Regulation 18 Amount of fee loan for transferring studentsI1

If a student’s status as an eligible student is transferred from one further education course to another under regulation 8 F1... and the circumstances in paragraph (2) apply, the student may apply to the Secretary of State to borrow an additional amount by way of a fee loan in respect of the further education course to which that student transfers.

The circumstances are that the fees payable in respect of the further education course to which the student transfers exceed the fees payable in respect of the course from which the student is transferring.

If a student’s status as an eligible student is transferred from one course to another under F2regulation 8 and the circumstances in paragraph (4) apply, the Secretary of State must reduce the amount of the fee loan to which the student is entitled in respect of the course to which the eligible student has transferred.

The circumstances are that the fees payable in respect of the course to which the student transfers are lower than the fees payable in respect of the course from which the student is transferring.