{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-regulations-2011/regulation-157D",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-regulations-2011/regulation-157D.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/157D",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "157D",
  "heading": "Declarations provided by academic authorities",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the academic authority must complete a declaration in such form as may be required by the Secretary of State.\n(2) An academic authority is not required to complete a declaration if it is unable to give the confirmation required.\n(3) In this regulation, “declaration” means a statement that provides, for the purposes of this Part—\n(a) confirmation by the academic authority of—\n(i) the period ordinarily required to complete the part-time course;\n(ii) the number of modules, credits, credit points, points or other unit which the eligible part-time student is likely to obtain in each academic year of the part-time course;\n(iii) the period ordinarily required to complete the full-time equivalent;\n(iv) the number of modules, credits, credit points, points or other unit which a standard full-time student would be likely to obtain within the period ordinarily required to complete that course;\n(b) certification by the academic authority that it considers—\n(i) the course to be a designated part-time course;\n(ii) that it will be possible for the applicant to complete the course within the period specified in regulation 139(1)(c).\n(4) For the purposes of paragraph (3)(b), the academic authority must have regard to—\n(a) any increase in intensity of study that would be required for the applicant to complete the course within the period specified in regulation 139(1)(c)(ii);\n(b) any parts of the course which the applicant has been required to repeat.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 11B 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), reg. 1(2)(a), Sch. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/1986/regulation/157D",
    "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."
}