{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-fees-awards-and-support-etc-amendment-no-2-regulations-2020/regulation-12",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2020/48",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support etc.) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-fees-awards-and-support-etc-amendment-no-2-regulations-2020",
  "path": "regulation/12",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Amendments relating to funding for postgraduate top-up courses",
  "text": "(1) In the Education (Postgraduate Master’s Degree Loans) Regulations 2016—\n(a) in regulation 3 (eligible students)—\n(i) in paragraph (3), before sub-paragraph (a), insert—\n“(za) A is excused from undertaking any part of the course due to—\n(i) A’s previous experience;\n(ii) A having taken a module or other unit of work of another course; or\n(iii) A having been awarded a credit, credit point or equivalent measurement of study in respect of any part of another course;”;\n(ii) after paragraph (3) insert—\n“(3A) Paragraph (3)(za) does not apply where—\n(a) A was so excused as a result of transferring to the course from a designated course; and\n(b) the Secretary of State considers A being so excused to be reasonable in the circumstances.”;\n(b) in regulation 4 (designated courses)—\n(i) in paragraph (1)(a), after “a” insert “full”;\n(ii) after paragraph (4) insert—\n“(4ZA) In paragraphs (1)(a) and (1A), “full postgraduate master’s degree course” means a course which, independent of a student’s previous experience or any module or other unit of work, credit, credit point or equivalent measurement of study taken or awarded in respect of another course, leads to a master’s degree.”.\n(2) In the Education (Postgraduate Doctoral Degree Loans and the Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) (Amendment) (No. 2) etc.) Regulations 2018—\n(a) in regulation 3 (eligible students)—\n(i) in paragraph (3), before sub-paragraph (a), insert—\n“(za) A is excused from undertaking any part of the course due to—\n(i) A’s previous experience;\n(ii) A having taken a module or other unit of work of another course; or\n(iii) A having been awarded a credit, credit point or equivalent measurement of study in respect of any part of another course;”;\n(ii) after paragraph (3) insert—\n“(3A) Paragraph (3)(za) does not apply where—\n(a) A was so excused as a result of transferring to the course from a designated course; and\n(b) the Secretary of State considers A being so excused to be reasonable in the circumstances.”;\n(b) in regulation 4 (designated courses)—\n(i) in paragraph (1)(a), after “a” insert “full”;\n(ii) after paragraph (3) insert—\n“(3ZA) In paragraphs (1)(a) and (2A), “full postgraduate doctoral degree course” means a course which, independent of a student’s previous experience or any module or other unit of work, credit, credit point or equivalent measurement of study taken or awarded in respect of another course, leads to a doctoral degree.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Added by regulation 4(2)(b)(i) of these Regulations."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Added by regulation 4(3)(b)(i) of these Regulations."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/48/regulation/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:34:36.365716+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."
}