Regulation 2 Extent and application
Any amendment made by these Regulations has—
the same extent, and
except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), the same application,
as the provision amended.
The amendments made by the following provisions apply only in relation to the provision of support to a student in relation to an academic year which begins on or after 1st August 2026, whether anything done under these Regulations is done before, on or after that date—
regulation 5 (amendments to the childcare grant);
regulation 8 (amendments to remove the household income assessment of eligible care leavers in relation to loans for living costs);
regulation 14 (amendments relating to new payment rates for student support) and the Schedule (amendments to the Education (Student Support) Regulations 2011 relating to new payment rates for student support).
The amendments made by the following provisions apply only in relation to the provision of support to a student in relation to a course which begins on or after 1st August 2026, whether anything done under these Regulations is done before, on or after that date—
regulation 4 (amendments to the adult dependants’ grant), except where the student transfers to the course from a designated course that began before that date;
regulation 24 (amendments relating to the amount of loan for postgraduate master’s degrees);
regulation 31 (amendments relating to the amount and payment of loan for postgraduate doctoral degrees).
In paragraph (2), an “academic year” is the period of twelve months beginning with 1st January, 1st April, 1st July or 1st September of the calendar year in which the academic year of the course in question begins, according to whether the academic year of the course begins, respectively—
on or after 1st January and before 1st April,
on or after 1st April and before 1st July,
on or after 1st July and before 1st August, or
on or after 1st August and on or before 31st December.
In paragraph (3)(a), “designated course” has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the Education (Student Support) Regulations 2011f1.
Annotations
Footnotes
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S.I. 2011/1986, amended by paragraph 26(4) and (5) of Schedule 9 to the Finance Act 2025 (c. 8) and S.I. 2012/1653, 2013/235, 2013/630, 2013/1728, 2013/3106, 2014/1766, 2014/2103, 2014/2765, 2015/1951, 2016/211, 2016/270, 2016/584, 2017/52, 2017/114, 2017/204, 2018/136, 2018/137, 2018/434, 2018/443, 2018/472, 2018/599, 2019/142, 2019/983, 2019/1094, 2020/48, 2020/853, 2020/1181, 2020/1203, 2021/127, 2021/268, 2021/929, 2021/1348, 2022/57, 2022/534, 2022/634, 2023/74, 2023/98, 2023/521, 2023/1071, 2024/85, 2024/669, 2024/803, 2024/806, 2025/162 and 2025/660.