The Education (Student Support) Regulations 2009

• “Swiss frontier self-employed person” means a Swiss national who— is a self-employed person in England; and resides in Switzerland or in the territory of an EEA State, other than the United Kingdom, and returns to the national’s residence in Switzerland or that EEA State, as the case may be, daily or at least once a week;

• “Swiss self-employed person” means a Swiss national who is a self-employed person, other than a Swiss frontier self-employed person, in the United Kingdom;

• “worker” means a worker within the meaning of article 7 of Directive 2004/38 or the EEA Agreement as the case may be.

• (2) For the purposes of this Schedule, “parent” includes a guardian, any other person having parental responsibility for a child and any person having care of a child and “child” is to be construed accordingly.

• (3) For the purposes of this Schedule, a person who is ordinarily resident in England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland or the Islands, as a result of having moved from another of those areas for the purpose of undertaking—

• (a) the current course; or

• (b) a course which, disregarding any intervening vacation, the person undertook immediately before undertaking the current course,

is to be considered to be ordinarily resident in the place from which the person moved.

• (4) For the purposes of this Schedule, a person (“A”) is to be treated as ordinarily resident in England, the United Kingdom and Islands, the territory comprising the European Economic Area and Switzerland or the territory comprising the European Economic Area, Switzerland and Turkey if A would have been so resident but for the fact that—

• (a) A;

• (b) A’s spouse or civil partner;

• (c) A’s parent; or

• (d) in the case of a dependent direct relative in the ascending line, A’s child or child’s spouse or civil partner,

is or was temporarily employed outside the area in question.

• (5) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (4), temporary employment outside of England, the United Kingdom and Islands, the territory comprising the European Economic Area and Switzerland or the territory comprising the European Economic Area, Switzerland and Turkey includes—

• (a) in the case of members of the regular naval, military or air forces of the Crown, any period which they serve outside the United Kingdom as members of such forces; and

• (b) in the case of members of the regular armed forces of an EEA State or Switzerland, any period which they serve outside of the territory comprising the European Economic Area and Switzerland as members of such forces; and

• (c) in the case of members of the regular armed forces of Turkey, any period which they serve outside of the territory comprising the European Economic Area, Switzerland and Turkey as members of such forces.

• (6) For the purposes of this Schedule an area which —

• (a) was previously not part of the European Community or the European Economic Area; but

• (b) at any time before or after these Regulations come into force has become part of one or other or both of these areas,

is to be considered to have always been a part of the European Economic Area.

PART 2 — Categories

Persons who are settled in the United Kingdom

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• (1) A person who on the first day of the first academic year of the course—

• (a) is settled in the United Kingdom other than by reason of having acquired the right of permanent residence;

• (b) is ordinarily resident in England;

• (c) 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; and

• (d) subject to sub-paragraph (2), whose residence in the United Kingdom and Islands has not during any part of the period referred to in paragraph (c) been wholly or mainly for the purpose of receiving full-time education.

• (2) Paragraph (d) of sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to a person who is treated as being ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands in accordance with paragraph 1(4).

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• (1) A person who—

• (a) is settled in the United Kingdom by virtue of having acquired the right of permanent residence;

• (b) is ordinarily resident in England on the first day of the first academic year of the course;

• (c) 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; and

• (d) in a case where the person’s ordinary residence referred to in paragraph (c) was wholly or mainly for the purpose of receiving full-time education, was ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the European Economic Area and Switzerland immediately before the period of ordinary residence referred to in paragraph (c).

Refugees and their family members

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• (1) A person—

• (a) who is a refugee;

• (b) who is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands and has not ceased to be so resident since the person was recognised as a refugee; and

• (c) who is ordinarily resident in England on the first day of the first academic year of the course.

• (2) A person—

• (a) who is the spouse or civil partner of a refugee;

• (b) who was the spouse or civil partner of the refugee on the date on which the refugee made the application for asylum;

• (c) who is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands and has not ceased to be so resident since being given leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom; and

• (d) who is ordinarily resident in England on the first day of the first academic year of the course.

• (3) A person—

• (a) who is the child of a refugee or the child of the spouse or civil partner of a refugee;

• (b) who, on the date on which the refugee made the application for asylum, was the child of the refugee or the child of a person who was the spouse or civil partner of the refugee on that date;

• (c) who was under 18 on the date on which the refugee made the application for asylum;

• (d) who is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands and has not ceased to be so resident since being given leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom; and

• (e) who is ordinarily resident in England on the first day of the first academic year of the course.

Persons with leave to enter or remain and their family members

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• (1) A person—

• (a) with leave to enter or remain;

• (b) who is ordinarily resident in England on the first day of the first academic year of the course; and

• (c) who 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.

• (2) A person—

• (a) who is the spouse or civil partner of a person with leave to enter or remain;

• (b) who was the spouse or civil partner of the person with leave to enter or remain on the date on which that person made the application for asylum;

• (c) who is ordinarily resident in England on the first day of the first academic year of the course; and

• (d) who 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.

