# The Lifelong Learning (Student Support) (Amendment of Fees and Awards etc.) Regulations 2026, Regulation 42: Students qualifying for a loan for living costs during a course year

Extent: E+W

(1) Where a protected category event—
(a) occurs during a course year, and
(b) results in a student becoming an eligible student,
the student may qualify for a loan for living costs in respect of that course year, but not in respect of a course year beginning before that course year.
(2) Where—
(a) a course designation event occurs during a course year and results in a student’s course becoming a designated course, or
(b) an in-year qualifying event (other than a settled status event) occurs during a course year and results in a student becoming an eligible student,
the student may qualify for a loan for living costs, subject to paragraph (3).
(3) A student referred to in paragraph (2)—
(a) does not qualify for a loan for living costs in respect of any day of the course year before that event occurs, and
(b) does not qualify for a loan for living costs in respect of a course year beginning before the course year in which the event occurred.
(4) Paragraphs (1) and (2) do not apply where the protected category event, course designation event, or in-year qualifying event (as the case may be) occurs after the last day in the course year on which the student is undertaking study.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/858/regulation/42 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/lifelong-learning-student-support-amendment-of-fees-and-awards-etc-regulations-2026/regulation-42
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