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The Further Education Loans Regulations 2012

S.I. 2012/1818 · Made 11 July 2012 · Extends to England and Wales

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Education, England

Made 11th July 2012

Laid before Parliament 12th July 2012

Coming into force 1st September 2012

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 22 and 42(6) of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998f1.

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Footnotes

f1

1998 c.30; section 22 was amended by the Learning and Skills Act 2000 (c.21), section 146 and Schedule 11, the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c.1), Schedule 6, the Finance Act 2003 (c.14), section 147, the Higher Education Act 2004 (c.8), sections 42 and 43 and Schedule 7, the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (c.22), section 257 and the Education Act 2011 (c.21) section 76. See section 43(1) of the 1998 Act for the definition of “prescribed” and “regulations”.

Contents

  1. Part 1: GENERAL
  2. 1Citation, commencement and application
  3. 2Interpretation
  4. Part 2: ELIGIBILITY
  5. 3Eligible students
  6. 4Designated courses
  7. 5Period of eligibility
  8. 6Students becoming eligible after a designated further education course has begun
  9. 7Regulation 7 Repealed
  10. 7AStudent becoming eligible where a course is designated after the student starts the course
  11. 8Transfer of status within same institution
  12. 9Transfer to another institution
  13. Part 3: APPLYING FOR A FEE LOAN, PROVISION OF INFORMATION AND LOAN CONTRACTS
  14. 10Applications for a fee loan
  15. 11Time limits
  16. 12Information
  17. 13Requirement to enter into a contract for a fee loan
  18. Part 4: FEE LOANS
  19. 14Availability of fee loans to eligible students - general
  20. 15Standard entitlement of eligible students
  21. 16Amount of the fee loan
  22. 17Regulation 17
  23. 18Amount of fee loan for transferring students
  24. Part 5: PAYMENTS
  25. 19Interpretation
  26. Chapter: PAYMENT OF LOANS
  27. 20Provision of United Kingdom national insurance number
  28. 21Information requirements
  29. 22Payment of fee loans
  30. 23Method of repayment
  31. Chapter: OVERPAYMENTS
  32. 24Overpayments of fee loan
  33. 25Cancellation of fee loan
  34. Signature
  35. Schedule 1: ELIGIBLE STUDENTS
  36. Part 1: Interpretation
  37. 1Paragraph 1
  38. Part 2: Categories
  39. 2Persons who are settled in the United Kingdom
  40. 2AParagraph 2A
  41. 3Paragraph 3
  42. 4Refugees and their family members
  43. 4APersons granted stateless leave and their family members
  44. 4BPersons granted section 67 leave
  45. 4CPersons granted indefinite leave to enter or remain as a victim of domestic violence or domestic abuse and their children
  46. 4DPersons granted Calais leave
  47. 4EPersons granted indefinite leave to enter or remain as a bereaved partner and their children
  48. 5Persons granted humanitarian protection and their family members
  49. 5APersons granted leave under one of the Afghan Schemes and their family members
  50. 5BEvacuated or assisted British nationals from Afghanistan
  51. 5CPersons granted leave under one of the Ukraine Schemes and their family members
  52. 6Workers, employed persons, self-employed persons and their family members
  53. 6AParagraph 6A
  54. 7Paragraph 7
  55. 7AParagraph 7A
  56. 8Persons who are settled in the United Kingdom and have exercised a right of residence elsewhere
  57. 8AParagraph 8A
  58. 9EU nationals etc.
  59. 9AParagraph 9A
  60. 9BUnited Kingdom nationals
  61. 9BAParagraph 9BA
  62. 9BBParagraph 9BB
  63. 9CParagraph 9C
  64. 9DPersons resident in Gibraltar
  65. 10EU nationals ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands
  66. 10AParagraph 10A
  67. 11Children of Swiss nationals
  68. 11AParagraph 11A
  69. 12Children of Turkish workers
  70. 12AParagraph 12A
  71. 13Long Residence
  72. Schedule 2: INFORMATION
  73. 1Paragraph 1
  74. 2Paragraph 2
  75. 2AParagraph 2A
  76. 3Paragraph 3
  77. Schedule 3: Maximum loan amount for a further education course
  78. 1Interpretation
  79. 2Determination of maximum loan amounts
  80. 1Exceptions to programme weightings in Table 4
  81. Explanatory note