# The Education (Student Support) Regulations 2006 (revoked) S.I. 2006/119 · made 23 January 2006 · revised to 1 September 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-regulations-2006-revoked/pdf/uksi_20060119_en.pdf; Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-regulations-2006-revoked/pdf/uksiem_20060119_en.pdf ## Introductory text EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES EDUCATION, NORTHERN IRELAND Made 23rd January 2006 Laid before Parliament 7th February 2006 Coming into force 1st March 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 1: GENERAL ## 1 Citation, commencement, application and extent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Revocation, savings and transitional provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 2: ELIGIBILITY ## 4 Eligible students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Designated courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Period of eligibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Transfer of status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 3: APPLYING FOR SUPPORT AND PROVISION OF INFORMATION ## 8 Applications for support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Time limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 4: FEE SUPPORT ### Chapter 1: TYPES OF FEE SUPPORT AVAILABLE ## 11 New system students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Old system students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Students becoming eligible in the course of an academic year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Students treated as in attendance on a course . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 2: FEE LOANS FOR NEW SYSTEM STUDENTS ## 16 Availability of fee loans to new system students - general . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Standard entitlement of new system students who have not studied on a previous course . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Standard entitlement of new system students who have studied on a previous course . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Standard entitlement of new system students on end-on courses and certain degree courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Amount of the fee loan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 3: GRANTS FOR FEES FOR OLD SYSTEM STUDENTS ## 21 Continuing students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Transferring students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 End-on courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Gap year students who have not studied on a previous course . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Gap year students who have studied on a previous course . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Availability of the grant for fees to old system students for years of repeat study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Amount of the grant for fees for a course at a publicly-funded institution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Amount of the grant for fees for a course that is provided at a private institution on behalf of a publicly-funded institution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Amount of the grant for fees for a course at a private institution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 4: FEE CONTRIBUTION LOANS FOR OLD SYSTEM STUDENTS ## 30 Availability of fee contribution loans to old system students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Amount of the fee contribution loan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 5: INTERPRETATION OF PART 4 ## 32 Previous course . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Bursary year, ordinary duration, preliminary course, qualifying year of study and standard academic year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 5: GRANTS FOR LIVING AND OTHER COSTS ### Chapter 1: TYPES OF GRANTS AVAILABLE ## 35 New system students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Old system students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 2: GENERAL PROVISIONS ## 37 General qualifying conditions for grants for living and other costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 3: DISABLED STUDENTS' ALLOWANCES ## 38 Qualifying conditions for the disabled students' allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Amount of the disabled students' allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 4: GRANTS FOR DEPENDANTS ## 40 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Adult dependants' grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 42 Childcare grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 43 Parents' learning allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 44 Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45 Interpretation of Chapter 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 5: GRANTS FOR TRAVEL ## 46 Qualifying conditions for the grant for travel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 47 Amount of the grant for travel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 6: MAINTENANCE GRANTS FOR NEW SYSTEM STUDENTS ## 48 Qualifying conditions for the maintenance grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 49 Amount of the maintenance grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 7: SPECIAL SUPPORT GRANTS FOR NEW SYSTEM STUDENTS ## 50 Qualifying conditions for the special support grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 51 Amount of the special support grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 8: HIGHER EDUCATION GRANTS FOR OLD SYSTEM STUDENTS ## 52 Qualifying conditions for the higher education grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 53 Amount of the higher education grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 6: LOANS FOR LIVING COSTS ### Chapter 1: QUALIFYING CONDITIONS ## 54 Qualifying conditions for the loan for living costs – new system students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 55 Qualifying conditions for the loan for living costs – old system students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 2: MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF LOANS ## 56 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 57 New system students with full entitlement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 58 Type 1 and type 2 teacher training students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 59 Old system students with full entitlement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 60 Students with reduced entitlement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 3: MISCELLANEOUS ## 61 Quarters in respect of which the loan for living costs is payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 62 Students falling into more than one category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 63 Students residing with parents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 64 Students becoming eligible in the course of an academic year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 65 Students who are treated as in attendance on a course . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 66 Increases in maximum amount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 67 Deductions from loans for living costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 68 Applying for an additional amount of loan for living costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 69 Categories of student . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 70 Interpretation of Part 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 6A: COLLEGE FEE LOANS ## 70A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 7: INTEREST AND INSOLVENCY ## 71 Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 72 Insolvency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 8: FINANCIAL ASSESSMENT ## 73 Calculation of contribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 74 Application of contribution – new system students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 75 Application of contribution – old system students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 76 Order of application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 77 Application of contribution to loan for living costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 9: PAYMENTS ## 78 Payment of grants for fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 79 Payment of fee loans and fee contribution loans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 80 Payment of loans – information requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 81 Payment of grants for living and other costs and loans for living costs – timing of payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 82 Payment of grants for living and other costs and loans for living costs - general provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 83 Overpayments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 10: SUPPORT FOR PART-TIME COURSES ## 84 Eligible part-time students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 85 Designated part-time courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 86 Period of eligibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 87 Assistance for part-time courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 88 Amount of assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 89 Interpretation of regulation 88 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 90 Assistance with fees in respect of attendance on a course in Wales, Northern Ireland or Scotland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 91 Disabled part-time students' allowances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 92 Applications for support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 93 Declarations provided by academic authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 94 Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 95 Transfer of status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 96 Conversion of status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 97 Payment of grants for books, travel and other expenditure and disabled part-time students' allowances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 98 Payment of grants for fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 99 Overpayments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 11: SUPPORT FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES ## 100 Eligible postgraduate students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 101 Designated postgraduate courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 102 Period of eligibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 103 Transfer of status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 104 Applications for support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 105 Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 106 Amount of grants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 107 Payment of grants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 108 Overpayments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1: ELIGIBLE STUDENTS ### Part 1: Interpretation ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 2: Categories ## 2 Persons who are settled in the United Kingdom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Persons who are settled in the United Kingdom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Refugees and persons with leave to enter or remain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Refugees and persons with leave to enter or remain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Workers, employed persons, self-employed persons and their family members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Workers, employed persons, self-employed persons and their family members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Persons who are settled in the United Kingdom and have exercised a right of residence elsewhere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 EC nationals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 EC nationals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Children of Swiss nationals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Children of Turkish workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2: DESIGNATED COURSES ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3: INFORMATION ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3A: COLLEGE FEE LOANS ## 1 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Availability of college fee loans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Amount of the college fee loan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Transfers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Contribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Overpayment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 4: FINANCIAL ASSESSMENT ## 1 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Independent eligible student . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Household income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Calculation of eligible student’s residual income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Calculation of parent’s residual income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Calculation of eligible student’s partner’s residual income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Calculation of parent’s partner’s residual income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Calculation of contribution – old system students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Calculation of contribution – new system students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Split contributions – eligible students who are not independent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Split contributions – independent eligible students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/119 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-regulations-2006-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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