The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support etc.) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2020

Amendment of the 2011 Regulations to remove provisions relating to old system students

3.—(1) The 2011 Regulations are amended as follows.

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

(a) in paragraph (1)—

(i) in the definition of “current system student”, omit paragraph (a) together with the “and” at the end;

(ii) omit the following definitions—

(aa) “fee contribution loan”;

(bb) “fee support”;

(cc) “gap year student”;

(dd) “old system student”;

(iii) in the definition of “qualifying year of study” for “fee support”, in both places it occurs, substitute “a fee loan”;

(b) omit paragraphs (6) to (9).

(3) In regulation 3 (revocations, savings and transitional provisions), omit paragraphs (4) and (5).

(4) In regulation 9(2)(2) (time limits)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (b)—

(i) omit “, a fee contribution loan”;

(ii) omit “, an additional amount of fee contribution loan under regulation 35(5)”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (c) omit “an additional amount of fee contribution loan under regulation 35(3),”.

(5) In Part 4—

(a) in the heading to the Part, for “support” substitute “loans”;

(b) in regulation 12 (previous course)—

(i) in paragraphs (8), (9), (10) and (11), for “formulae in regulations 21 and 29” substitute “formula in regulation 21”;

(ii) in paragraph (9), in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b), for “fee support” substitute “a fee loan”;

(iii) in paragraph (10), for “fee support” substitute “a fee loan”;

(c) in regulation 13 (miscellaneous), in paragraphs (1), (4) and (5), for “fee support” substitute “a fee loan”;

(d) for the heading to Chapter 2 substitute—

“Availability of fee loans”;

(e) omit regulation 15 (old system students);

(f) in regulation 16 (students becoming eligible in the course of an academic year), in paragraphs (a) and (b), for “fee support” substitute “a fee loan”;

(g) in regulation 18(3) (students to be treated as in attendance on a course), in paragraph (1), for “fee support” substitute “a fee loan”;

(h) omit—

(i) Chapter 4 (grants for fees for old system students);

(ii) Chapter 5 (fee contribution loans for old system students).

(6) In Part 5 (grants for living and other costs)—

(a) omit regulation 37 (old system students);

(b) in regulation 39(4) (students who are treated as in attendance), in paragraph (1), omit sub-paragraph (d);

(c) in regulation 41(5) (amount of the disabled students’ allowance), omit paragraph (3);

(d) omit Chapter 8 (higher education grants for old system students).

(7) In Part 6 (loans for living costs)—

(a) in regulation 68(6) (interpretation), omit paragraph (c);

(b) omit regulation 70 (qualifying conditions for loan for living costs – old system students);

(c) in regulation 71(7) (general), in paragraph (1), omit sub-paragraph (e);

(d) omit regulation 79 (old system students with full entitlement);

(e) in regulation 88(8) (deductions from loans for living costs), in paragraph (1), omit “or an old system student with full entitlement”.

(8) Omit regulation 102 (application of contribution – old system students).

(9) In Part 9 (payments)—

(a) omit Chapter 2 (payment of grants for fees);

(b) in regulation 110(9) (general), in paragraph (1), omit sub-paragraph (b);

(c) omit regulation 114 (payment of fee contribution loans);

(d) in regulation 117(10)—

(i) for the heading substitute—

“Overpayment of fee loans”;

(ii) in paragraphs (1) and (1A), in each place it occurs, for “fee support” substitute “a fee loan”.

(10) In Schedule 4 (financial assessment)—

(a) in paragraph 1(1)(i)(11) (definition of “partner”)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (iii), omit the words from “and” to the end;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (iv), omit the words from “and” to the end;

(b) in paragraph 2(12) (meaning of “independent eligible student”), in sub-paragraph (1)(g)(ii), omit “8,”;

(c) in paragraph 4(13) (calculation of an eligible student’s residual income), omit sub-paragraph (2);

(d) omit paragraph 8 (calculation of contribution: old system students);

(e) in paragraph 9(14) (calculation of contribution: current system students), in sub-paragraph (5)(a), omit “(other than old system students)”.

(1)

There are no relevant amendments to regulation 2.

(2)

Sub-paragraph (b) of regulation 9(2) was substituted by S.I. 2015/1951.

(3)

Regulation 18 was amended by S.I. 2013/1728 and 2019/142.

(4)

There are no relevant amendments to regulation 39.

(5)

There are no relevant amendments to regulation 41.

(6)

There are no relevant amendments to regulation 68

(7)

There are no relevant amendments to regulation 71.

(8)

There are no relevant amendments to regulation 88.

(9)

There are no relevant amendments to regulation 110.

(10)

Regulation 117 was amended by S.I. 2015/1951.

(11)

There are no relevant amendments to paragraph 1 of Schedule 4.

(12)

Paragraph 2(1)(g)(ii) of Schedule 4 was amended by S.I. 2019/142.

(13)

There are no relevant amendments to paragraph 4 of Schedule 4.

(14)

There are no relevant amendments to paragraph 9 of Schedule 4.