• (3) A person—

• (a) who is the child of a person with leave to enter or remain or the child of the spouse or civil partner of a person with leave to enter or remain;

• (b) who, on the date on which the person with leave to enter or remain made the application for asylum, was the child of that person or the child of a person who was the spouse or civil partner of the person with leave to enter or remain on that date;

• (c) who was under 18 on the date on which the person with leave to enter or remain made the application for asylum;

• (d) who is ordinarily resident in England on the first day of the first academic year of the course; and

• (e) who 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.

Workers, employed persons, self-employed persons and their family members

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• (1) A person who—

• (a) is—

• (i) an EEA migrant worker or an EEA self-employed person;

• (ii) a Swiss employed person or a Swiss self-employed person;

• (iii) a family member of a person mentioned in paragraph (i) or (ii);

• (iv) an EEA frontier worker or an EEA frontier self-employed person;

• (v) a Swiss frontier employed person or a Swiss frontier self-employed person; or

• (vi) a family member of a person mentioned in paragraph (iv) or (v);

• (b) subject to sub-paragraph (2), is ordinarily resident in England on the first day of the first academic year of the course; and

• (c) has been ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the European Economic Area and Switzerland throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course.

• (2) Paragraph (b) of sub-paragraph (1) does not apply where the person applying for support falls within paragraph (a)(iv), (v) or (vi) of sub-paragraph (1).

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A person who—

• (a) is ordinarily resident in England on the first day of the first academic year of the course;

• (b) has been ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the European Economic Area and Switzerland throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course; and

• (c) is entitled to support by virtue of Article 12 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1612/68 on the freedom of movement of workers⁷³, as extended by the EEA Agreement.

Persons who are settled in the United Kingdom and have exercised a right of residence elsewhere

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• (1) A person who—

• (a) is settled in the United Kingdom;

• (b) was ordinarily resident in England and settled in the United Kingdom immediately before leaving the United Kingdom and who has exercised a right of residence;

• (c) is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom on the day on which the first term of the first academic year actually begins;

• (d) has been ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the European Economic Area and Switzerland throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course; and

• (e) in a case where the person’s ordinary residence referred to in paragraph (d) was wholly or mainly for the purposes of receiving full-time education, was ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the European Economic Area and Switzerland immediately before the period of ordinary residence referred to in paragraph (d).

• (2) For the purposes of this paragraph, a person has exercised a right of residence if that person is a United Kingdom national, a family member of a United Kingdom national for the purposes of Article 7 of Directive 2004/38 (or corresponding purposes under the EEA Agreement or Swiss Agreement) or a person who has a right of permanent residence who in each case has exercised a right under Article 7 of Directive 2004/38 or any equivalent right under the EEA Agreement or Swiss Agreement in a state other than the United Kingdom or, in the case of a person who is settled in the United Kingdom and has a right of permanent residence, if the person goes to the state within the territory comprising the European Economic Area and Switzerland of which the person is a national or of which the person in relation to whom the person is a family member is a national.

EC nationals

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• (1) A person who—

• (a) is either—

• (i) an EC national on the first day of the first academic year of the course; or

• (ii) a family member of a such a person;

• (b) is—

• (i) attending a designated course in England; or

• (ii) undertaking a compressed degree course, designated part-time course or a designated postgraduate course in England;

• (c) has been ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the European Economic Area and Switzerland throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course; and

• (d) subject to sub-paragraph (2), whose ordinary residence in the territory comprising the European Economic Area and Switzerland has not during any part of the period referred to in paragraph (c) been wholly or mainly for the purpose of receiving full-time education.

• (2) Paragraph (d) of sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to a person who is treated as being ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the European Economic Area and Switzerland in accordance with paragraph 1(4).

• (3) Where a state accedes to the European Community after the first day of the first academic year of the course and a person is a national of that state or the family member of a national of that state, the requirement in paragraph (a) of sub-paragraph (1) to be an EC national on the first day of the first academic year of the course is treated as being satisfied.

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• (1) A person who—

• (a) is an EC national other than a United Kingdom national on the first day of the first academic year of the course;

• (b) is ordinarily resident in England on the first day of the first academic year of the course;

• (c) has been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands throughout the three-year period immediately preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course; and

• (d) in a case where the person’s ordinary residence referred to in paragraph (c) was wholly or mainly for the purpose of receiving full-time education, was ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the European Economic Area and Switzerland immediately prior to the period of ordinary residence referred to in paragraph (c).

• (2) Where a state accedes to the European Community after the first day of the first academic year of the course and a person is a national of that state, the requirement in paragraph (a) of sub-paragraph (1) to be an EC national other than a United Kingdom national on the first day of the first academic year of the course is treated as being satisfied.

