{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-regulations-2008/regulation-63",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-regulations-2008/regulation-63.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/529",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Student Support) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/63",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "63",
  "heading": "Qualifying conditions for the loan for living costs – current system students",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraphs (3) to (5), a current system student qualifies for a loan for living costs in connection with his attendance on a designated course if he meets the following conditions—\n(a) he is under the age of 60 on the relevant date; and\n(b) he does not have an honours degree from an institution in the United Kingdom.\n(2) The condition in paragraph (1)(b) does not apply where—\n(a) the designated course is listed in regulation 5(7);\n(b) the designated course leads to qualification as a social worker;\n(c) the current system student is eligible to receive any payment under a healthcare bursary the amount of which is calculated by reference to his income or a Scottish healthcare allowance the amount of which is calculated by reference to his income in respect of any academic year of the course; or\n(d) the current system student is on a course for the initial training of teachers.\n(3) A current system student does not qualify for a loan for living costs if the only paragraph in Part 2 of Schedule 1 into which he falls is paragraph 9.\n(4) A current system student does not qualify for a loan for living costs in connection with his attendance on a designated course if that course is a flexible postgraduate course for the initial training of teachers which is of less than one academic year’s duration.\n(5) A current system student does not qualify for a loan for living costs in respect of an academic year during any part of which he is a prisoner.\n(6) To receive a loan for living costs, a current system student must enter into a contract with the Secretary of State.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 63 in force at 1.4.2008, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "uksi/2008/529",
      "affecting_title": "The Education (Student Support) Regulations 2008"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/529/regulation/63",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:35:39.347199+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."
}