Regulation 7 Qualifying course

(1)

For the purposes of section 10(6) of the 2017 Act, a “qualifying course” is a higher education course—

(a)

which, for the time being, is designated for the purposes of section 22 of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998^f1,

(b)

which is provided by a provider, and

(c)

which begins on or after 1st January 2027.

(2)

In paragraph (1)(a), “designated” means designated by or under the Lifelong Learning (Student Support) (Amendment of Fees and Awards etc.) Regulations 2026^f2.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1998 c. 30. Section 22 of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 (“the 1998 Act”) was amended by sections 146(1) and (2) and 153 of, and Schedule 11 to, the Learning and Skills Act 2000 (c. 21); section 43(1) and (2) of the Higher Education Act 2004 (c. 8); and section 88(1), (2), (3) and (4) of the 2017 Act; other amendments were made but none is relevant. Section 28A of the 1998 Act, which modifies section 22 of the 1998 Act, was inserted by section 15 of the 2022 Act.
f2: S.I. 2026/[…].