The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2019

Amendment of regulation 2

48.  In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—

(a) after the definition of “the 1998 Act”, insert ““the 2017 Act” means the Higher Education and Research Act 2017;”;

(b) in the definition of “authority-funded”, omit sub-paragraph (a);

(c) after the definition of “eligible student”, insert ““English higher education provider” has the meaning given by section 83(1) of the 2017 Act;”;

(d) in the definition of “fees”, for “section 41(1) of the Higher Education Act 2004”, substitute “section 85(2) of the 2017 Act”;

(e) after the definition of “information”, insert—

““institution” in relation to England includes an English higher education provider as defined by section 83(1) of the 2017 Act;”;

(f) after the definition of “Islands”, insert—

““OfS” means the Office for Students, as established by section 1(1) of the 2017 Act;”;

(g) after the definition of “person granted humanitarian protection”, insert—

““person granted section 67 leave” means a person who—

(a)

has extant leave to remain as a person granted leave under paragraph 352ZG of the immigration rules, having been relocated to the United Kingdom pursuant to arrangements made by the Secretary of State under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016, or a dependent child of such a person who has been granted “leave in line” under paragraph 352ZO of those rules; and

(b)

has been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course;”;

(h) after the definition of “refugee”, insert—

““register” means the register established and maintained by the OfS under section 3 of the 2017 Act;”;

(i) before the definition of “right of permanent residence”, insert—

““registered provider” in relation to an institution means an English higher education provider which is registered in the register and “unregistered provider” is to be construed accordingly;”.