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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lifelong-learning-student-support-amendment-of-fees-and-awards-etc-regulations-2026/regulation-10",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2026/858",
  "legislation_title": "The Lifelong Learning (Student Support) (Amendment of Fees and Awards etc.) Regulations 2026",
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  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Designation of courses",
  "text": "(1) A higher education course is a designated course for the purposes of section 22(1) of the 1998 Act and these Regulations if it meets the conditions in paragraph (2) or comes within paragraph (6) or (7).\n(2) The conditions are—\n(a) it must be a Schedule 4 course, an ALL-transfer course, or a gateway course;\n(b) it must deliver at least 30 credits, unless it is an ALL-transfer course (in which case it must deliver at least one credit);\n(c) in the case of an ALL-transfer course or a gateway course, it must have credits attached;\n(d) it must be substantially provided in the United Kingdom (meaning at least half the teaching and supervision which comprises the course must be provided in the United Kingdom);\n(e) in the case of a Schedule 4 course other than a course for an approved HTQ, it must be—\n(i) wholly provided by a registered provider in England, or by a registered or an unregistered provider on behalf of a registered provider in England,\n(ii) provided by a registered provider in England in conjunction with an institution which is situated outside the United Kingdom,\n(iii) wholly provided by an authority-funded institution in Scotland or Northern Ireland, or by a regulated institution in Wales,\n(iv) provided by an institution in Scotland, Northern Ireland or Wales on behalf of a registered provider in England,\n(v) provided by an authority-funded institution in Scotland or Northern Ireland or by a regulated institution in Wales, in conjunction with an institution which is situated outside the United Kingdom,\n(vi) provided by a registered provider in England on behalf of an authority-funded institution in Scotland or Northern Ireland or a regulated institution in Wales, or\n(vii) provided by a publicly funded institution in Scotland, Northern Ireland or Wales, on behalf of an authority-funded institution in Scotland or Northern Ireland or a regulated institution in Wales;\n(f) in the case of a course in England that is a course for an approved HTQ, an ALL-transfer course or a gateway course, it must be (noting the provision in regulation 5(6))—\n(i) provided by a registered provider, or\n(ii) provided by a registered or an unregistered provider on behalf of a registered provider;\n(g) in the case of a course that falls within paragraph 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10 of Schedule 4—\n(i) it must lead to an award (meaning any degree, diploma, certificate or other academic award or distinction) granted or to be granted by a body falling within section 214(2)(za), (zb), (a) or (b) of the Education Reform Act 1988, and\n(ii) the teaching and supervision which comprise the course must have been approved by that body;\n(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(e) and (f)—\n(a) a course is provided by an institution if the institution provides the teaching and supervision which comprise the course, whether or not the institution has entered into an agreement with the student to provide the course,\n(b) an institution is not to be regarded as publicly funded or authority-funded by reason only that it receives public funds from the governing body of a higher education institution in accordance with section 65(3A) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992, and\n(c) a course is not to be regarded as provided on behalf of an authority-funded educational institution or a regulated institution where a part of the course is provided by a private institution in Scotland, Northern Ireland or Wales, or by a private institution which is an unregistered provider in England.\n(4) Subject to regulation 12(1)(d), a course to which this paragraph applies is considered to be a single course for a first degree or for an equivalent qualification even if—\n(a) the course leads to another degree or qualification being conferred before the degree or equivalent qualification, and\n(b) part of the course is optional.\n(5) Paragraph (4) applies to a course the standard of which is not higher than a first degree which leads to a qualification as a medical doctor, dentist, veterinary surgeon, architect, landscape architect, landscape designer, landscape manager, town planner, or town and country planner.\n(6) Each of the following is also a designated course—\n(a) a Northern Irish designated course;\n(b) a Scottish designated course;\n(c) a Welsh designated course.\n(7) The Secretary of State may from time to time—\n(a) designate a higher education course that is not designated under paragraph (2), subject to such conditions as the Secretary of State sees fit, and\n(b) publish in such a manner as the Secretary of State sees fit a list of the courses that are so designated (to be known as “the Courses Designated by Letter List”), less the related conditions.\n(8) The Secretary of State may revoke or suspend the designation of a course which is designated under this regulation.\n(9) This regulation is to be read subject to regulation 12 (designation: exceptions).\n(10) In this regulation, “authority-funded” means—\n(a) in relation to an educational institution in Scotland, maintained or assisted by recurrent grants from the Scottish Funding Council;\n(b) in relation to an educational institution in Northern Ireland, maintained or assisted by recurrent grants from the Department for the Economy in Northern Ireland or the Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": "E+W",
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  "version": "current",
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 10 in force at 1.9.2026, see reg. 1(1)(b)"
    },
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1988 c. 40."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1992 c. 13."
    }
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