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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/higher-education-and-research-act-2017/schedule-2/paragraph-1C",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2017/29",
  "legislation_title": "Higher Education and Research Act 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/higher-education-and-research-act-2017",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/1C",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1C",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Regulations must, in relation to each course year for which the credit-based method is to be used, specify or provide for the determination of—\n(a) a maximum number of credits for the course year, and\n(b) a default number of credits for the course year (which may not exceed the maximum number).\n(2) Sub-paragraphs (3) and (4) apply in relation to a course year that includes credit-differentiated activity.\n(3) Regulations must specify or provide for the determination of—\n(a) a maximum number of credits, and\n(b) a default number of credits (which may not exceed the maximum number),\nfor each credit-differentiated activity to be undertaken during the course year.\n(4) In relation to a given course year—\n(a) the total of those maximum numbers must not exceed the maximum number of credits for the course year, and\n(b) the total of those default numbers must not exceed the default number of credits for the course year.\n(5) This paragraph does not apply in relation to qualifying courses that are modules.",
  "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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