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Regulation 5 Prescribed maximum amount for sandwich coursesF1

England and Wales

(1)

This regulation applies in respect of an academic year of a sandwich course—

(a)

during which any periods of full-time study are in aggregate less than 10 weeks, or

(b)

if in respect of that academic year and any previous academic years of the course the aggregate of any one or more periods of attendance which are not periods of full-time study at the institution (disregarding intervening vacations) exceeds 30 weeks.

(2)

Where this regulation applies, Column 2 of Table 3 specifies the prescribed maximum amount for the purposes of section 5(3) of the 2015 Act in respect of an academic year in the corresponding entry in Column 1.

Table 3

Column 1Column 2
Academic yearPrescribed maximum amount
Beginning before 1 August 2024 £1,800
Beginning on or after 1 August 2024 F2but before 1 August 2025 £1,850
F3Beginning on or after 1 August 2025 F4but before 1 August 2026 £1,905
F5Beginning on or after 1 August 2026 £1,955

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Reg. 5 substituted (8.3.2024) by The Education (Student Finance) (Fee Limit and Loan Amounts) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/144), regs. 1(2), 5

F2

Words in reg. 5(2) Table 3 inserted (17.3.2025) by The Education (Student Finance) (Fee Limit and Loan Amounts) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/190), regs. 1(2), 2(4)(a)

F3

Words in reg. 5(2) Table 3 inserted (17.3.2025) by The Education (Student Finance) (Fee Limit and Loan Amounts) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/190), regs. 1(2), 2(4)(b)

F4

Words in reg. 5(2) Table 3 inserted (12.2.2026) by The Education (Student Finance) (Amounts) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/11), regs. 1(2), 6(a)

F5

Words in reg. 5(2) Table 3 inserted (12.2.2026) by The Education (Student Finance) (Amounts) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/11), regs. 1(2), 6(b)