Regulation 9 Amendment to regulation 4 (designated courses)I1

in paragraph (i), omit from “, or provided” to “registered provider” (in the third place it occurs);

in paragraph (iv) omit from “an institution” to “, or by”;

at the end of paragraph (v) (but before the semi-colon), insert “, except where the institution^f1 which is situated outside the United Kingdom provides that course^f2 on behalf of the registered provider^f3 in England”;

omit the “or” at the end of paragraph (v);

after paragraph (vi), insert—

“(vii)

provided by a registered provider or unregistered provider^f4 on behalf of a registered provider in England, where the course start date^f5 is before 1st September 2028; or

(viii)

provided by a qualifying franchised provider (or multiple qualifying franchised providers), on behalf of a registered provider in England, where the course start date is on or after 1st September 2028;”.