Regulation 39 Location categories and final course yearsI1

England and Wales

(1)

In this Part—

(a)

a student is in category A if they reside at their parents’ home during term weeks while attending the designated course;

(b)

a student is in category B if they are not in category A and they attend one or more of the following—

(i)

a course at the University of London,

(ii)

a course at an institution which requires attendance for part of the course year at a site wholly or partly within the area comprising the City of London and the former Metropolitan Police District, or

(iii)

a sandwich placement at an institution which requires the eligible student to undertake—

(aa)

work experience, or

(bb)

a combination of work experience and study,

provided that the student undertakes such work experience or combination of work experience and study for some of the course year at a site or sites wholly or partly within the area comprising the City of London and the former Metropolitan Police District;

(c)

a student is in category C if they are not in category A and they attend one of the following for at least 6 weeks of the course year—

(i)

an overseas institution as part of their designated course,

(ii)

the Institute, or

(iii)

an overseas work placement on a period of Turing mobility;

(d)

a student is in category D if they are not in category A, B, or C.

(2)

Subject to regulation 56, an eligible student’s entitlement to a loan for living costs in relation to a term week is calculated by reference to the category that the student is in, in that week.

(3)

The final year of a course is only treated as a final year for the purposes of this Part where the credit value of that course year is 110 credits or more.

(4)

In this regulation, “former Metropolitan Police District” means—

(a)

Greater London, excluding the City of London, the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple;

(b)

in the county of Essex, in the district of Epping Forest—

(i)

the area of the former urban district of Chigwell, and

(ii)

the parish of Waltham Abbey;

(c)

in the county of Hertfordshire—

(i)

in the borough of Broxbourne, the area of the former urban district of Cheshunt,

(ii)

the district of Hertsmere, and

(iii)

in the district of Welwyn Hatfield, the parish of Northaw;

(d)

in the county of Surrey—

(i)

in the borough of Elmbridge, the area of the former urban district of Esher,

(ii)

the boroughs of Epsom and Ewell and Spelthorne, and

(iii)

in the district of Reigate and Banstead, the area of the former urban district of Banstead.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 39 in force at 1.9.2026, see reg. 1(1)(b)