(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Education (Student Support) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/1986).
Regulation 3(2) amends provisions relating to categories of students entitled to loans for living costs and long courses loans for the quarters ending on 30th June 2021 and 31st August 2021. The amendments provide that full-time students attending designated courses who were paid the London or outside London rates of loan in the quarter ending on 31st March 2021 will not be treated as falling into category A, and paid the parental home rate, unless they request to be paid at that rate. Regulation 3(3) makes equivalent amendments in relation to loans for living costs for students attending designated part-time courses.
An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.