{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lifelong-learning-student-support-amendment-of-fees-and-awards-etc-regulations-2026/regulation-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lifelong-learning-student-support-amendment-of-fees-and-awards-etc-regulations-2026/regulation-15.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2026/858",
  "legislation_title": "The Lifelong Learning (Student Support) (Amendment of Fees and Awards etc.) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lifelong-learning-student-support-amendment-of-fees-and-awards-etc-regulations-2026",
  "path": "regulation/15",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Cap on overall support in relation to a service year",
  "text": "(1) An eligible student does not qualify for any support in relation to a course year (“course year A”) if—\n(a) the credit value of course year A exceeds 180, or\n(b) the eligible student has applied, and qualified, for any support in relation to one or more course years of other courses (“the other course year or years”) where—\n(i) course year A and the other course year or years all begin in the same service year, and\n(ii) the combined credit value of course year A and the other course year or years exceeds 180.\n(2) Paragraph (1) applies regardless of whether the provider in relation to any of the courses undertaken by the eligible student is an English higher education provider or is an institution in Scotland, Northern Ireland or Wales.\n(3) An eligible student’s entitlement to support under Parts 4, 5 and 6 is subject to paragraph (1).",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 15 in force at 1.9.2026, see reg. 1(1)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "uksi/2026/858",
      "affecting_title": "The Lifelong Learning (Student Support) (Amendment of Fees and Awards etc.) Regulations 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/858/regulation/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-12T03:41:28.911901+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."
}