{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-regulations-2011/regulation-138",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-regulations-2011/regulation-138.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2011/1986",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Student Support) Regulations 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-regulations-2011",
  "path": "regulation/138",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "138",
  "heading": "Students becoming eligible for support under Part 11A during the course of the academic year",
  "text": "(1) Where—\n(a) a part-time course designation event which results in a student’s course becoming a designated part-time course occurs in the course of an academic year;\n(b) a protected category event which results in a student becoming an eligible part-time student occurs—\n(i) in the course of the first academic year or a course; and\n(ii) on or before the course start date; or\n(c) an in-year qualifying event occurs within the first three months of an academic year which results in a student becoming an eligible part-time student,\nthe student may qualify for a fee loan in accordance with this Part in respect of that academic year.\n(2) But a fee loan is not available in respect of any academic year beginning before the academic year in which the event in question occurs.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 138 substituted (with application in accordance with reg. 2(4)(5)(a) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/74), regs. 1, 25"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 138 heading inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Support) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/472), regs. 1(2)(a), 11(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/1986/regulation/138",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:58:47.473982+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."
}