Children of Swiss nationals

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A person who—

• (a) is the child of a Swiss national who is entitled to support in the United Kingdom by virtue of article 3(6) of Annex 1 to the Swiss Agreement;

• (b) is ordinarily resident in England on the first day of the first academic year of the course;

• (c) has been ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the European Economic Area and Switzerland throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course; and

• (d) in a case where the person’s ordinary residence referred to in paragraph (c) was wholly or mainly for the purpose of receiving full-time education, was ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the European Economic Area and Switzerland immediately before the period of ordinary residence referred to in paragraph (c).

Children of Turkish workers

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A person who—

• (a) is the child of a Turkish worker;

• (b) is ordinarily resident in England on the first day of the first academic year of the course; and

• (c) has been ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the European Economic Area, Switzerland and Turkey throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course.

SCHEDULE 2 — DESIGNATED COURSES

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A first degree course.

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A course for the Diploma of Higher Education.

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A course for the Higher National Diploma or Higher National Certificate of—

• (a) the Business & Technician Education Council; or

• (b) the Scottish Qualifications Authority.

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A course for the Certificate of Higher Education.

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A course for the initial training of teachers.

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A course for the further training of youth and community workers.

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A course in preparation for a professional examination of a standard higher than that of—

• (a) examination at advanced level for the General Certificate of Education or the examination at higher level for the Scottish Certificate of Education; or

• (b) the examination for the National Certificate or the National Diploma of either of the bodies mentioned in paragraph 3,

not being a course for entry to which a first degree (or equivalent qualification) is normally required.

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A course—

• (a) providing education (whether or not in preparation for an examination) the standard of which is higher than that of courses providing education in preparation for any of the examinations mentioned in paragraph 7(a) or (b) but not higher than that of a first degree course; and

• (b) for entry to which a first degree (or equivalent qualification) is not normally required.

SCHEDULE 3 — INFORMATION

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Every applicant, eligible student, eligible part-time student and eligible postgraduate student must, as soon as reasonably practicable after being requested to do so, provide the Secretary of State with such information as the Secretary of State considers the Secretary of State requires for the purposes of these Regulations.

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Every applicant, eligible student, eligible part-time student and eligible postgraduate student must forthwith inform the Secretary of State and provide the Secretary of State with particulars if any of the following occurs—

• (a) the applicant or student withdraws from, abandons or is expelled from their course;

• (b) the applicant or student transfers to any other course at the same or at a different institution;

• (c) the applicant or student ceases to undertake the course and does not intend to or is not permitted to continue it for the remainder of the academic year;

• (d) the applicant or student is absent from the course for more than 60 days due to illness or for any period for any other reason;

• (e) the month for the start or completion of the course changes;

• (f) the applicant or student’s home or term-time address or telephone number changes.

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Information provided to the Secretary of State pursuant to these Regulations must be in the format that the Secretary of State requires and, if the Secretary of State requires the information to be signed by the person providing it, an electronic signature in such form as the Secretary of State may specify satisfies such a requirement.

SCHEDULE 4 — FINANCIAL ASSESSMENT

Definitions

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• (1) In this Schedule:—

• (a) “existing student” means an eligible student who is not a new eligible student;

• (b) “financial year” means the period of twelve months in respect of which the income of a person whose residual income is calculated under the provisions of this Schedule is computed for the purposes of the income tax legislation which applies to it;

• (c) “household income” has the meaning given in paragraph 3;

• (d) “independent eligible student” has the meaning given in paragraph 2;

• (e) “Member State” means a Member State of the European Union;

• (f) “new eligible student” means an eligible student who begins a specified designated course on or after 1st September 2004;

• (g) “parent” means a natural or adoptive parent and “child”, “mother” and “father” are to be construed accordingly;

• (h) “parent student” means an eligible student who is the parent of an eligible student;

• (i) “partner” in relation to an eligible student means any of the following—

• (i) the spouse of an eligible student;

• (ii) the civil partner of an eligible student;

• (iii) a person ordinarily living with an eligible student as if the person were the student’s spouse where an eligible student falls within paragraph 2(1)(a) and the student begins the specified designated course on or after 1st September 2000;

• (iv) a person ordinarily living with an eligible student as if that person were the student’s civil partner where an eligible student falls within paragraph 2(1)(a) and the student begins the specified designated course on or after 1st September 2005;

• (j) “partner” in relation to the parent of an eligible student means any of the following other than another parent of the eligible student—

• (i) the spouse of an eligible student’s parent;

• (ii) the civil partner of an eligible student’s parent;

• (iii) a person ordinarily living with the parent of an eligible student as if the person were the parent’s spouse;

• (iv) a person ordinarily living with the parent of an eligible student as if the person were the parent’s civil partner;

• (k) “preceding financial year” means the financial year immediately preceding the relevant year;

• (l) “prior financial year” means the financial year immediately preceding the preceding financial year;

