A voltage regulation circuit (100, 230) comprising: a first control loop (103, 232), including first circuitry, configured and arranged to regulate an output current provided to an output terminal; a second control loop (105, 234), including second circuitry, configured and arranged to regulate an output voltage provided to the output terminal; a mode switching circuit configured and arranged to switch operation between the first and the second control loops, such that only one of the first and the second control loops is active at a time, by activating one of the first and second control loops and deactivating the other in response to a fault condition at the output terminal at which a regulated load is connectable; a current comparator circuit (106, 236) configured and arranged to provide an input to the mode switching circuit, the input being indicative of an over current fault condition or indicative of no over current fault condition, and wherein the input causes the mode switching circuit to switch between the first and second control loops; an error amplifier configured and arranged to provide an error signal based on a comparison of a reference voltage and a voltage that is a function of the output voltage at the output terminal, the voltage including the output provided by the current comparator circuit or a feedback signal from the second control loop; and a pass device including at least one pass transistor configured and arranged to respond to the error signal from the error amplifier by selectively passing current to the output terminal based on the error signal which is connected to inputs of transistors of the pass device; wherein the error amplifier and the pass device are configured and arranged as part of both the first and second control loops; and wherein the mode switching circuit is configured and arranged to switch operation between the first and the second control loops by connecting the error amplifier to one of the output voltage (Vocp) of the current comparator circuit and a feedback voltage (Vfb) from the second control loop indicative of the output voltage (Vout) at the output terminal. a first control loop (103, 232), including first circuitry, configured and arranged to regulate an output current provided to an output terminal; a second control loop (105, 234), including second circuitry, configured and arranged to regulate an output voltage provided to the output terminal; a mode switching circuit configured and arranged to switch operation between the first and the second control loops, such that only one of the first and the second control loops is active at a time, by activating one of the first and second control loops and deactivating the other in response to a fault condition at the output terminal at which a regulated load is connectable; a current comparator circuit (106, 236) configured and arranged to provide an input to the mode switching circuit, the input being indicative of an over current fault condition or indicative of no over current fault condition, and wherein the input causes the mode switching circuit to switch between the first and second control loops; an error amplifier configured and arranged to provide an error signal based on a comparison of a reference voltage and a voltage that is a function of the output voltage at the output terminal, the voltage including the output provided by the current comparator circuit or a feedback signal from the second control loop; and a pass device including at least one pass transistor configured and arranged to respond to the error signal from the error amplifier by selectively passing current to the output terminal based on the error signal which is connected to inputs of transistors of the pass device; wherein the error amplifier and the pass device are configured and arranged as part of both the first and second control loops; and wherein the mode switching circuit is configured and arranged to switch operation between the first and the second control loops by connecting the error amplifier to one of the output voltage (Vocp) of the current comparator circuit and a feedback voltage (Vfb) from the second control loop indicative of the output voltage (Vout) at the output terminal.