Regulation 50 Increases in maximum amountI1

England and Wales

(1)

Where an eligible student is required to attend the eligible student’s course for a period exceeding 30 weeks and 3 days in an academic year, the maximum amount of loan for living costs specified in F1regulation 43 or, as the case may be, 44 must be increased for each week or part week of attendance in that academic year beyond 30 weeks and 3 days by, for such a student in—

(a)

category 1, F2£98;

(b)

category 2, F3£188;

(c)

category 3, F4£205;

(d)

category 4, F5£205;

(e)

category 5, F6£147.

(2)

Where an eligible student attends the eligible student’s course for a period of not less than 45 weeks in any continuous period of 52 weeks the amount of loan for living costs specified in F7regulation 43 or, as the case may be, 44 is increased for each week in the 52 week period during which the eligible student did not attend by the amounts referred to in paragraph (1).

(3)

This regulation does not apply in the case of a student with reduced entitlement F8or who is in receipt of a healthcare bursary or universal healthcare bursary calculated by reference to the student’s income, whether or not the calculation results in a nil amount.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in reg. 50(1) substituted (12.3.2018) by The Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/191), reg. 1(2), Sch. 6 para. 11(a) (with reg. 2(2)(3))
F2: Sum in reg. 50(1)(a) substituted (12.2.2026 with application in accordance with reg. 2(1)(a) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Amounts) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/11), regs. 1(2), 19(a)
F3: Sum in reg. 50(1)(b) substituted (12.2.2026 with application in accordance with reg. 2(1)(a) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Amounts) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/11), regs. 1(2), 19(b)
F4: Sum in reg. 50(1)(c) substituted (12.2.2026 with application in accordance with reg. 2(1)(a) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Amounts) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/11), regs. 1(2), 19(c)
F5: Sum in reg. 50(1)(d) substituted (12.2.2026 with application in accordance with reg. 2(1)(a) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Amounts) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/11), regs. 1(2), 19(c)
F6: Sum in reg. 50(1)(e) substituted (12.2.2026 with application in accordance with reg. 2(1)(a) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Amounts) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/11), regs. 1(2), 19(d)
F7: Words in reg. 50(2) substituted (12.3.2018) by The Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/191), reg. 1(2), Sch. 6 para. 11(b) (with reg. 2(2)(3))
F8: Words in reg. 50(3) inserted (5.2.2026 with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/3), regs. 1(2), 2, 25

Commencement

I1: Reg. 50 in force at 17.2.2017, see reg. 1(2)