{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-postgraduate-masters-degree-loans-regulations-2016/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-postgraduate-masters-degree-loans-regulations-2016/regulation-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/606",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Postgraduate Master's Degree Loans) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-postgraduate-masters-degree-loans-regulations-2016",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Students becoming eligible in the course of an academic year",
  "text": "(1) Where—\n(a) during the currency of a course, the course becomes a designated course—\n(i) under regulation 4(6);\n(ii) by virtue of the course being provided by ... an English higher education provider which becomes a registered provider; ...\n(iii) by virtue of the course becoming a Northern Irish designated master’s degree course, a Scottish designated master’s degree course or a Welsh designated master’s degree course;\n(iv) because the course is provided on behalf of an English higher education provider which becomes a registered provider, where the course start date is before 1st September 2028; or\n(v) because, where the course start date is on or after 1st September 2028—\n(aa) the English higher education provider, on whose behalf the course is being provided, becomes a registered provider, and\n(bb) the course is provided by a qualifying franchised provider (or multiple qualifying franchised providers);\n(b) the student commences a designated course after the start date of the designated course as the relevant academic authority has permitted the student to commence the course at this later start date; or\n(c) an event specified in paragraph (2) occurs during the currency of a student’s course which results in the student becoming an eligible student,\nthe student may qualify for a postgraduate master’s degree loan, provided that the student complies with the application provisions set out in Chapter 3 of Part 1.\n(2) The events mentioned in paragraph (1)(c) are—\n(a) 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;\n(b) the student becomes a family member as described in paragraph 9A(1)(a), 9B(1)(a), 9C(1)(a) or 9D(1)(a) or (2)(a) of Schedule 1;\n(ba) the student becomes a person described in paragraph 2 of Schedule 1;\n(bb) the student becomes a person described in paragraph 2A of Schedule 1;\n(c) the student becomes a person described in paragraph 3(a) of Schedule 1;\n(d) the student becomes a person described in paragraph 6A(1)(a) of Schedule 1;\n(da) the student becomes a person described in paragraph 9BB of Schedule 1;\n(e) the student becomes a person described in paragraph 11A(1)(a) of Schedule 1;\n(f) the student becomes a person granted section 67 leave;\n(g) 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;\n(h) the student becomes a person granted Calais leave;\n(i) the student or the student’s parent becomes a person granted indefinite leave to remain leave to enter or remain as a bereaved partner;\n(j) the student or the student’s spouse, civil partner or parent becomes a person granted leave under one of the Afghan Schemes;\n(k) the student or the student’s spouse, civil partner or parent becomes a person granted leave under one of the Ukraine Schemes.\n(3) Where an event specified in paragraph (2)(a), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j) or (k) occurs in relation to a student after course start date, paragraph (4) applies for the purposes of determining whether the event results in the student becoming an eligible student.\n(4) The student is to be treated, for the purposes of determining whether the student satisfies any requirement in Schedule 1 to be ordinarily resident in England on the course start date, as if the student was, on the course start date, lawfully residing in the place where the student was residing on that date.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 7 substituted (with application in accordance with reg. 2(4)(5)(a) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/74), reg. 91"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 7(1)(a)(ii) omitted (25.6.2026) by virtue of The Education (Student Support for Postgraduate Provision) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/581), regs. 1(2), 10(a) (with regs. 13, 14)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in reg. 7(1)(a)(ii) omitted (25.6.2026) by virtue of The Education (Student Support for Postgraduate Provision) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/581), regs. 1(2), 10(b) (with regs. 13, 14)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Reg. 7(1)(a)(iv)(v) inserted (25.6.2026) by The Education (Student Support for Postgraduate Provision) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/581), regs. 1(2), 10(c) (with regs. 13, 14)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Reg. 7(2)(ba)(bb) inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 2(4)(c) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/85), regs. 1, 35(1)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Reg. 7(2)(da) inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 2(4)(c) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/85), regs. 1, 35(1)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in reg. 7(2)(g) inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 2(4)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/85), regs. 1, 34(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in reg. 7(2)(g) substituted (with application in accordance with reg. 2(4)(a) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/85), regs. 1, 31(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in reg. 7(2)(i) inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 2(4)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/85), regs. 1, 34(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in reg. 7(2)(i) substituted (E.) (6.3.2025) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/162), regs. 1(b), 19(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Words in reg. 7(2)(j) inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 2(6)(7)(9) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/74), reg. 94(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "Words in reg. 7(2)(k) inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 2(4)(5)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/74), reg. 94(b)"
    }
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      "affecting": "uksi/2026/1139",
      "affecting_title": "The Education (Student Support for Postgraduate and Lifelong Learning Provision) (Amendment) Regulations 2026"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/606/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:45:34.148733+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."
}