Paragraph 1
England and Wales
Table 16 lists expressions defined or otherwise explained in these Regulations.
Table 16
| Expression | Defined or referred to in… |
|---|---|
| “the 1998 Act” | Regulation 5 |
| “the 2017 Regulations” | Regulation 2(3)(a) |
| F1“2020 Citizens’ Rights Regulations” | Schedule 1, paragraph 6 |
| “academic authority” | Schedule 1, paragraph 6(1) |
| “academic year” | Schedule 1, paragraph 1 |
| “accelerated graduate entry course” | Schedule 1, paragraph 6(1) |
| “adult dependants grant” | Regulation 68(1) |
| “adult dependant” | Regulation 70(1) |
| “applicable financial year” | Schedule 3, paragraph 23(2) |
| “base grant” | Regulation 43 |
| “bursary grant for living costs” | Regulation 10(2) |
| “care leaver” | Regulation 49 |
| “childcare grant” | Regulation 68(1) |
| “close relative” | Schedule 1, paragraph 6(1) |
| F2. . . | . . . |
| F3“Common Aggregation Hierarchy” | Regulation 25(3 |
| “compressed degree course” | Schedule 1, paragraph 6(1) |
| “compressed first year course” | Schedule 1, paragraph 6(1) |
| “course for the initial training of teachers” | Schedule 1, paragraph 6(1) |
| “current academic year” (for the purposes of calculating income under Schedule 3) | Schedule 3, paragraph 23(2) |
| “current academic year” (for the purposes of determining a student's entitlement to GfDs) | Regulation 70(1) |
| “CY” | Schedule 3, paragraph 23(2) |
| “dependent child” | Regulation 70(1) (but see also Regulation 75(3) in relation to childcare grant) |
| “designated course” | Chapter 1 of Part 4 |
| F4. . . | . . . |
| “designated postgraduate course” | Schedule 4, paragraphs 2 and 3 |
| “Directive 2004/38” | Schedule 2, paragraph 11 |
| “disability” | Regulation 61(2) |
| “disabled postgraduate student's grant” | Schedule 4, paragraph 1(1) |
| “disabled student's grant” | Regulation 61(1) |
| “distance learning course” | Schedule 1, paragraph 6(1) |
| “earlier course” | Regulation 11(3) |
| “EEA” | Schedule 2, paragraph 11 |
| “EEA frontier self-employed person” | Schedule 2, paragraph 4(3) |
| “EEA frontier worker” | Schedule 2, paragraph 4(3) |
| “EEA migrant worker” | Schedule 2, paragraph 4(3) |
| “EEA national” | Schedule 2, paragraph 4(4) |
| “EEA self-employed person” | Schedule 2, paragraph 4(3) |
| F5. . . | F6. . . |
| F7. . . | . . . |
| “eligible postgraduate student” | Schedule 4, paragraphs 4, 5 and 6 |
| “eligible student” | Regulation 9(1) |
| “employed person” | Schedule 2, paragraph 4(4) |
| “employment based teacher training scheme” | Regulation 7(2) |
| “end-on course” | Schedule 1, paragraph 6(1) |
| F8“English plan provider” | Schedule 1, paragraph 2(1) |
| “English regulated institution” | Schedule 1, paragraph 2(1) |
| “English regulated institution” | Schedule 1, paragraph 2(c) |
| “ERASMUS scheme” | Schedule 1, paragraph 4(3) |
| “Erasmus year” | Schedule 1, paragraph 4(1) |
| “family member” | Schedule 2, paragraph 11 |
| F9. . . | . . . |
| “fees” | Schedule 1, paragraph 6(1) |
| “financial year” | Schedule 3, paragraph 23(2) |
| “former Metropolitan Police District” | Schedule 1, paragraph 3(3) |
| “full amount” | Regulation 95(4) |
| “full-time equivalent” (for the purposes of calculating intensity of study) | Schedule 1, paragraph 5(3) |
| “full-time student” (for the purposes of determining a student's entitlement to a particular category of support) | Regulation 46(1), 55(1) |
| F10. . . | . . . |
| “graduate” | Regulation 25(1) |
| “grant for travel” | Regulation 64 |
| “grants for dependants” (“GfDs”) | Regulation 68 |
| “healthcare bursary” | Regulation 10(4) |
| “Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS)” | Regulation 25(3) |
| “honours graduate” | Regulation 24(1) |
| “household income” | Schedule 3, Part 2 |
| F11“immigration rules” | Schedule 2, paragraph 11 |
| “independent eligible student” | Schedule 3, paragraph 4 |
| “intensity of study” (in relation to a part-time course) | Schedule 1, paragraph 5 |
| “Islands” | Schedule 2, paragraph 11 |
| “the Joint Academic Coding System” | Regulation 25(3) |
| “Learning Support Fund” | Regulation 10(4) |
| F12“leave application date” (for the purpose of determining if a person is a protected spouse or civil partner or a protected child) | Schedule 2, paragraph 2ZA |
| “leave application date” (for the purpose of determining if a person is a protected partner or a child of a protected partner) | Schedule 2, paragraph 2ZB |
| “leave application date” (for the purpose of determining if a person is a spouse, civil partner, child or stepchild of a protected Ukrainian national) | Schedule 2, paragraph 2ZC |
