{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-for-postgraduate-provision-amendment-regulations-2026/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-for-postgraduate-provision-amendment-regulations-2026/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2026/581",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Student Support for Postgraduate Provision) (Amendment) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-for-postgraduate-provision-amendment-regulations-2026",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Amendment to regulation 7 (students becoming eligible in the course of an academic year)",
  "text": "In regulation 7(1)(a)—\n(a) in paragraph (ii), omit “or on behalf of”;\n(b) at the end of paragraph (ii), omit “or”;\n(c) after paragraph (iii), insert—\n“(iv) because the course is provided on behalf of an English higher education provider which becomes a registered provider, where the course start date is before 1st September 2028; or\n(v) because, where the course start date is on or after 1st September 2028—\n(aa) the English higher education provider, on whose behalf the course is being provided, becomes a registered provider, and\n(bb) 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. 5 in force at 25.6.2026, see reg. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "“English higher education provider” is defined in regulation 2(1) of S.I. 2018/599."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/581/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:46:08.872512+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."
}