The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2023

Savings: Education (Student Support) Regulations 2011

139.—(1) This regulation applies where an existing SSR Afghan scheme student (“ S”) applies for support under the SSR 2011 in respect of a new academic year of a relevant course (the “current course”).

(2) For the purposes of determining whether S’s status as a relevant student terminates before the first day of the academic year of the current course in respect of which S is applying for support (see regulation 4, 137 or 159 of the SSR 2011 (as the case may be)), the SSR 2011 apply as if the amendments made by regulations 33, 34(a), 35(a), 36(a) and 37(2) of these Regulations had not been made.

(3) In this regulation—

“designated course”, “designated part-time course”, “designated postgraduate course”, eligible student”, “eligible part-time student” and “eligible postgraduate student” have the meanings given in the SSR 2011;

“existing SSR Afghan scheme student” means a student who the Secretary of State determined, by virtue of the student falling within paragraph (a)(ii) of the definition of “person granted leave under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme” in regulation 2(1) of the SSR 2011, or paragraph (a)(iv) of the definition of “person granted leave under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy Scheme” in that regulation, to be a relevant student—

(a)

in connection with an application for support for an earlier academic year of the current course, or

(b)

in connection with an application for support for a relevant course from which P’s status as an eligible student, eligible part-time student or eligible postgraduate student has been transferred to the current course;

“relevant course” means a designated course, designated part-time course or designated postgraduate course;

“relevant student” means an eligible student, eligible part-time student or eligible postgraduate student;

“the SSR 2011” means the Education (Student Support) Regulations 2011.