{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-loans-repayment-regulations-2009/regulation-3E",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-loans-repayment-regulations-2009/regulation-3E.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/470",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-loans-repayment-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/3E",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3E",
  "heading": "Meaning of “plan 5 loan”",
  "text": "(A1) A “plan 5 loan” is a loan which is—\n(a) a plan 5 LLE loan, or\n(b) a plan 5 non-LLE loan.\n(1) A “plan 5 non-LLE loan” is a loan—\n(a) taken out by a person in respect of a course the person begins on or after 1st August 2023, and\n(b) paid under any of the following—\n(i) the 2011 Support Regulations;\n(ii) the Further Education Loans Regulations 2012.\n(2) Despite paragraph (1), a loan taken out by a person for a course mentioned in regulation 3B(2)(a)(ii) or (iii) is a plan 2 loan.\n(3) A “plan 5 LLE loan” is a loan paid under the 2026 Support Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regs. 3A-3E inserted (6.4.2023) by The Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1335), regs. 2(2), 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Reg. 3E(A1) inserted (1.9.2026) by The Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) (Amendments for Lifelong Learning) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/857), regs. 1(1), 4(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 3E(1) substituted (1.9.2026) by The Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) (Amendments for Lifelong Learning) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/857), regs. 1(1), 4(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Reg. 3E(3) inserted (1.9.2026) by The Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) (Amendments for Lifelong Learning) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/857), regs. 1(1), 4(4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/470/regulation/3E",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:16:41.591721+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."
}