Regulation 81 Qualifying for grants or maintenance loan during the academic year
England and Wales
Where one of the events in paragraph (3) occurs, the eligible student may qualify for a grant or maintenance loan.
But the amount of grant or loan payable to the eligible student—
will only, in the case of a grant, be in respect of the remaining days of the academic year, and, in the case of a maintenance loan, only be in respect of the remaining term days of the academic year, in either case beginning with the day the relevant event occurs, and
in relation to a maintenance loan, will only be payable if it is a quarter in respect of which the loan would otherwise be payable under regulation 85(6) and (7).
The events are—
the student's course becomes a designated course;
the student becomes an eligible student on the grounds that–
the student or the student’s spouse, civil partner or parent is recognised as a refugee, becomes a person granted stateless leave, becomes a person with leave to enter or remain or becomes a person granted humanitarian protection under paragraph 339C of the immigration rules;
the student becomes a person with Calais leave;
the student becomes a person with leave to enter or remain as a relevant Afghan citizen F8or the spouse, civil partner, child or stepchild of such a person;
the student becomes a protected Ukrainian national F10or the spouse, civil partner, child or stepchild of such a person;
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
where regulation 9(1A)(a) applies, F15the student becomes a person described in paragraph 8(1)(a) of Schedule 2;
the student becomes a person described in F16paragraph 4A(1)(a) of Schedule 2 or, where regulation 9(1A)(a) applies, in paragraph 4(1)(a) of Schedule 2;
the student becomes a person described in paragraph 7A(a) of Schedule 2 or, where regulation 9(1A)(a) applies, in paragraph 7(1)(a) of Schedule 2;
the student becomes a person described in paragraph 6B(1)(a)(ii) of Schedule 2.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Reg. 81(2)(a) substituted (1.8.2018) by The Education (Student Support) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/813), regs. 1(2), 7
- F2
Reg. 81(3)(b)(i) substituted (28.1.2021) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Ordinary Residence) (Wales) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/9), regs. 1(2), 44
- F3
Reg. 81(3)(b)(ia) inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(3)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/235), regs. 1(3)(a), 53
- F4
Words in reg. 81(3)(b)(ia) inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/481), regs. 1(2), 126(a)
- F5
Words in reg. 81(3)(b)(ia) substituted (9.8.2024) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/810), regs. 1(2), 25
- F6
Reg. 81(3)(b)(ib) inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/481), regs. 1(2), 126(b)
- F7
Reg. 81(3)(b)(ic) inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/79), regs. 1(2), 37
- F8
Words in reg. 81(3)(b)(ic) inserted (4.1.2024) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1349), regs. 1(2), 35 (with regs. 2, 80(2))
- F9
Reg. 81(3)(b)(id) inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 3 of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Ukrainian Nationals and Family Members) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/764), regs. 2, 42
- F10
Words in reg. 81(3)(b)(id) inserted (4.1.2024) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1349), regs. 1(2), 39 (with reg. 2)
- F11
Reg. 81(3)(b)(ii) omitted (with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/481), regs. 1(2), 126(c)
- F12
Reg. 81(3)(b)(iii) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1302), regs. 1(3), 30
- F13
Words in reg. 81(3)(b)(iii) substituted (3.2.2025 with application in accordance with reg. 2(1)(a) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/16), regs. 1(2), 26
- F14
Reg. 81(3)(b)(iv) substituted (with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/481), regs. 1(2), 126(d)
- F15
Words in reg. 81(3)(b)(iv) substituted (1.8.2021) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/813), regs. 1(2), 10(b)
- F16
Words in reg. 81(3)(b)(v) inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/481), regs. 1(2), 126(e)
- F17
Reg. 81(3)(b)(vi) substituted (with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/481), regs. 1(2), 126(f)
- F18
Reg. 81(3)(b)(vii) inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/481), regs. 1(2), 126(g)