# The Lifelong Learning (Student Support) (Amendment of Fees and Awards etc.) Regulations 2026, Regulation 60: Students qualifying for a supplementary grant during a course year

Extent: E+W

(1) Where a protected category event—
(a) occurs during the first course year of a course, and on or before the course start date, and
(b) results in a student becoming an eligible student,
the student may qualify for a supplementary grant in respect of the course year, subject to paragraph (3).
(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 supplementary grant in respect of part of the course year, subject to paragraphs (3) and (4).
(3) A student described in paragraph (1) or (2) does not qualify for a supplementary grant in respect of any day of the course year before that event occurs.
(4) A student described in paragraph (2) does not qualify for a supplementary grant in respect of any course year beginning before the course year in which the event in question occurs.
(5) 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/60 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/lifelong-learning-student-support-amendment-of-fees-and-awards-etc-regulations-2026/regulation-60
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