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  "legislation": "uksi/2026/581",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Student Support for Postgraduate Provision) (Amendment) Regulations 2026",
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  "heading": "Interpretation of Part 4",
  "text": "(1) In this Part—\n“academic year” means the period of twelve months beginning with 1st September and ending with 31st August;\n“appeal reference period” means the academic year beginning 24 months before the first day of the implementation year;\n“OfS” means the Office for Students, as established by section 1(1) of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017;\n“register” means the register established and maintained by the OfS under section 3 of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017;\n(2) In this Part, in respect of transitional cases which fall under the Postgraduate Doctoral Degree Regulations, the following definitions apply—\n“below-threshold franchised provider” has the meaning given in regulation 8B(12) of the Postgraduate Doctoral Degree Regulations (as inserted by regulation 6 of these Regulations);\n“franchised provider” has the meaning given in regulation 8B(1) of the Postgraduate Doctoral Degree Regulations (as inserted by regulation 6 of these Regulations);\n“implementation year” has the meaning given in regulation 8A of the Postgraduate Doctoral Degree Regulations (as inserted by regulation 6 of these Regulations);\n“notice of status” means a notice issued by the Secretary of State under regulation 8E of the Postgraduate Doctoral Degree Regulations (as inserted by regulation 6 of these Regulations);\n“qualifying franchised provider” has the meaning given in regulation 8B(14) of the Postgraduate Doctoral Degree Regulations (as inserted by regulation 6 of these Regulations);\n“student population” has the meaning given in regulation 8B(5) of the Postgraduate Doctoral Degree Regulations (as inserted by regulation 6 of these Regulations).\n(3) In this Part, in respect of transitional cases which fall under the Postgraduate Master’s Degree Regulations, the following definitions apply—\n“below-threshold franchised provider” has the meaning given in regulation 8B(12) of the Postgraduate Master’s Degree Regulations (as inserted by regulation 11 of these Regulations);\n“franchised provider” has the meaning given in regulation 8B(1) of the Postgraduate Master’s Degree Regulations (as inserted by regulation 11 of these Regulations);\n“implementation year” has the meaning given in regulation 8A of the Postgraduate Master’s Degree Regulations (as inserted by regulation 11 of these Regulations);\n“notice of status” means a notice issued by the Secretary of State under regulation 8E of the Postgraduate Master’s Degree Regulations (as inserted by regulation 11 of these Regulations);\n“qualifying franchised provider” has the meaning given in regulation 8B(14) of the Postgraduate Master’s Degree Regulations (as inserted by regulation 11 of these Regulations);\n“student population” has the meaning given in regulation 8B(5) of the Postgraduate Master’s Degree Regulations (as inserted by regulation 11 of these Regulations).",
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      "text": "Reg. 12 in force at 25.6.2026, see reg. 1(2)"
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:46:08.872512+00:00"
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  "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."
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