{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-regulations-2008/regulation-71",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-regulations-2008/regulation-71.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/71",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "71",
  "heading": "Long courses loan",
  "text": "(1) A 2008 cohort student qualifies for a long courses loan in connection with his attendance on a designated course if he meets the following conditions—\n(a) he qualifies for a loan for living costs under this Part;\n(b) he is required to attend his course for a period exceeding 30 weeks and 3 days in an academic year; and\n(c) he is not a student with reduced entitlement.\n(2) The maximum amount of the long courses loan is X+Y where—\nX is calculated in accordance with paragraph (3),\nY is calculated in accordance with paragraph (4);\n(3) Where a 2008 cohort student is required to attend his course for a period exceeding 30 weeks and 3 days in an academic year, the number of weeks or part weeks of attendance in the academic year beyond 30 weeks and 3 days is multiplied by the relevant amount in paragraph (5);\n(4) Where a 2008 cohort student attends his course for a period of not less than 45 weeks in any continuous period of 52 weeks, the total number of weeks in the 52-week period during which he does not attend is multiplied by the relevant amount in paragraph (5);\n(5) The amount is—\n(i) for a student in category A, £53;\n(ii) for a student in category B, £103;\n(iii) for a student in category C, £112;\n(iv) for a student in category D, £81.\n(6) A deduction from the amount of long courses loan calculated in accordance with this regulation may be made in accordance with Part 9.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 71 in force at 1.4.2008, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2009/862",
      "affecting_title": "The Education (Student Support) Regulations 2008 (Amendment) Regulations 2009"
    },
    {
      "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/71",
    "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."
}