{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-amendment-regulations-2026/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-amendment-regulations-2026/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2026/459",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Student Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-amendment-regulations-2026",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Amendment to regulation 2A (meaning of “in-year qualifying event”, “protected category event”, “settled status event”, “course designation event” etc. and related matters)",
  "text": "In regulation 2A—\n(a) in paragraphs (5) and (6)—\n(i) in each sub-paragraph (b), at the beginning insert “where the course begins before 1st September 2028,”\n(ii) at the end of each sub-paragraph (c), omit “or”;\n(iii) after each sub-paragraph (d) (but before the full stop), insert “; or\n“(e) where the course begins on or after 1st September 2028—\n(i) the English higher education provider, on whose behalf the course is being provided, becomes a registered provider, and\n(ii) the course is provided by a qualifying franchised provider (or multiple qualifying franchised providers)”;\n(b) in paragraph (7)—\n(i) in sub-paragraph (b), at the beginning, insert “where the course begins before 1st September 2028,”;\n(ii) at the end of sub-paragraph (b), omit “or”;\n(iii) after sub-paragraph (c) (but before the full stop), insert “; or\n“(d) where the course begins on or after 1st September 2028—\n(i) the English higher education provider, on whose behalf the course is being provided, becomes a registered provider, and\n(ii) the course is provided by a qualifying franchised provider (or multiple qualifying franchised providers)”.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 4 in force at 19.5.2026, see reg. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Regulation 2A was inserted by S.I. 2023/74. Paragraphs (5) and (6) were amended by S.I. 2023/74."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/459/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:02:08.653573+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."
}