{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-fees-awards-and-support-etc-amendment-no-3-regulations-2020/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2020/1203",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support etc.) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-fees-awards-and-support-etc-amendment-no-3-regulations-2020",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendment of the 2011 Regulations to remove provisions relating to old system students",
  "text": "(1) The 2011 Regulations are amended as follows.\n(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation)—\n(a) in paragraph (1)—\n(i) in the definition of “current system student”, omit paragraph (a) together with the “and” at the end;\n(ii) omit the following definitions—\n(aa) “fee contribution loan”;\n(bb) “fee support”;\n(cc) “gap year student”;\n(dd) “old system student”;\n(iii) in the definition of “qualifying year of study” for “fee support”, in both places it occurs, substitute “a fee loan”;\n(b) omit paragraphs (6) to (9).\n(3) In regulation 3 (revocations, savings and transitional provisions), omit paragraphs (4) and (5).\n(4) In regulation 9(2) (time limits)—\n(a) in sub-paragraph (b)—\n(i) omit “, a fee contribution loan”;\n(ii) omit “, an additional amount of fee contribution loan under regulation 35(5)”;\n(b) in sub-paragraph (c) omit “an additional amount of fee contribution loan under regulation 35(3),”.\n(5) In Part 4—\n(a) in the heading to the Part, for “support” substitute “loans”;\n(b) in regulation 12 (previous course)—\n(i) in paragraphs (8), (9), (10) and (11), for “formulae in regulations 21 and 29” substitute “formula in regulation 21”;\n(ii) in paragraph (9), in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b), for “fee support” substitute “a fee loan”;\n(iii) in paragraph (10), for “fee support” substitute “a fee loan”;\n(c) in regulation 13 (miscellaneous), in paragraphs (1), (4) and (5), for “fee support” substitute “a fee loan”;\n(d) for the heading to Chapter 2 substitute—\n“Availability of fee loans”;\n(e) omit regulation 15 (old system students);\n(f) in regulation 16 (students becoming eligible in the course of an academic year), in paragraphs (a) and (b), for “fee support” substitute “a fee loan”;\n(g) in regulation 18 (students to be treated as in attendance on a course), in paragraph (1), for “fee support” substitute “a fee loan”;\n(h) omit—\n(i) Chapter 4 (grants for fees for old system students);\n(ii) Chapter 5 (fee contribution loans for old system students).\n(6) In Part 5 (grants for living and other costs)—\n(a) omit regulation 37 (old system students);\n(b) in regulation 39 (students who are treated as in attendance), in paragraph (1), omit sub-paragraph (d);\n(c) in regulation 41 (amount of the disabled students’ allowance), omit paragraph (3);\n(d) omit Chapter 8 (higher education grants for old system students).\n(7) In Part 6 (loans for living costs)—\n(a) in regulation 68 (interpretation), omit paragraph (c);\n(b) omit regulation 70 (qualifying conditions for loan for living costs – old system students);\n(c) in regulation 71 (general), in paragraph (1), omit sub-paragraph (e);\n(d) omit regulation 79 (old system students with full entitlement);\n(e) in regulation 88 (deductions from loans for living costs), in paragraph (1), omit “or an old system student with full entitlement”.\n(8) Omit regulation 102 (application of contribution – old system students).\n(9) In Part 9 (payments)—\n(a) omit Chapter 2 (payment of grants for fees);\n(b) in regulation 110 (general), in paragraph (1), omit sub-paragraph (b);\n(c) omit regulation 114 (payment of fee contribution loans);\n(d) in regulation 117—\n(i) for the heading substitute—\n“Overpayment of fee loans”;\n(ii) in paragraphs (1) and (1A), in each place it occurs, for “fee support” substitute “a fee loan”.\n(10) In Schedule 4 (financial assessment)—\n(a) in paragraph 1(1)(i) (definition of “partner”)—\n(i) in sub-paragraph (iii), omit the words from “and” to the end;\n(ii) in sub-paragraph (iv), omit the words from “and” to the end;\n(b) in paragraph 2 (meaning of “independent eligible student”), in sub-paragraph (1)(g)(ii), omit “8,”;\n(c) in paragraph 4 (calculation of an eligible student’s residual income), omit sub-paragraph (2);\n(d) omit paragraph 8 (calculation of contribution: old system students);\n(e) in paragraph 9 (calculation of contribution: current system students), in sub-paragraph (5)(a), omit “(other than old system students)”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "There are no relevant amendments to regulation 2."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Sub-paragraph (b) of regulation 9(2) was substituted by S.I. 2015/1951."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Regulation 18 was amended by S.I. 2013/1728 and 2019/142."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "There are no relevant amendments to regulation 39."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "There are no relevant amendments to regulation 41."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "There are no relevant amendments to regulation 68"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "There are no relevant amendments to regulation 71."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "There are no relevant amendments to regulation 88."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "There are no relevant amendments to regulation 110."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f10",
      "text": "Regulation 117 was amended by S.I. 2015/1951."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f11",
      "text": "There are no relevant amendments to paragraph 1 of Schedule 4."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f12",
      "text": "Paragraph 2(1)(g)(ii) of Schedule 4 was amended by S.I. 2019/142."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f13",
      "text": "There are no relevant amendments to paragraph 4 of Schedule 4."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f14",
      "text": "There are no relevant amendments to paragraph 9 of Schedule 4."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1203/regulation/3",
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  "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."
}