Regulation 37

In regulation 57 (increased maintenance loan for full-time students in extended years), after paragraph (7) insert—

“(8)

But this regulation does not apply to an academic year—

(a)

in respect of which the student has been bestowed or paid a healthcare bursary calculated by reference to the student’s income, whether or not the calculation results in a nil amount, or

(b)

of a sandwich course where the periods of full-time study are in aggregate less than 10 weeks unless the periods of work experience constitute unpaid service.

(9)

For the purposes of paragraph (8), “unpaid service” means—

(a)

unpaid service in a hospital or in a public health service laboratory or with a primary care trust in the United Kingdom,

(b)

unpaid service with a local authority in the United Kingdom acting in the exercise of their functions relating to the care of children and young persons, health or welfare, or with a voluntary organisation providing facilities or carrying out activities of a like nature in the United Kingdom,

(c)

unpaid service in the prison or probation and aftercare service in the United Kingdom,

(d)

unpaid research in an institution in the United Kingdom or, in the case of an eligible student attending an overseas institution as part of the eligible student’s course, in an overseas institution, or

(e)

unpaid service with—

(i)

a Special Health Authority established pursuant to section 28 of the National Health Service Act 2006^f1,

(ii)

a Local Health Board established pursuant to section 11 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006^f2 or a Special Health Authority established pursuant to section 22 of that Act,

(iii)

a Health Board or a Special Health Board constituted under section 2 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978^f3,

(iv)

the Regional Agency for Public Health and Social Well-being established under section 12 of the Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009^f4,

(v)

NHS England, the body corporate established under section 1H of the National Health Service Act 2006 or an integrated care board established under Chapter A3 of Part 2 of that Act, or

(vi)

the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence established under section 232 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012^f5.”