• (m) “relevant year” means the academic year of the course in respect of which the household income falls to be assessed;

• (n) “residual income” means taxable income after the application of paragraph 4 (in the case of an eligible student), paragraph 5 (in the case of an eligible student’s parent), paragraph 6 (in the case of an eligible student’s partner) or paragraph 7 (in the case of the partner of a new eligible student’s parent) and income referred to in sub-paragraph (2) received net of income tax;

• (o) “taxable income” means, in relation to paragraph 4, in respect of the academic year for which an application has been made under regulation 9 and, in relation to paragraph 5, in respect (subject to sub-paragraphs (3), (4) and (5) of paragraph 5) of the prior financial year, a person’s taxable income from all sources computed as for the purposes of—

• (i) the Income Tax Acts;

• (ii) the income tax legislation of another Member State which applies to the person’s income; or

• (iii) where the legislation of more than one Member State applies to the period, the legislation under which the Secretary of State considers the person will pay the largest amount of tax in that period (except as otherwise provided in paragraph 5),

except that no account is taken of income referred to in sub-paragraph (2) paid to another party.

• (2) The income referred to in this sub-paragraph is any benefits under a pension arrangement pursuant to an order made under section 23 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973⁷⁴ which includes provision made by virtue of sections 25B(4) and 25E(3) of that Act or pension benefits under Part 1 of Schedule 5 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004⁷⁵ which includes provision made by virtue of Parts 6 and 7 of that Schedule.

Independent eligible student

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• (1) An independent eligible student is an eligible student where—

• (a) the student is aged 25 or over on the first day of the relevant year;

• (b) the student is married or is in a civil partnership before the beginning of the relevant year, whether or not the marriage or civil partnership is still subsisting;

• (c) the student has no parent living;

• (d) the Secretary of State is satisfied that neither of the student’s parents can be found or that it is not reasonably practicable to get in touch with either of them;

• (e) the student has communicated with neither of the student’s parents for the period of one year before the beginning of the relevant year or, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, the student can demonstrate on other grounds that the student is irreconcilably estranged from the student’s parents;

• (f) the student was looked after by a local authority (within the meaning of section 22 of the Children Act 1989⁷⁶) throughout any three-month period ending on or after the date on which the student reached the age of 16 and before the first day of the first academic year of the course (“the relevant period”) provided that the student has not in fact at any time during the relevant period been under the charge or control of the student’s parents;

• (g) the student’s parents are residing outside the European Community and the Secretary of State is satisfied that either—

• (i) the assessment of the household income by reference to their residual income would place those parents in jeopardy; or

• (ii) it would not be reasonably practicable for those parents as a result of the calculation of any contribution under paragraph 8 or 9 to send any relevant funds to the United Kingdom;

• (h) paragraph 5(9) applies and the parent whom the Secretary of State considered the more appropriate for the purposes of that paragraph has died (irrespective of whether the parent in question had a partner);

• (i) in the case of a student who began the current course before 1st September 2009, the student is a member of a religious order who resides in a house of that order;

• (j) as at the first day of the relevant year, the student has the care of a person under the age of 18; or

• (k) the student (“A”) has supported A out of A’s earnings for any period or periods ending before the first academic year of the course which periods together aggregate not less than three years, and for the purposes of this sub-paragraph A is to be treated as supporting A out of A’s earnings during any period in which—

• (i) A was participating in arrangements for training for the unemployed under any scheme operated by, sponsored or funded by any state authority or agency, whether national, regional or local (“a relevant authority”);

• (ii) A was in receipt of benefit payable by any relevant authority in respect of a person who is available for employment but who is unemployed;

• (iii) A was available for employment and had complied with any requirement of registration imposed by a relevant authority as a condition of entitlement for participation in arrangements for training or receipt of benefit;

• (iv) A held a state studentship or comparable award; or

• (v) A received any pension, allowance or other benefit paid by any person by reason of a disability to which A is subject, or by reason of confinement, injury or sickness.

• (2) An eligible student who qualifies as an independent eligible student under sub-paragraph (1)(j) in respect of an academic year of a designated course retains that status for the duration of the period of eligibility.

Household income

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• (1) The amount of an eligible student’s contribution depends on the household income.

• (2) The household income is—

• (a) in the case of an eligible student who is not an independent eligible student, the residual income of the eligible student aggregated with the residual income of the eligible student’s parents (subject to paragraph 5 (9)) and—

• (i) in the case of a new eligible student who began the specified designated course before 1st September 2005, the residual income of the partner (other than a partner within the meaning of paragraph 1(j)(iv)) of the student’s parent (provided that the Secretary of State has selected that parent under paragraph 5(9); or

• (ii) in the case of a new eligible student who began the specified designated course on or after 1st September 2005, the residual income of the partner of the student’s parent (provided that the Secretary of State has selected that parent under paragraph 5(9));

• (b) in the case of an independent eligible student who has a partner, the residual income of the eligible student aggregated with the residual income of the eligible student’s partner (subject to sub-paragraph (4)); or

• (c) in the case of an independent eligible student who does not have a partner, the residual income of the eligible student.

