The Education (Student Loans) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1999

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Education (Student Loans) (Scotland) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/1001) (the “principal Regulations”) which provide for loans for maintenance for eligible students attending designated courses of higher education.

Regulation 2 amends regulation 6 of the principal Regulations to enable eligible students to apply for a top-up of their main loan after they have submitted their original loan application rather than after they have received the first instalment of the loan.

Regulation 3 amends regulation 10 of the principal Regulations to exclude certain categories of student from eligibility for loans for extra weeks attendance at courses. Where appropriate, the maintenance grant entitlement of these students is adjusted to take account of extra weeks.

Regulation 4 amends regulation 12 of the principal Regulations so that eligible students may receive hardship loans which are £100 or any multiple of £100 up to £500.

Regulation 5 amends regulation 13 of the principal Regulations to allow payments of loans to be made at such times, and in such instalments, as the Scottish Ministers consider appropriate in the circumstances. This has the effect of bringing these Regulations more into line with the Students Allowances (Scotland) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/1131).