Regulation 13 Amount of postgraduate doctoral degree loan
England and Wales
Subject to paragraph (2), F1Table 2 sets out the amount of postgraduate doctoral degree loan that a person may apply for towards the costs of undertaking a designated course where—
Column 1 specifies the course in relation to which the amount of postgraduate doctoral degree loan specified in Column 2 applies, and
Column 2 specifies the amount of loan available in respect of the corresponding entry in Column 1.
Subject to regulation 17(5), where an eligible prisoner applies for a postgraduate doctoral degree loan the amount of the loan must not exceed the lesser of—
the fees payable in respect of the course, and
F4the amount of postgraduate doctoral degree loan available to a person under paragraph (1) in respect of the course.
Except where regulation 17(5) and (6) applies an eligible student may apply to the Welsh Ministers to amend the amount of postgraduate doctoral degree loan for which the student has applied, provided that—
in aggregate, the amounts of postgraduate doctoral degree loan applied for do not exceed the applicable amounts set out in paragraphs (1) and (2);
such application is made in accordance with regulation 11(2).
If the Welsh Ministers have determined under regulation 10 that the applicant is an eligible student, the Welsh Ministers must pay the amount for which the eligible student qualifies in accordance with regulation 14.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words and table in reg. 13(1) substituted (17.3.2025) by The Education (Student Finance) (Amounts) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/193), regs. 1(2), 36(a)
- F2
Words in reg. 13(1) Table 2 inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 2(2)(a) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Amounts) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/11), regs. 1(2), 48(a)
- F3
Words in reg. 13(1) Table 2 inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 2(2)(a) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Amounts) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/11), regs. 1(2), 48(b)
- F4
Words in reg. 13(2)(b) substituted (17.3.2025) by The Education (Student Finance) (Amounts) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/193), regs. 1(2), 36(b)