• (3) In determining the household income under sub-paragraph (2), there is deducted the sum of £1,130—

• (a) for each child wholly or mainly financially dependent on the eligible student or the eligible student’s partner; or

• (b) for each child other than the eligible student wholly or mainly financially dependent on the eligible student’s parent or the eligible student’s parent’s partner whose residual income is being taken into account.

• (4) For the purpose of calculating the contribution payable in respect of a parent student, the residual income of the parent student’s partner must not be aggregated under paragraph (b) of sub-paragraph (2) in the case of a parent student whose child or whose partner’s child holds an award in respect of which the household income is calculated with reference to the residual income of the parent student or of the parent student’s partner or of both.

Calculation of eligible student’s residual income

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• (1) For the purpose of determining the residual income of an eligible student, there is deducted from the student’s taxable income (unless already deducted in determining taxable income) the aggregate of any amounts falling within any of the following sub-paragraphs—

• (a) any remuneration for work done during any academic year of the eligible student’s course, provided that such remuneration does not include any sums paid in respect of any period for which the student has leave of absence or is relieved of the student’s normal duties for the purpose of attending that course;

• (b) the gross amount of any premium or other sum paid by the eligible student in relation to a pension (not being a pension payable under a policy of life insurance) in respect of which relief is given under section 273 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988⁷⁷ or under section 188 of the Finance Act 2004⁷⁸, or where the eligible student’s income is computed for the purposes of the income tax legislation of another Member State, the gross amount of any such premium or sum in respect of which relief would be given if that legislation made provision equivalent to the Income Tax Acts.

• (2) Where the only paragraph in Part 2 of Schedule 1 into which an eligible student falls is paragraph 9 and the student’s income arises from sources or under legislation different from sources or legislation normally relevant to a person referred to in paragraph 9 of Schedule 1, the student’s income is not disregarded in accordance with sub-paragraph (1) but is instead disregarded to the extent necessary to ensure that the student is treated no less favourably than a person who is referred to in any paragraph of Part 2 of Schedule 1 would be treated if in similar circumstances and in receipt of similar income.

• (3) Where the eligible student receives income in a currency other than sterling, the value of that income for the purpose of this paragraph is—

• (a) if the student purchases sterling with the income, the amount of sterling the student so receives;

• (b) otherwise, the value of the sterling which the income would purchase using the rate for the month in which it is received published by the Office for National Statistics⁷⁹.

Calculation of parent’s residual income

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• (1) For the purposes of determining the taxable income of an eligible student’s parent, (“A” in this paragraph) any deductions which fall to be made or exemptions which are permitted—

• (a) by way of personal reliefs provided for in Chapter 1 of Part VII of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988⁸⁰ or, where the income is computed for the purposes of the income tax legislation of another Member State, any comparable personal reliefs;

• (b) pursuant to any enactment or rule of law under which payments which would otherwise under United Kingdom law form part of a person’s income are not treated as such; or

• (c) under sub-paragraph (2),

must not be made or permitted.

• (2) For the purposes of determining the residual income of A there is deducted from the taxable income determined under sub-paragraph (1) the aggregate of any amounts falling within any of the following sub-paragraphs—

• (a) the gross amount of any premium or sum relating to a pension (not being a premium payable under a policy of life assurance) in respect of which relief is given under section 273 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 or under section 188 of the Finance Act 2004, or where the income is computed for the purposes of the income tax legislation of another Member State, the gross amount of any such premium in respect of which relief would be given if that legislation made provision equivalent to the Income Tax Acts;

• (b) in any case where income is computed for the purposes of the Income Tax Acts by virtue of sub-paragraph (6) any sums equivalent to the deduction mentioned in paragraph (a) of this sub-paragraph, provided that any sums so deducted do not exceed the deductions which would be made if the whole of A’s income were in fact income for the purposes of the Income Tax Acts;

• (c) where A is a parent student or A holds a statutory award, £1,130.

• (3) Where the Secretary of State is satisfied that the residual income of A in the financial year beginning immediately before the relevant year (“the current financial year”) is likely to be not more than 85 per cent of the sterling value of A’s residual income in the prior financial year the Secretary of State may, for the purpose of enabling the eligible student to attend the course without hardship, ascertain A’s residual income for the current financial year.

• (4) In an academic year immediately following one in which the Secretary of State has ascertained A’s residual income for the current financial year under sub-paragraph (3), the Secretary of State must ascertain A’s residual income in the preceding financial year.

• (5) Where A satisfies the Secretary of State that A’s income is wholly or mainly derived from the profits of a business or profession carried on by A, then any reference in this Schedule to a prior financial year means the earliest period of twelve months which ends after the start of the prior financial year and in respect of which accounts are kept relating to that business or profession.

