{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lifelong-learning-student-support-amendment-of-fees-and-awards-etc-regulations-2026/regulation-48",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lifelong-learning-student-support-amendment-of-fees-and-awards-etc-regulations-2026/regulation-48.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/48",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "48",
  "heading": "Calculation of additional weeks entitlement",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies to an eligible student—\n(a) who is described in regulation 43(1)(b) or (c);\n(b) who—\n(i) is an independent eligible student described in paragraph 2(1)(f) of Schedule 7, or\n(ii) has a household income of £45,000 or less, and\n(c) who is undertaking a year of a designated course in which there are more than 30 term weeks.\n(2) The additional weeks entitlement is equal to—\nT × A W × R where—\n(a) T is the applicable term week rate set out in regulation 45(2);\n(b) AW—\n(i) if there are more than 45 term weeks in the course year of the designated course, is 22;\n(ii) in any other case, is the number of term weeks by which the length of the course year exceeds 30 term weeks;\n(c) R is the reduction value applicable to that student, namely—\n(i) for a student in category A in the final year of the course, 0.269;\n(ii) for a student in category A in a course year other than the final year, 0.253;\n(iii) for a student in category B in the final year of the course, 0.341;\n(iv) for a student in category B in a course year other than the final year, 0.316;\n(v) for a student in category C in the final year of the course, 0.436;\n(vi) for a student in category C in a course year other than the final year, 0.39;\n(vii) for a student in category D in the final year of the course, 0.34;\n(viii) for a student in category D in a course year other than the final year, 0.322.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 48 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/48",
    "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."
}