| “leave application date” (for the purpose of determining if a person is a spouse or civil partner of a person with leave to enter or remain or a child of a person with leave to enter or remain or a child of the spouse or civil partner of a person with leave to enter or remain) | Schedule 2, paragraph 3 |
| F13. . . | . . . |
| “living at home” | Schedule 1, paragraph 3(1)(a) |
| “living away from home, studying elsewhere” | Schedule 1, paragraph 3(1)(c) |
| “living away from home, studying in London” | Schedule 1, paragraph 3(1)(b) |
| “London” | Schedule 1, paragraph 3(2) |
| “lone parent” | Regulation 70(1) |
| “looked after” | Schedule 2, paragraph 10(2) |
| “maintained school” | Regulation 7(3) |
| “maintenance grant” | Regulation 43 |
| “maintenance loan” | Regulation 53 |
| “member of the armed forces” | Schedule 1, paragraph 6(1) |
| “net income” (of dependants) | Schedule 3, Part 5 |
| “new course” | Regulation 28(1) |
| “new total payable” | Regulation 88(4) |
| “Northern Irish funded institution” | Schedule 1, paragraph 2(1) |
| “old course” | Regulation 28(1) |
| “ordinary duration” | Regulation 17(1) |
| “ordinary provider” | Regulation 40(2)(c)(i) |
| F14overseas territories | Schedule 2, paragraph 11(1) |
| F15. . . | . . . |
| “parents' learning grant” | Regulation 68(1) |
| “parent” and “child” (for the purposes of determining the category of a person under Schedule 2) | Schedule 2, paragraph 11 |
| “partial amount” | Regulation 95(4) |
| “partner” (for the purposes of calculating income under Schedule 3) | Schedule 3, paragraph 23(1) |
| “partner” (for the purposes of determining a student's entitlement to GfDs) | Regulation 70(2) |
| “part-time student” (for the purposes of determining a student's entitlement to a particular category of support) | Regulation 47(1), 58(1) |
| “payment period” | Regulation 95(9) |
| “pension arrangements order” | Schedule 3, paragraph 23(2) |
| “period of eligibility” (in relation to a designated course) | Section 2 of Chapter 2 of Part 4 |
| F16. . . | . . . |
| “period of eligibility” (in relation to a designated postgraduate course) | Schedule 4, paragraph 7 |
| “period of work experience” | Schedule 1, paragraph 6(1) |
| “period ordinarily required to complete the full-time equivalent” (for the purposes of calculating intensity of study) | Schedule 1, paragraph 5(3) |
| F17“person granted leave to enter or remain as a protected partner” | Schedule 2, paragraph 2ZB |
| “person granted leave to enter or remain as a protected person” | Schedule 2, paragraph 2ZA |
| “person granted stateless leave” | F18Schedule 2, paragraph 2ZA |
| “person with Calais leave” | Schedule 2, paragraph 2ZA |
| “person with leave to enter or remain” | Schedule 2, paragraph 3(4) |
| F19“person with leave to enter or remain as a relevant Afghan citizen” | Schedule 2, paragraph 2ZA |
| “person with protected rights” | Schedule 1, paragraph 6 |
| “person with section 67 leave to remain” | F20Schedule 2, paragraph 2ZA |
| “the placement” | Regulation 66(1) |
| “preliminary course” | Regulation 16(1) |
| “prescribed charges” (in relation to childcare grant) | Regulation 75(3) |
| “present course” | Schedule 1, paragraph 6(1) |
| “present postgraduate course” | Schedule 4, paragraph 1(2) |
| “previous course” | Regulation 17(3) |
| “prisoner” | Schedule 1, paragraph 6(1) |
| “private institution” | Regulation 40(2)(c)(ii) |
| “protected child” | Schedule 2, paragraph 2ZA |
| “protected English provider” | Schedule 1, paragraph 2(1) |
| “protected spouse or civil partner” | Schedule 2, paragraph 2ZA |
| F21“protected Ukrainian national” | Schedule 2, paragraph 2ZC(2) |
| “public body” | Schedule 3, paragraph 23(2) |
| “publicly funded institution” | Schedule 1, paragraph 6(1) |
| “PY” | Schedule 3, paragraph 23(2) |
| “PY-1” | Schedule 3, paragraph 23(2) |
| “qualified teacher” | Schedule 1, paragraph 6(1) |
| “qualifying quarter” | Regulation 66(1) |
| “quarter” | Schedule 1, paragraph 6(1) |
| “recognised educational institution” | Schedule 1, paragraph 2(a) |
| “refugee” | Schedule 2, paragraph 11 |
| “registered English institution” | Schedule 1, paragraph 2(1) |
| “relevant degree course” (for the purposes of defining “end on course”) | Schedule 1, paragraph 6(1) |
| “relevant education course” (for the purposes of defining “end on course”) | Schedule 1, paragraph 6(1) |
| “relevant period” | Schedule 1, paragraph 6 |
| “relevant person of Northern Ireland” | Schedule 1, paragraph 6 |
| “relevant support” | Regulation 27(2) |
| “relevant year” (for the purposes of calculating net income) | Schedule 3, paragraph 21(3) |
| “Research Council” | Schedule 1, paragraph 6(1) |
| “residence scheme immigration rules” | Schedule 1, paragraph 6 |
| “residual income” | Schedule 3, Part 4 |
| . . . | . . . |
| “sandwich course” | Schedule 1, paragraph 6(1) |