• (6) Where A is in receipt of any income which does not form part of A’s income for the purposes of the Income Tax Acts or the income tax legislation of another Member State by reason only that—

• (a) A is not resident, ordinarily resident or domiciled in the United Kingdom, or where A’s income is computed as for the purposes of the income tax legislation of another Member State, not so resident, ordinarily resident or domiciled in that Member State;

• (b) the income does not arise in the United Kingdom, or where A’s income is computed as for the purposes of the income tax legislation of another Member State, does not arise in that Member State; or

• (c) the income arises from an office, service or employment, income from which is exempt from tax in pursuance of any legislation,

A’s taxable income for the purposes of this Schedule is computed as though the income under this sub-paragraph were part of A’s income for the purposes of the Income Tax Acts or the income tax legislation of another Member State, as the case may be.

• (7) Where A’s income is computed as for the purposes of the income tax legislation of another Member State, it is computed under the provisions of this Schedule in the currency of that Member State and A’s income for the purposes of this Schedule is the sterling value of that income determined in accordance with the rate for the month in which the last day of the financial year in question falls, as published by the Office for National Statistics.

• (8) Where one of the eligible student’s parents dies either before or during the relevant year and that parent’s income has been or would be taken into account for the purpose of determining the household income, the household income is—

• (a) where the parent dies before the relevant year, determined by reference to the income of the surviving parent; or

• (b) where the parent dies during the relevant year, the aggregate of—

• (i) the appropriate proportion of the household income determined by reference to the income of both parents, being the proportion in respect of that part of the relevant year during which both parents were alive; and

• (ii) the appropriate proportion of the household income determined by reference to the income of the surviving parent, being the proportion in respect of that part of the relevant year remaining after the death of the other parent.

• (9) Where the Secretary of State determines that the parents are separated for the duration of the relevant year, the household income is determined by reference to the income of whichever parent the Secretary of State considers the more appropriate under the circumstances.

• (10) Where the Secretary of State determines that the parents have separated in the course of the relevant year, the household income is determined by reference to the aggregate of—

• (a) the appropriate proportion of the household income determined in accordance with sub-paragraph (9), being the proportion in respect of that part of the relevant year during which the parents are separated; and

• (b) the appropriate proportion of the household income determined otherwise in respect of the remainder of the relevant year.

Calculation of eligible student’s partner’s residual income

6

• (1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (2), (3) and (4) of this paragraph, an eligible student’s partner’s income is determined in accordance with paragraph 5 (other than sub-paragraphs (8), (9) and (10) of paragraph 5), references to the parent being construed as references to the eligible student’s partner.

• (2) Where the Secretary of State determines that the eligible student and the student’s partner are separated for the duration of the relevant year, the partner’s income is not taken into account in determining the household income.

• (3) Where the Secretary of State determines that the eligible student and the student’s partner have separated in the course of the relevant year, the partner’s income is determined by reference to the partner’s income under sub-paragraph (1) divided by fifty-two and multiplied by the number of complete weeks in the relevant year for which the Secretary of State determines that the eligible student and the student’s partner are not separated.

• (4) Where an eligible student has more than one partner in any one academic year, the provisions of this paragraph apply in relation to each.

Calculation of parent’s partner’s residual income

7

The income of a new eligible student’s parent’s partner whose income is part of the household income by virtue of paragraph 3(2)(a) is determined in accordance with paragraph 6, references to the eligible student’s partner being construed as references to the new eligible student’s parent’s partner, and references to the eligible student being construed as references to the new eligible student’s parent.

Calculation of contribution – old system students

8

• (1) The contribution payable in relation to an old system student who is not an independent eligible student or is an independent eligible student with a partner is—

• (a) in any case where the household income is £23,660 or more, £45 with the addition of £1 for every complete £9.27 by which the household income exceeds £23,660; and

• (b) in any case where the household income is less than £23,660, nil.

• (2) The contribution payable in relation to an old system student who is an independent eligible student without a partner is—

• (a) in any case where the household income is £11,020 or more, £45 with the addition of £1 for every complete £9.27 by which the household income exceeds £11,020; and

• (b) in any case where the household income is less than £11,020, nil.

• (3) The amount of the contribution payable under sub-paragraph (1) or (2) must in no case exceed £7,998.

• (4) The contribution may be adjusted in accordance with paragraph 10.

• (5) Where sub-paragraph (6) applies, the aggregate contributions must not exceed £7,998.

• (6) This sub-paragraph applies where—

• (a) a contribution is payable in relation to two or more eligible students (other than current system students) in respect of the same income under paragraph 5 or, where the relevant parent’s partner’s residual income is taken into account, under paragraphs 5 and 7; or

• (b) the household income consists of the residual income of an independent eligible student and the student’s partner where both hold a statutory award.

