Regulation 3 Amendment of the Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) Regulations 2009

before “In these Regulations” insert “(1)”;

after the definition of “the 2008 Act” insert—

• ““the 2011 Support Regulations” means the Education (Student Support) Regulations 2011^f1;

• “the 2011 Welsh Regulations” means the Assembly Learning Grants and Loans (Higher Education) (Wales) (No.2) Regulations 2011^f2;”;

after the definition of “part-time” insert—

• ““post-2012 student loan” has the meaning given in paragraph (2)”;

delete the definition of “repayment threshold” and insert—

• ““repayment threshold”—

  1. (a)

     in relation to a student loan which is not a post-2012 student loan, has the meaning given to it in regulation 29(7);

  2. (b)

     in relation to a post-2012 student loan, has the meaning given to it in regulation 29(8);”; and

after the definition of “Welsh Ministers” insert—

“(2)

In these Regulations a “post-2012 student loan” means any student loan paid under the 2011 Support Regulations or the 2011 Welsh Regulations or any subsequent Regulations made by the Secretary of State or the Welsh Ministers (as the case may be) under section 22 of the 1998 Act and taken out by a borrower in respect of a course which that borrower begins on or after 1 September 2012 and which is not—

(a)

a full-time honours degree course beginning on or after 1 September 2012 which, disregarding any intervening vacation, a student begins to attend immediately after ceasing to attend a full-time course mentioned in paragraph 2, 3 or 4 of Schedule 2 to the 2011 Support Regulations or a full-time foundation or ordinary degree course, which started before 1 September 2012, having achieved a qualification; or

(b)

one to which the borrower’s status as a student eligible for support under Regulations made under section 22 of the 1998 Act has been transferred from another course which the borrower began before 1 September 2012 and where the transfer takes place on or after 1 September 2012 and it is from a full-time course to a full-time course.”.