Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “the 2005 Act” means the Education Act 2005 M1;

• F1“the 2026 Student Support Regulations” means the Lifelong Learning (Student Support) (Amendment of Fees and Awards etc.) Regulations 2026;

• “academic year” means the period of twelve months beginning on 1^st January, 1^st April, 1st July or 1^st September of the calendar year in which the academic year of the course in question begins according to whether that academic year begins on or after 1^st January and before 1^st April, on or after 1^st April and before 1^st July, on or after 1^st July and before 1^st August or on or after 1^st August and on or before 31^st December, respectively;

• “award” means a fees award or a maintenance award or both;

• F2“course start date” means—

  1. (a)

     for non-LLE courses, the day on which the first term of the first academic year of a course begins;

  2. (b)

     for LLE courses, the date within the first course year on which a course begins;

• F3“course year” means—

  1. (a)

     the period of 12 months beginning with the first day of the month in which the course begins, and

  2. (b)

     each subsequent period of 12 months (if any) in which part of the course is undertaken;

• “education” includes post-graduate research otherwise than in the course of employment;

• “employment” means full-time or part-time employment;

• “European Community” means the territory comprised by the Member States of the European Community as constituted from time to time;

• “European Economic Area” means the area comprised by the EEA States;

• “fees award” means an award in respect only of any fees payable other than any element of those fees which is a charge for maintenance;

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• “the Islands” means the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man;

• F5“LLE” (which is short for “Lifelong Learning Entitlement”) refers to the availability of student support under the 2026 Student Support Regulations;

• “LLE course” means a course designated under the 2026 Student Support Regulations, and in relation to a higher education course as defined in regulation 4(2) of those Regulations, “course” includes a module as defined in regulation 4(3) of those Regulations;

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• “maintenance award” means any award other than a fees award;

• F7“non-LLE course” means a course that is not an LLE course;

• F8“OfS” means the Office for Students;

• “overseas territories” means Anguilla; F9... Bermuda; British Antarctic Territory; British Indian Ocean Territory; British Virgin Islands; F10the Caribbean part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, Sint Maarten); Cayman Islands; Falkland Islands; Faroe Islands; French Polynesia; French Southern and Antarctic Territories; F11Gibraltar; Mayotte; Greenland; Montserrat; F12... Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie & Oeno Islands; South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands; F13St-Barthélemy; F14St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha; St Pierre et Miquelon; the Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies; Turks and Caicos Islands and Wallis and Futuna;

• “post-compulsory education award” means a scholarship, exhibition, bursary or other allowance granted by a local education authority under the Local Education Authority (Post-Compulsory Education Awards) Regulations 1999 M2;

• F15“relevant year” means—

  1. (a)

     in relation to LLE courses, a course year;

  2. (b)

     in relation to non-LLE courses, an academic year;

• F16“specified British overseas territories” means Anguilla; Bermuda; British Antarctic Territory; British Indian Ocean Territory; British Virgin Islands; Cayman Islands; Falkland Islands; Gibraltar; Montserrat; Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands; South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands; F17St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha; and Turks and Caicos Islands;

• “training provider” means a person who provides training for members of the school workforce under Part 3 of the 2005 Act;

• “UKRI” means United Kingdom Research and Innovation;

Despite section 11 of the Interpretation Act 1978 M3 section 3(2) of the Education (Fees and Awards) Act 1983 (references to the United Kingdom to include references to the Islands) shall not apply for the purposes of interpreting these Regulations.

For the purposes of these Regulations, “parent” F19means a parent, guardian or any other person having parental responsibility for a child and “child” is to be construed accordingly. 

For the purposes of these Regulations, a person is not to be treated as ordinarily resident in a place unless that person lawfully resides in that place F21(but see also regulation 4(2A) and (2B)) .

For the purposes of these Regulations, a person is to be treated as ordinarily resident in England, England and Wales, Great Britain, the United Kingdom, the United Kingdom and Islands F22, the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the Islands and the Republic of Ireland, in F23the territory comprising the United Kingdom, Gibraltar, the European Economic Area and Switzerland, in F24the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the overseas territories F25, the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the Islands and the specified British overseas territories, or in F26the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the European Economic Area, Switzerland, Turkey and the overseas territories if he would have been so resident but for the fact that—

For the purposes of paragraph (4), temporary employment includes—

For the purposes of Regulations 6, 7, 8 and 9 a person is to be treated as ordinarily resident in England, England and Wales, Great Britain, the United Kingdom, the United Kingdom and Islands F29, the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the Islands and the Republic of Ireland, in F30the territory comprising the United Kingdom, Gibraltar, the European Economic Area and Switzerland, in F31the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the overseas territories F32, the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the Islands and the specified British overseas territories, or in F33the territory comprising the United Kingdom, Gibraltar, the European Economic Area, Switzerland and Turkey if he would have been so resident but for the fact that—

For the purposes of these Regulations an area F34other than the United Kingdom or Gibraltar which—

is to be considered to have always been a part of the European Economic Area.

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