Calculation of contribution – current system students

9

• (1) In relation to an eligible student who is a current system student, the contribution payable is—

• (a) in any case where the household income exceeds £39,796, £1 for every complete £9.27 by which the household income exceeds £39,796; and

• (b) in any case where the household income is £39,796 or less, nil.

• (2) The contribution must not in any case exceed £6,210.

• (3) The contribution may be adjusted in accordance with paragraph 10.

• (4) Where sub-paragraph (5) applies, the aggregate contributions must not exceed £6,210.

• (5) This sub-paragraph applies where—

• (a) a contribution is payable in relation to two or more eligible students (other than old system students) in respect of the same income under paragraph 5 or, where the relevant parent’s partner’s residual income is taken into account, under paragraphs 5 and 7; or

• (b) the household income consists of the residual income of an independent eligible student and the student’s partner where both hold a statutory award.

Split contributions

10

Where the same household income is used to assess the amount of a statutory award for which two or more persons qualify, the contribution payable in respect of the eligible student is divided by the number of such persons.

SCHEDULE 5 — AMENDMENT OF THE 2008 (No. 2) REGULATIONS

Amendment to regulation 2

1

In regulation 2(1) for the definition of “2008 cohort student” substitute—

“2008 cohort student” means a current system student who— (a) begins the current course on or after 1st September 2008 and before 1st September 2009; (b) transfers to the current course pursuant to regulation 8 on or after 1st September 2009 from a course beginning on or after 1st September 2008 and before 1st September 2009; or (c) begins an end-on course on or after 1st September 2009 immediately after ceasing to attend a preliminary course that began on or after 1st September 2008 and before 1st September 2009, and to whom one of the following sub-paragraphs applies— (i) the student has not previously undertaken any course designated for the purposes of section 22 of the 1998 Act which began before 1st September 2008; (ii) where (a) or (b) apply, the student is a type 1 or a type 2 teacher training student; or (iii) the course leads to qualification as a social worker, medical doctor, dentist, veterinary surgeon or architect, landscape architect, landscape designer, landscape manager, town planner or town and country planner.

Amendment to regulation 14

2

For regulation 14(1), (2), (2A)⁸¹ and (2B) substitute—

(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), an eligible student does not qualify for fee support under this Part if— (a) the student has an honours degree from an institution in the United Kingdom, where— (i) the current course began before 1st September 2009; or (ii) the current course begins on or after 1st September 2009 where the student transfers to the current course pursuant to regulation 8 from a course which began before 1st September 2009; or (b) the current course leads to an equivalent or lower qualification, where the student begins the course on or after 1st September 2009. (2) Paragraph (1) does not apply where— (a) the current course is a course for the initial training of teachers; (b) the duration of the current course does not exceed two years where the current course is— (i) a full-time course; or (ii) a part-time course (the duration of which being expressed as its full-time equivalent) and either the current course— (aa) began before 1st September 2010; or (bb) begins on or after 1st September 2010 where the student transfers to the current course pursuant to regulation 8 from a course for the initial training of teachers beginning before 1st September 2010); and (c) the student is not a qualified teacher.

Amendment to regulation 20

3

For regulation 20(1) substitute—

(1) A current system student does not qualify for a fee loan in respect of a designated course if— (a) the designated course leads to an equivalent or lower qualification, the exemptions in regulation 14(2) or (3) do not apply and the student begins the course on or after 1st September 2009; (b) the student has an honours degree from an institution in the United Kingdom, the exemptions in regulation 14(2) or (3) do not apply and the student transfers to the current course pursuant to regulations 8 on or after 1st September 2009 from a course beginning before 1st September 2009; (c) the student has an honours degree from an institution in the United Kingdom, the exemptions in regulation 14(2) or (3) do not apply and the student began the course before 1st September 2009; or (d) the designated course is an old flexible postgraduate course for the initial training of teachers.

Amendment to regulation 27

4

In regulation 27(4) after “regulation 14” omit “(1),”.

Amendment to regulation 28

5

In regulation 28(2)(a) after “regulation 14” omit “(1),”.

Amendment to regulation 29

6

In regulation 29(2)(a) after “regulation 14” omit “(1),”.

Amendment to regulation 119

7

For regulation 119(7) substitute—

(7) An eligible distance learning student does not qualify for support under this regulation if—- (a) the distance learning course leads to an equivalent or lower qualification where the current course begins on or after 1st September 2009; or (b) the student holds a first degree from an educational institution in the United Kingdom where— (i) the current course began before 1st September 2009; or (ii) the current course begins on or after 1st September 2009 where the student transfers to the current course pursuant to regulation 8 from a distance learning course which began before 1st September 2009.

Amendment to regulation 136

8

For regulation 136(6) substitute—

(6) An eligible part-time student does not qualify for support under this regulation if— (a) the part-time course leads to an equivalent or lower qualification where the current course begins on or after 1st September 2009; or (b) the student holds a first degree from an educational institution in the United Kingdom where — (i) the current course began before 1st September 2009; or (ii) the current course begins on or after 1st September 2009 where the student transfers to the current course pursuant to regulation 8 from a part-time course which began before 1st September 2009.

