{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-postgraduate-masters-degree-loans-regulations-2016/regulation-8C",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-postgraduate-masters-degree-loans-regulations-2016/regulation-8C.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/8C",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8C",
  "heading": "Restriction of designation of courses taught or delivered by franchised providers",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies to courses beginning on or after 1st September 2028.\n(2) A course which is taught or delivered by a franchised provider on behalf of a lead provider in England will not be a designated course unless that franchised provider is a qualifying franchised provider.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 1 Ch. 2A inserted (25.6.2026) by The Education (Student Support for Postgraduate Provision) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/581), regs. 1(2), 11 (with regs. 13, 14)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "word substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2026/1139",
      "affecting_title": "The Education (Student Support for Postgraduate and Lifelong Learning Provision) (Amendment) Regulations 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/606/regulation/8C",
    "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."
}