xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"

Amendment of the Education (Student Support) Regulations 2011

13.  In regulation 69 (Qualifying conditions for the loan for living costs - current system students)—

(a)in sub-paragraph (2)(c)—

(i)omit “that student’s”;

(ii)omit the final “or”;

(b)after sub-paragraph (2)(c), insert—

(ca)the current system student is eligible for a healthcare tuition payment;;

(c)in paragraph (2)(d), for the full-stop, substitute “; or”;

(d)after sub-paragraph (2)(d), insert—

(e)the designated course—

(i)is a pre-registration course in an allied health profession subject, midwifery, nursing, nursing and social work, or operating department practice;

(ii)leads to an ordinary degree, honours degree, or, in respect of a course in operating department practice, to an ordinary degree, honours degree or a diploma; and

(iii)begins on or after 1st August 2017..