# The Lifelong Learning (Fee Limits) Regulations 2026, Regulation 6: Qualifying person: effect of event during course year


(1) Where an event specified in paragraph (2) occurs during a course year which results in a person falling within Part 2 of Schedule 1 part way through that course year, that person is not a qualifying person in respect of the course year in which the event occurred.
(2) The events are—
(a) the student’s course becomes a designated course (as referred to in regulation 7(1)(a));
(b) the student or the student’s spouse, civil partner or parent is recognised as a refugee or becomes a person granted stateless leave or a person granted humanitarian protection;
(c) the student becomes a family member described in paragraph 18(1)(a), 19(1)(a), 22(1)(a) or 23(1)(a) in Part 2 of Schedule 1;
(d) the student becomes a person described in paragraph 2 in Part 2 of Schedule 1;
(e) the student becomes a person described in paragraph 3 in Part 2 of Schedule 1;
(f) the student becomes a person described in paragraph 4(1)(a) in Part 2 of Schedule 1;
(g) the student becomes a person described in paragraph 15(1)(a) in Part 2 of Schedule 1;
(h) the student becomes a person described in paragraph 21 in Part 2 of Schedule 1;
(i) the student becomes a person described in paragraph 25(a) in Part 2 of Schedule 1;
(j) the student becomes a person granted section 67 leave;
(k) the student or the student’s parent becomes a person granted indefinite leave to enter or remain as a victim of domestic violence or domestic abuse;
(l) the student becomes a person granted Calais leave;
(m) the student or the student’s parent becomes a person granted indefinite leave to enter or remain as a bereaved partner;
(n) the student or the student’s spouse, civil partner or parent becomes a person granted leave under one of the Afghan Schemes;
(o) the student or the student’s spouse, civil partner or parent becomes a person granted leave under one of the Ukraine Schemes.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2026/9780348283327/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-lifelong-learning-fee-limits-regulations-2026/regulation-6
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