Signed

David Lammy — Minister of State — Department for Business, Innovation and Skills — 23rd June 2009

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations provide for support for students taking designated higher education courses in respect of an academic year beginning on or after 1st September 2010.

These Regulations are based on the Education (Student Support) (No.2) Regulations 2008 as amended (the “2008 (No.2) Regulations”) to which they make a number of amendments and changes, some of which are of a minor and drafting nature. Differences of substance between the 2008 (No. 2) Regulations and these Regulations, including increases in rates of grants and loans, are described below.

These Regulations revoke, from 1st September 2010, the 2008 (No.2) Regulations except for regulations 93 (interest) and 94 (insolvency), the Education (Student Support) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2008 and the Education (Student Support) (Amendment) (No.3) Regulations 2008. These Regulations also revoke, from 1st September 2009, the Education (Student Support) Regulations 2008 (Amendment) Regulations 2009 and regulations 93 and 94 of the 2008 (No.2) Regulations. Regulation 4 sets out the extent of the revocation.

Regulation 2(1) contains an extended definition of “2008 cohort student” to include an eligible student transferring to the current course on or after 1st September 2009 from a course beginning on or after 1st September 2008 but before 1st September 2009. The definition also includes an eligible student beginning an end-on course on or after 1st September 2009 immediately after ceasing to attend a preliminary course which began on or after 1st September 2008 but before 1st September 2009. Paragraph 1 of Schedule 5 makes similar changes in the definition of “2008 cohort student” to the 2008 (No.2) Regulations.

Regulation 2 defines “2009 cohort student” to include an eligible student transferring to the current course on or after 1st September 2010 from a course beginning on or after 1st September 2009 or an eligible student beginning an end-on course on or after 1st September 2010 immediately after ceasing to attend a preliminary course that begins on or after 1st September 2009.

Regulations 2(1) (in the definition of “flexible postgraduate course for the initial training of teachers” and definitions of type 1, 2 and 3 teacher training students), 6, 13, 14, 20, 24, 38, and 137 remove the special provisions for eligible full-time and eligible part-time students beginning initial teacher training courses on or after 1st September 2010. Flexible postgraduate initial teacher training courses from 6 weeks up to one academic year in length will no longer be designated for support for students beginning initial teacher training courses on or after 1st September 2010.

Regulation 14(1) provides that an eligible student beginning a course on or after 1st September 2009 does not qualify for fee support where the course leads to a qualification at an equivalent or lower level than a previous qualification. An eligible student beginning a course before 1st September 2009, or transferring to a course beginning on or after 1st September 2009 from a course that began before 1st September 2009, also does not qualify for fee support if they have an honours degree from an institution in the United Kingdom.

Regulation 14(2) provides that regulation 14(1) does not apply to a student beginning a full-time course for the initial training of teachers which does not exceed 2 years in length before, on or after 1st September 2010 as well as a student beginning a part-time initial teacher training course which does not exceed 4 years in length before 1st September 2010. This provision also extends to students transferring to the current initial teacher training course on or after 1st September 2010 from an initial teacher training course beginning before 1st September 2010. Paragraph 2 of Schedule 5 makes similar changes to the 2008 (No.2) Regulations. To reflect the changes in regulation 14, amendments have been made to the 2008 (No.2) Regulations in paragraph 3 of Schedule 5.

Regulations 120 and 137 provide that part-time and full-time distance learning students who began their course before 1st September 2009 will not qualify for support if they hold an honours degree from an educational institution in the United Kingdom. Similar provision is made for part-time and full-time distance learning students who transfer to the current course on or after 1st September 2009 from a course beginning before 1st September 2009.

Paragraphs 7 and 8 of Schedule 5 make changes to regulations 119 and 136 of the 2008 (No.2) Regulations whereby a part-time or distance learning student who holds a first degree from an educational institution in the United Kingdom receives support for a higher level course in the same subject if the student begins that course at the same institution immediately after ceasing to attend their first course. In addition provision is made in the 2008 (No. 2) Regulations for part-time and full-time distance learning students who transfer to the current course on or after 1st September 2009 from a part-time or full-time distance learning course which began before 1st September 2009.

A technical change is made to the calculation of the maximum amount of loan for living costs to which a type 2 teacher training student is entitled. In Regulations 73(1) and 73(3), the formula for the substitution of grant for loan calculation for type 2 teacher training students has been removed from ‘Z’, the household income assessment formula, and added to ‘Y’, the substitution formula.

Increases in the maximum amounts of grants and loans in relation to part–time students and for fee support for full-time students are set out in regulations 24, 31, 32, 33, 35, 99, 120, 121, 137 and 138.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the costs of business, charities or voluntary bodies. The impact on the public sector is minimal.

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