{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-fees-and-awards-england-regulations-2007/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-fees-and-awards-england-regulations-2007/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/779",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Fees and Awards) (England) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-fees-and-awards-england-regulations-2007",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Payments by the OfS",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (4), it shall be lawful for OfS to adopt rules of eligibility for awards to be made to students who are being trained (otherwise than by a course leading to a first degree) to teach persons over compulsory school age by an institution to which it makes grants, loans or other payments under 39 or 40 of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 which confine eligibility to those persons who fall within any of—\n(a) paragraphs 2, 2A, 3, 4, 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D, 4E, 5 , 5A , 5B, 5C, 6A, 7A, 8A, 9A, 9B, 9BA, 9C, 9D, 9E, 10A, 11A, 12A and 13 of Schedule 1; or\n(b) paragraphs 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 of Schedule 1, where paragraph (3) applies.\n(2) Subject to paragraph (4), it shall be lawful for an institution to which OfS pays grants, loans or other payments for the purpose described in paragraph 1 to adopt rules of eligibility for awards which confine eligibility to those persons who fall within any of—\n(a) paragraphs 2, 2A, 3, 4, 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D, 4E, 5 , 5A , 5B, 5C, 6A, 7A, 8A, 9A, 9B, 9BA, 9C, 9D, 9E, 10A, 11A, 12A and 13 of Schedule 1; or\n(b) paragraphs 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 of Schedule 1, where paragraph (3) applies.\n(3) This paragraph applies where—\n(a) in connection with training beginning before 1st August 2021, a person (“A”) was eligible for an award by virtue of falling within any of paragraphs 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 of Schedule 1 in relation to a relevant year beginning before 1st August 2021; and\n(b) A’s eligibility for an award is being assessed in relation to that training.\n(4) In relation to training beginning on or after 1st January 2028, paragraphs (1) and (2) have effect as if, in each case, sub-paragraph (a) did not mention paragraphs 8A, 9B, 9BA and 9E of Schedule 1.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 8(1)(2) inserted (1.3.2021) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/127), regs. 1(1), 32(a)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in reg. 8 substituted (1.8.2019) by The Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (Further Implementation etc.) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1027), regs. 1, 27(5)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 8(1) substituted (1.8.2019) by The Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (Further Implementation etc.) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1027), regs. 1, 27(5)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 8(1)(2) substituted (1.3.2021) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/127), regs. 1(1), 32(a)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Word in reg. 8(1)(a) inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(3)(c) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1348), regs. 1(1), 20(1)(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in reg. 8(1)(a) inserted (3.6.2022 with application in accordance with reg. 1(3)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/534), regs. 1(1), 6(1)(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Word in reg. 8(1)(a) inserted (1.9.2021) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/929), regs. 1(1), 11(5)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Word in reg. 8(2)(a) inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(3)(c) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1348), regs. 1(1), 20(1)(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in reg. 8(2)(a) inserted (3.6.2022 with application in accordance with reg. 1(3)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/534), regs. 1(1), 6(1)(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Word in reg. 8(2)(a) inserted (1.9.2021) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/929), regs. 1(1), 11(5)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Reg. 8(3)(4) inserted (1.3.2021) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/127), regs. 1(1), 32(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "Words in reg. 8(3) substituted (1.9.2026) by The Lifelong Learning (Student Support) (Amendment of Fees and Awards etc.) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/858), reg. 1(1)(b), Sch. 8 para. 4 (with reg. 1(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F13",
      "text": "Words in reg. 8(4) substituted (1.9.2021) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/929), regs. 1(1), 11(5)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F14",
      "text": "Words in reg. 8(4) substituted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(3)(g) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1348), regs. 1(1), 21(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F15",
      "text": "Words in reg. 8 heading substituted (1.8.2019) by The Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (Further Implementation etc.) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1027), regs. 1, 27(5)(a)"
    }
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:58:10.408458+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}