{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-regulations-2011/regulation-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-regulations-2011/regulation-16.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/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Students becoming eligible in the course of an academic year",
  "text": "(1) Where—\n(a) a course designation event which results in a student’s course becoming a designated course occurs in the course of an academic year;\n(b) a protected category event which results in a student becoming an eligible student occurs—\n(i) in the course of the first academic year of a course; and\n(ii) on or before the course start date; or\n(c) an in-year qualifying event which results in a student becoming an eligible student occurs within the first three months of an academic year,\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": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 16 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, 15(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/1986/regulation/16",
    "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."
}