{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-loans-repayment-amendment-no-4-regulations-2022/regulation-15",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2022/1335",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-loans-repayment-amendment-no-4-regulations-2022",
  "path": "regulation/15",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Amendments to regulation 15 (timing of repayments: general)",
  "text": "(1) For the heading to regulation 15 substitute “Timing and notification of repayments”.\n(2) Before regulation 15(1) insert—\n“(A1) In this regulation—\n(a) paragraphs (1) to (2D) relate to the timing of repayments for a plan 1, 2, 3 or 5 loan;\n(b) paragraphs (3) to (10) relate to the notification of repayments for a student loan.”.\n(3) In regulation 15(1), for “student loan or a postgraduate degree loan” substitute “plan 1, 2, 3 or 5 loan”.\n(4) In regulation 15(2)—\n(a) for “a student loan borrower” in each place it occurs substitute “the borrower”;\n(b) for “the student loan” substitute “a plan 1, 2 or 5 loan”;\n(c) for “Regulations made pursuant to section 22 of the 1998 Act in respect of a student loan” substitute “an enactment cited in regulation 3A, 3B or 3E”.\n(5) In regulation 15(2ZA)—\n(a) in the words before sub-paragraph (a), for “Subject to paragraph (2C) a postgraduate degree loan” substitute “The”;\n(b) in sub-paragraph (a), for “loan under Part 1 of the 2016 Master’s Degree Regulations or Part 4 of the 2017 Master’s Degree Wales Regulations” substitute “postgraduate master’s degree loan”;\n(c) in sub-paragraph (b)(i), for “loan under Part 1 of the 2018 Doctoral Degree Regulations or Part 4 of the 2018 Doctoral Degree Wales Regulations” substitute “postgraduate doctoral degree loan”.\n(6) After regulation 15(2ZA) insert—\n“(2ZB) In paragraph (2ZA)—\n“postgraduate doctoral degree loan” means a plan 3 loan paid under an enactment cited in table 3 or 4 of regulation 3C;\n“postgraduate master’s degree loan” means a plan 3 loan paid under an enactment cited in table 1 or 2 of regulation 3C.”\n(7) In regulation 15(2A)—\n(a) in the words before sub-paragraph (a), for “post-2012 student loan”—\n(i) in the first place it occurs, substitute “plan 2 or 5 loan”;\n(ii) in the second place it occurs, substitute “loan”;\n(b) in sub-paragraph (a), for “Regulations made pursuant to section 22 of the 1998 Act” substitute “an enactment cited in regulation 3B or 3E,”.\n(8) In regulation 15(2B), for “post-2012 student loan” substitute “plan 2 or 5 loan”.\n(9) After regulation 15(2B) substitute—\n“(2BA) Despite paragraphs (2), (2A) and (2B), a borrower is not required to repay any part of a plan 5 loan on or before 5th April 2026.\n(2BB) Omit paragraph (2BA) and this paragraph on 6th April 2026.”.\n(10) Omit regulation 15(2C).\n(11) In regulation 15(2D)—\n(a) in sub-paragraph (a), for “a course” substitute “an eligible course”;\n(b) for sub-paragraph (b)(i) and (ii) substitute—\n“(i) a full-time honours degree course the student begins, disregarding any intervening vacation, immediately after ceasing to attend a full-time original course for which the person achieved a qualification, or\n(ii) a part-time honours degree course the student begins, disregarding any intervening vacation, immediately after ceasing to attend a part-time original course for which the person achieved a qualification.”.\n(12) In regulation 15(3), for “(7), (8) and regulation 16” substitute “(7) and (8)”.\n(13) Omit regulation 15(4)(d) and (5)(e).\n(14) In regulation 15(7), omit “or postgraduate degree loan”.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 15 in force at 6.4.2023, see reg. 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The timing of repayments in relation to a plan 4 loan is determined in accordance with regulation 7 of the 2000 (Scotland) Regulations."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/1335/regulation/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:52:02.447712+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."
}