| “Scottish funded institution” | Schedule 1, paragraph 2(1) |
| F22. . . | . . . |
| “self-employed person” | Schedule 2, paragraph 4(4) |
| “settled” | Schedule 2, paragraph 11 |
| “special support payment” | Regulation 50 |
| specified British overseas territories | Schedule 2, paragraph 11(1) |
| F23. . . | . . . |
| “standard full-time student” (for the purposes of calculating intensity of study) | Schedule 1, paragraph 5(3) |
| “statutory award” | Schedule 1, paragraph 6(1) |
| “student loan” (for the purposes of determining whether a student is an eligible student) | Regulation 10(3) |
| “student loan” (for the purposes of determining whether a student is an eligible postgraduate student) | Schedule 4, paragraph 5(2) |
| “support” | Schedule 1, paragraph 6(1) |
| “Swiss Agreement” | Schedule 2, paragraph 11 |
| “Swiss citizens’ rights agreement” | Schedule 1, paragraph 6 |
| “Swiss employed person” | Schedule 2, paragraph 4(3) |
| “Swiss frontier employed person” | Schedule 2, paragraph 4(3) |
| “Swiss frontier self-employed person” | Schedule 2, paragraph 4(3) |
| “Swiss self-employed person” | Schedule 2, paragraph 4(3) |
| “taxable income” | Schedule 3, paragraph 9 |
| “teacher training student” | Regulation 15(6) |
| “tuition fee loan” | Regulation 38 |
| “Turkish worker” | Schedule 2, paragraph 8(2) |
| “United Kingdom national” | Schedule 2, paragraph 11 |
| “Welsh funded institution” | Schedule 1, paragraph 2(1) |
| “Welsh local authority” | Schedule 2, paragraph 10(2) |
| “Welsh regulated institution” | Schedule 1, paragraph 2(b) |
| “Welsh regulated institution” | Schedule 1, paragraph 2(1) |
| “worker” | Schedule 2, paragraph 4(4) |
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in Sch. 7 Table 16 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), 152(c)
- F2
Words in Sch. 7 para. 1 Table 16 omitted (5.2.2026 with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/3), regs. 1(2), 2, 32(a)
- F3
Words in Sch. 7 inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Support) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/73), regs. 1(2), 47
- F4
Words in Sch. 7 para. 1 Table 16 omitted (5.2.2026 with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/3), regs. 1(2), 2, 32(b)
- F5
Words in Sch. 7 omitted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Education (Student Support) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/73), regs. 1(2), 12(a)
- F6
Words in Sch. 7 omitted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Education (Student Support) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/73), regs. 1(2), 12(b)
- F7
Words in Sch. 7 para. 1 Table 16 omitted (5.2.2026 with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/3), regs. 1(2), 2, 32(c)
- F8
Words in Sch. 7 Table 16 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), 60
- F9
Words in Sch. 7 Table 16 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), 152(a)
- F10
Words in Sch. 7 Table 16 omitted (with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/79), regs. 1(2), 57
- F11
Words in Sch. 7 Table 16 inserted (30.7.2018) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/814), regs. 1(2), 20
- F12
Words in Sch. 7 Table 16 inserted (4.1.2024) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1349), regs. 1(2), 56
- F13
Words in Sch. 7 para. 1 Table 16 omitted (17.3.2025) by virtue of The Education (Student Finance) (Amounts) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/193), regs. 1(2), 33(a) (with reg. 2)
- F14
Words in Sch. 7 Table 16 inserted (22.2.2023) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/87), regs. 1(2), 46 (with reg. 2)
- F15
Words in Sch. 7 para. 1 Table 16 omitted (5.2.2026 with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/3), regs. 1(2), 2, 32(d)
- F16
Words in Sch. 7 para. 1 Table 16 omitted (5.2.2026 with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/3), regs. 1(2), 2, 32(e)
- F17
Words in Sch. 7 para. 1 Table 16 inserted (17.3.2025) by The Education (Student Finance) (Amounts) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/193), regs. 1(2), 33(b) (with reg. 2)
- F18
Words in Sch. 7 Table 16 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), 152(b)(i)
- F19
Words in Sch. 7 Table 16 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), 41
- F20
Words in Sch. 7 Table 16 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), 152(b)(ii)
- F21
Words in Sch. 7 Table 16 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, 45
- F22
Words in Sch. 7 Table 16 omitted (4.1.2024) by virtue of The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1349), regs. 1(2), 52
- F23
Words in Sch. 7 para. 1 Table 16 omitted (5.2.2026 with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/3), regs. 1(2), 2, 32(f)