24 inserts a new Part 11B into the Student Support Regulations. Part 11B makes provision for the loan for living costs which may be available to eligible part-time students and replicates, for the most part, the position in respect of loans for living costs for full-time students in Part 6 of the Student Support Regulations.
Chapter 1 of Part 11B makes provision, at regulations 157B and 157C respectively, in respect of qualifying and applying for the loan for living costs once a student is an eligible part-time student in connection with a designated part-time course under Part 11. Regulation 157D makes provision requiring a declaration to be provided by the academic authority in respect of the eligible part-time student and the designated part-time course. Regulation 157E requires the provision of information to the Secretary of State as set out in (the existing) Schedule 3 to the Student Support Regulations.
Chapter 2 of Part 11B sets out the maximum amount of loan for living costs which students with full and reduced entitlement may receive under this Part. A loan for living costs is made up of a loan for maintenance and/or a special support loan. Information about a student’s household income is required to calculate the maximum amount of loan for living costs to which an eligible part-time student with full entitlement may be entitled. Regulation 157I introduces a new Schedule 6 into the Student Support Regulations. That Schedule sets out how a part-time student’s household income is to be calculated. Also in Chapter 4, regulation 157J specifies how to calculate the minimum amount of loan for living costs which may be available for a student with full entitlement.
Chapter 3 of Part 11B makes miscellaneous provision. Amongst other things, it sets out, at regulation 157L, the manner in which the maximum amount of loan for living costs is to be calculated where a student falls into more than one of the categories set out in regulation 157F(4). It also sets out, in regulation 157N, the circumstances in which an eligible part-time student may apply to borrow an additional amount of loan for living costs.
Chapter 4 of Part 11B makes provision in respect of the payment of loans for living costs to eligible part-time students. Regulation 157O allows the Secretary of State to request a national insurance number before any loan under Part 11B is paid. Regulation 157P allows the Secretary of State to request information which the Secretary of State considers is required to recover a loan for living costs and allows the Secretary of State to require eligible part-time students to enter into agreements to repay loans for living costs by a particular method. Regulation 157Q provides for how payments are to be made to eligible part-time students in connection with loans for living costs. Regulation 157R makes provision in respect of how any overpayments in respect of such loans may be recovered.
1998 c. 30. Section 22 was amended by: section 146(2) of, and Schedule 11 to, the Learning and Skills Act 2000 (c. 21); paragraph 236 of Part 2 of Schedule 6 to the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1); section 147(3) of the Finance Act 2003 (c. 14); sections 42(1) and 43(2) and (3) of, and Schedule 7 to, the Higher Education Act 2004 (c. 8); section 257(2) of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (c. 22); section 76(1) and (2)(a) of the Education Act 2011 (c. 21); and S.I. 2013/1881. Section 22 is also amended by section 86(2) to (7) of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (c. 29) but those amendments are not yet in force. Section 43(1) of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 defines “prescribed” and “regulations”.
Regulation 137 was amended by S.I. 2015/1951, 2017/114, 2018/136, 2018/137, 2018/434 and 2018/443.
Regulation 139 was amended by S.I. 2013/1728, 2013/3106, 2014/2765, 2018/136, 2018/137, 2018/434 and 2018/443.
S.I. 2003/1662. Regulation 11 was substituted by S.I. 2012/431.
Regulation 145 was amended by S.I. 2017/114.
S.I. 2010/447. Paragraph 4A of Schedule 1 was inserted by S.I. 2018/137.