# The Lifelong Learning (Student Support) (Amendment of Fees and Awards etc.) Regulations 2026, Regulation 8: Eligibility - exceptions

Extent: E+W

(1) A person (“A”) is not an eligible student if—
(a) A is—
(i) enrolled on a course that is designated under the 2011 Student Support Regulations and is receiving support under those Regulations other than postgraduate disabled students’ allowance;
(ii) enrolled on a course that is designated under the Student Support (Scotland) Regulations 2022, other than a course designated under any of paragraphs 7A to 7C of Schedule 4 to those Regulations, and is receiving support under those Regulations;
(iii) enrolled on a course that is designated under the Education (Student Support) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009, other than a course designated under Part 12 or 13 of those Regulations, and is receiving support under those Regulations;
(iv) enrolled on a course that is designated under the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2017, other than a course designated under Part 13 of those Regulations, and is receiving support under those Regulations;
(v) enrolled on a course that is designated under the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2018, other than a course designated under Schedule 4 to those Regulations, and is receiving support under those Regulations;
(b) A is in breach of an obligation to repay a loan;
(c) A has reached the age of 18 years and has not ratified an agreement for a loan made with A when A was under the age of 18 years (other than an excluded agreement);
(d) A has, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, shown by A’s conduct that A is unfitted to receive support;
(e) subject to paragraph (2), A is a prisoner.
(2) Paragraph (1)(e) does not apply—
(a) where A is an eligible prisoner, or
(b) in respect of a course year during which A enters prison or is released from prison.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1)—
(a) “postgraduate disabled students’ allowance” means the grant payable under Part 12 of the 2011 Student Support Regulations;
(b) “loan” means a loan made under any provision of the student loans legislation;
(c) “excluded agreement” means an agreement for a loan which is subject to the law of Scotland and was made—
(i) on or after 25th September 1991, or
(ii) before that date, without the concurrence of the borrower’s curator or at a time when the borrower had no curator.
(4) In paragraph (3)(b), “student loans legislation” means—
(a) the Education (Scotland) Act 1980;
(b) the Education (Student Loans) Act 1990;
(c) the Education (Student Loans) (Northern Ireland) Order 1990;
(d) the Education (Student Support) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998;
(e) regulations made under—
(i) either of the Acts or either of the Orders referred to in paragraphs (a) to (d), or
(ii) under the 1998 Act.
(5) In paragraph (3)(c)(ii), “borrower” means an eligible student to whom a fee loan has been made.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/858/regulation/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/lifelong-learning-student-support-amendment-of-fees-and-awards-etc-regulations-2026/regulation-8
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