# The Education (Student Support) Regulations 2011, Regulation 139D: Transfers from courses which are designated to courses which are not designated


(1) This paragraph applies where an eligible student—
(a) transfers from a designated course to a course (including a part-time course) which is not designated; and
(b) immediately before the transfer, that student was eligible to apply, but had not applied, for a loan under Part 6 in respect of the academic year (“the transfer year”) in which the transfer occurs.
(2) Where paragraph (1) applies—
(a) the student may apply for a loan under Part 6 in respect of the transfer year;
(b) for the purposes of such an application, the student is to be treated as if the student were still an eligible student undertaking the designated course; and
(c) the amount of loan under Part 6 to which the student is entitled in respect of the transfer year is—
(A/B)×Cwhere—
A is the number of days of the designated course which the student undertakes as an eligible student in the transfer year;
B is the length of the designated course, in days, in that year; and
C is the maximum amount of loan to which the student would be entitled under Part 6 for the transfer year, were it not for the transfer.
(3) This paragraph applies where an eligible part-time student—
(a) transfers from a designated part-time course to a course (including a full-time course) which is not designated; and
(b) immediately before the transfer the eligible part-time student was eligible to apply, but had not applied, for a loan under Part 11B in respect of the academic year (“the transfer year”) in which the transfer occurs.
(4) Where paragraph (3) applies—
(a) the student may apply for a loan under Part 11B in respect of the transfer year;
(b) for the purposes of such an application, the student is to be treated as if the student were still an eligible part-time student undertaking the designated part-time course; and
(c) the amount of loan under Part 11B to which that student is entitled in respect of the transfer year is—
(D/E)×F
where—
D is the number of days of the designated part-time course which the student undertakes as an eligible part-time student in the transfer year;
E is the length of the designated part-time course, in days, in that year; and
F is the maximum amount of loan to which the student would be entitled under Part 11B for the transfer year, were it not for the transfer.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/1986/regulation/139D (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-regulations-2011/regulation-139D
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