These Regulations provide, for a trial period, for fee loans for students taking designated higher education short courses which begin on or after 1st September 2022 and on or before 31st July 2025. These Regulations expire on 1st September 2025.

Regulation 3 makes provision about which students are eligible for a fee loan.

Regulation 4 makes provision about the higher education courses which may be designated for the purposes of the fee loan system. Loans are available for higher education courses of 12 months or less with a credit value of 30 or 40 credits and which will end before 1st September 2025. Regulations 5 to 7 make provision about the period for which a student is eligible for a fee loan for a course.

Part 3 makes provisions about applications for fee loans. A student cannot apply for a loan retrospectively.

Part 4 sets out how many loans a student may be entitled to. A student is entitled to a maximum of four loans and may take out more than one loan at a time.

Part 5 makes provision for the payment of a fee loan following confirmation from the course provider that the student is undertaking the course.

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.