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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-fees-awards-and-support-amendment-regulations-2018/regulation-6",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2018/137",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-fees-awards-and-support-amendment-regulations-2018",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Amendments relating to designated distance learning courses",
  "text": "(1) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—\n(a) omit the following definitions—\n(i) “current distance learning course”;\n(ii) “designated distance learning course”;\n(iii) “eligible distance learning student”;\n(b) in the definition of “end-on course”—\n(i) in paragraph (d), omit “or designated distance learning course”;\n(ii) in paragraph (f), omit from “a designated” to “Schedule 2 or”;\n(c) in the definition of “period of eligibility”, omit “in regulation 123 in relation to an eligible distance learning student,”.\n(2) In regulation 4 (eligible students)—\n(a) omit paragraph (7)(b);\n(b) in paragraphs (12)(a)(i) and (13)(a)(i), omit—\n(i) “, designated distance learning course”;\n(ii) “, eligible distance learning student”.\n(3) In regulation 5 (designated courses)—\n(a) in the opening words of paragraph (1), omit “(3),”;\n(b) in paragraph (1)(b)(i), omit “subject to paragraph (3),”;\n(c) omit paragraphs (3) and (3A).\n(4) In regulation 12(1) (previous course), in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b)(iii), for “a designated”, substitute “a full-time”.\n(5) Omit Part 10 (support for designated distance learning courses).\n(6) In regulation 137 (eligible part-time students)—\n(a) in paragraphs (10)(a) and (11)(a)—\n(i) omit “, designated distance learning course”;\n(ii) for “, eligible student or eligible distance learning student”, substitute “or eligible student”;\n(b) omit paragraph (13)(c).\n(7) In regulation 139(1) (designated part-time courses)—\n(a) at the end of sub-paragraph (e), insert “and”;\n(b) omit sub-paragraph (g) and the “and” before it.\n(8) In regulation 152 (conversion of status), omit paragraphs (5) to (11) and (14) to (18).\n(9) In regulation 159(18) (eligible postgraduate students), omit sub-paragraph (b).\n(10) In Schedule 1 (eligible students), in Part 2 (categories), in paragraph 9(1)(b)(i), omit “or designated distance learning course”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The definition of “end-on course” was amended by S.I. 2012/1653 and 2015/1951."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Regulation 4 was amended by S.I. 2015/1951, 2017/114 and 2018/136."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Regulation 5 was amended by S.I. 2013/1728, 2013/3106, 2014/2765, 2015/1951, 2017/114 and 2018/136."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Regulation 12(1) was amended by S.I. 2014/2765."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Regulation 137 was amended by S.I. 2015/1951 and 2017/114."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "Regulation 139(1) was amended by S.I. 2014/2765."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "Schedule 1 was amended by S.I. 2012/1653, 2016/270, 2016/584 and 2017/114."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/137/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:02:37.619287+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."
}