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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lifelong-learning-student-support-amendment-of-fees-and-awards-etc-regulations-2026/regulation-21/enacted",
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  "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/enacted",
  "path": "regulation/21",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Declarations provided by academic authorities in respect of loans for living costs and supplementary grants",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), an academic authority must complete a declaration in relation to an application for a loan for living costs or supplementary grants (or both) in such form as may be required by the Secretary of State.\n(2) An academic authority is not required to complete a declaration if it is unable to give the confirmation required.\n(3) In this regulation, “declaration” means a statement that provides, for the purposes of this Part and Parts 5 and 6—\n(a) confirmation by the academic authority of—\n(i) the first day of the first term week in respect of the course year and the last day of the last term week in respect of the course year, and\n(ii) the number of credits which the eligible student is likely to obtain in each course year of the course; and\n(b) certification by the academic authority that it considers that it will be possible for the applicant to complete the course in accordance with the minimum study intensity requirement in regulation 40(3), 61(2), 65(2), 75(2), 76(2) or 77(2).\n(4) For the purposes of paragraph (3)(b), the academic authority must have regard to—\n(a) any increase in intensity of study that would be required for the applicant to complete the course within the period specified in paragraph (3)(b), and\n(b) any parts of the course which the applicant has been required to repeat.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "enacted",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/858/regulation/21",
    "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."
}