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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/lifelong-learning-student-support-amendment-of-fees-and-awards-etc-regulations-2026/regulation-5",
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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",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Meaning of “course designation event”, “in-year qualifying event”, “protected category event”, “settled status event”, “module designation event” and related provision",
  "text": "(1) This regulation defines “course designation event”, “in-year qualifying event”, “protected category event”, “settled status event” and “module designation event”, and makes related provision for the purposes of these Regulations.\n(2) A “course designation event”, in relation to a course, means any of the following—\n(a) the course becomes designated under regulation 10(7);\n(b) the English higher education provider which is providing the course, or on whose behalf the course is being provided, becomes a registered provider;\n(c) the course becomes a Northern Irish designated course, a Scottish designated course or a Welsh designated course;\n(d) the course becomes a recognised initial further education teacher training course.\n(3) An “in-year qualifying event”, in relation to a student, means any of the following—\n(a) a protected category event which occurs after the course start date;\n(b) a settled status event;\n(c) the student becomes a person described in paragraph 2 of Schedule 2;\n(d) the student becomes a person described in paragraph 4(1)(a) of Schedule 2;\n(e) the student becomes a person described in paragraph 12(1)(a) of Schedule 2;\n(f) the student becomes a person described in paragraph 16(1)(a)(ii) of Schedule 2;\n(g) the student becomes a person described in paragraph 22(a) of Schedule 2.\n(4) A “protected category event”, in relation to a student, means any of the following—\n(a) the student or the student’s spouse, civil partner or parent becomes recognised as a refugee;\n(b) the student or the student’s spouse, civil partner or parent becomes a person granted stateless leave;\n(c) the student or the student’s spouse, civil partner or parent becomes a person granted humanitarian protection;\n(d) the student becomes a person granted section 67 leave;\n(e) the student or the student’s parent becomes a person granted indefinite leave to enter or remain as a victim of domestic violence or domestic abuse;\n(f) the student becomes a person granted Calais leave;\n(g) the student or the student’s parent becomes a person granted indefinite leave to enter or remain as a bereaved partner;\n(h) the student or the student’s spouse, civil partner or parent becomes a person granted leave under one of the Afghan Schemes;\n(i) the student or the student’s spouse, civil partner or parent becomes a person granted leave under one of the Ukraine Schemes.\n(5) A “settled status event”, in relation to a student, means—\n(a) the student becomes a person described in paragraph 3 or 18 of Schedule 2, or\n(b) the student becomes a family member described in paragraph 15(1)(a), 19(1)(a), 20(1)(a) or 20(2)(a) of Schedule 2.\n(6) Where a course designation event under paragraph (2)(b) occurs, this only has effect in relation to a student who is undertaking an ALL-transfer course or a course for an approved HTQ if the course start date is after the date on which the course provider becomes a registered provider.\n(7) Where a protected category event occurs in relation to a student after the course start date, paragraph (8) applies for the purposes of determining whether that event results in the student becoming an eligible student.\n(8) The student is to be treated, for the purposes of determining whether the student satisfies any requirement in Schedule 2 to be ordinarily resident in England on the course start date, as if the student was, on the course start date, lawfully residing in the place where the student was residing on that date.\n(9) A “module designation event”, in relation to a module, means—\n(a) the module becomes designated under regulation 11(4), or\n(b) the English higher education provider that is providing the module becomes a registered provider.\n(10) Where the following provisions refer to a course designation event, they are to be taken to apply in the same way to a module designation event—\n(a) regulation 17(3) (time limits for applications);\n(b) regulation 31(8) (students becoming eligible during the course year);\n(c) regulation 42(2) and (4) (students qualifying for a loan for living costs during a course year);\n(d) regulation 60(2) and (5) (students qualifying for a supplementary grant during a course year);\n(e) regulation 82(1) (grants for dependants - changes during a course year).",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 5 in force at 1.9.2026, see reg. 1(1)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2026/1139",
      "affecting_title": "The Education (Student Support for Postgraduate and Lifelong Learning Provision) (Amendment) Regulations 2026"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2026/1139",
      "affecting_title": "The Education (Student Support for Postgraduate and Lifelong Learning Provision) (Amendment) Regulations 2026"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2026/1139",
      "affecting_title": "The Education (Student Support for Postgraduate and Lifelong Learning Provision) (Amendment) Regulations 2026"
    },
    {
      "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/5",
    "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."
}