# The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2023, Regulation 21: Amendments relating to students becoming eligible for student support in the course of an academic year

Extent: E+W

For regulation 49A (quarters in respect of which grant for travel is payable) substitute—
“49A. (1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), a grant for travel is payable in respect of the four quarters of the academic year.
(2) Where a protected category event which results in a student becoming an eligible student occurs—
(a) in the course of the first academic year of a course; and
(b) on or before the course start date,
the student may qualify for a grant for travel in respect of the four quarters of the first academic year of the course.
(3) Where—
(a) a course designation event which results in a student’s course becoming a designated course occurs in the course of an academic year; or
(b) an in-year qualifying event (other than a settled status event) which results in a student becoming an eligible student occurs in the course of an academic year,
the student may qualify for a grant for travel in respect of such quarters of the academic year as begin after the event in question occurs.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/74/regulation/21 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-fees-awards-and-support-amendment-regulations-2023/regulation-21
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