{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/higher-education-short-course-loans-regulations-2022/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/higher-education-short-course-loans-regulations-2022/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2022/349",
  "legislation_title": "The Higher Education Short Course Loans Regulations 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/higher-education-short-course-loans-regulations-2022",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Applications for an HESC loan",
  "text": "(1) An applicant must apply for an HESC loan in connection with an HE short course by completing and submitting to the Secretary of State an application in such form and accompanied by such documentation as the Secretary of State may require.\n(2) The Secretary of State may take such steps, and make such enquiries, as the Secretary of State considers necessary to determine—\n(a) whether the applicant is an eligible student;\n(b) whether the applicant qualifies for an HESC loan;\n(c) the amount of HESC loan payable, if any.\n(3) The Secretary of State must notify the applicant of whether the applicant qualifies for an HESC loan, and if so, the amount of HESC loan payable in respect of the HE short course.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 8 in force at 13.4.2022, see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/349/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:02:01.752786+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}