{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/student-fees-qualifying-courses-and-persons-england-amendment-regulations-2008/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/student-fees-qualifying-courses-and-persons-england-amendment-regulations-2008/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/1640",
  "legislation_title": "The Student Fees (Qualifying Courses and Persons) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/student-fees-qualifying-courses-and-persons-england-amendment-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Student Fees (Qualifying Courses and Persons) (England) Regulations 2007",
  "text": "In regulation 5—\n(1) For paragraph (2) substitute the following—\n“(2) Subject to the exceptions in paragraphs (3), (4) and (4A), a person is not a qualifying person if—\n(a) the person holds a higher education qualification; and\n(b) the qualifying course leads to a qualification which is an equivalent or lower qualification.”\n(2) After paragraph (4) insert the following—\n“(4A) Paragraph (2) does not apply where the qualifying course is a foundation degree.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/1640/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:29:23.925145+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."
}