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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/higher-education-and-research-act-2017/schedule-2/paragraph-1B",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2017/29",
  "legislation_title": "Higher Education and Research Act 2017",
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  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/1B",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1B",
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  "text": "(1) Regulations must, in relation to each course year for which the credit-based method is to be used, make provision about the circumstances in which the course year is to be regarded as having a number of credits attached to it for the purposes of paragraphs 1D and 1E.\n(2) Such regulations may, for instance, provide that the course year is to be regarded as having a number of credits attached to it if—\n(a) that number of credits is notified in relation to the year by the provider of the course to a particular person by a particular date;\n(b) in arriving at that number, a particular number of credits is used by the provider to denote each hour of learning time.\n(3) Regulations may, in relation to a course year for which the credit-based method is to be used—\n(a) provide for a particular description of activity to be undertaken during the course year to be “credit-differentiated activity”, and\n(b) make provision about the circumstances in which a number of credits, out of those that are regarded as attached to the course year, are to be further regarded as attached to the credit-differentiated activity.\n(4) Credits are not to be regarded for the purposes of paragraphs 1D and 1E as attached to a course year, or to activity undertaken during a course year, except by virtue of regulations under sub-paragraph (1) or (3).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 paras. 1-1I substituted for Sch. 2 para. 1 (12.5.2026 for specified purposes, 1.9.2026 in so far as not already in force) by Lifelong Learning (Higher Education Fee Limits) Act 2023 (c. 40), ss. 1(4), 3(2); S.I. 2026/497, reg. 2(1)(2) (with reg. 3)"
    }
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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