The Education (Student Loans) Regulations 1992

Statutory Instrument 1992 No. 1211

The Education (Student Loans) Regulations 1992

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1992 No. 1211

EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES

EDUCATION, SCOTLAND

The Education (Student Loans) Regulations 1992

Made

21st May 1992

Laid before Parliament

2nd June 1992

Coming into force

1st August 1992

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Citation and commencement

Revocation

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Interpretation

"the Act" means the Education (Student Loans) Act 1990;

"borrower" means a person to whom a loan has been made;

"eligible" means eligible for the purposes of section 1 of the Act read with regulation 4 and the Schedule to these Regulations;

(i) in the case of a course of one academic year's duration, for a period of at least 24 weeks; and

(ii) in the case of a course of two or more academic years' duration, for a period of at least 24 weeks in each academic year except the final year and of at least eight weeks in the final year; and

(b) the nature of which is such that a person undertaking it would normally require to undertake periods of study, tuition or work experience which together amount in each academic year to an average of at least 21 hours a week as respects the periods of attendance mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) above for the year;

"loan" means a loan (whether made before or after the coming into force of these Regulations) towards a student's maintenance out of money made available by the Secretary of State for that purpose pursuant to arrangements made by the Secretary of State by virtue of section 1 of the Act, including the interest accrued on the loan and the amount of the loan from time to time outstanding;

"loans administrator" means any person or body for the time being exercising functions in relation to loans under arrangements made with the Secretary of State pursuant to paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the Act;

"periods of work experience" means periods of industrial, professional or commercial experience associated with full-time study at an institution but at a place outside the institution;

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"sandwich course" means a course consisting of alternate periods of full-time study in an institution and periods of work experience so organised that, taking the course as a whole, the student attends the periods of full-time study for an average of not less than 19 weeks in each year; and for the purpose of calculating his attendance the course shall be treated as beginning with the first period of full-time study and ending with the last such period.

Conditions of eligibility

(i) a full-time course; or

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(i) he satisfies the conditions prescribed in the Schedule to these Regulations; or

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(iii) before the commencement of or at any time during that academic year he has been recognised as a refugee .......... and from that time he has been ordinarily resident in the British Islands, or is the spouse or child of such a person; and

(c) the loans administrator has received the certified eligibility form referred to in regulation 13(2)(g) in connection with his application for the loan; and

(d) he has agreed with the loans administrator to notify the latter promptly in writing if he ceases to attend his course otherwise than because he has completed it; and

(e) he has agreed with the loans administrator to accept payment of the loan by direct credit to his bank or building society account and has provided the administrator with a signed direct debit mandate in favour of the administrator in respect of repayments of the loan from that account; and

(f) he has entered into an agreement for the loan not later than the end of the period of 12 months beginning on 1st August in which that academic year begins; and

(g) he is not a person to whom paragraph (2) applies.

(a) before the date on which the course begins has attained the age of fifty years; or

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(d) is studying for the Postgraduate Certificate in Education as a participant in arrangements made by a local education authority for the training of teachers known as the "Articled Teachers Scheme"; or

(e) is in breach of any obligation contained in any agreement for a loan; or

(f) subject to paragraph (3) was under the age of 18 when any agreement for a loan was made with him and who has not ratified that agreement after attaining that age.

(a) the agreement referred to in that sub-paragraph was entered into before 25th September 1991; and

(i) with the concurrence of the borrower's curator; or

(ii) at a time when the borrower had no curator.

Designation of courses by Secretary of State

Amounts of loans

(a) if the year is the final year of the course, £415 if he resides at his parents' home, and £605 if he does not; and

(b) if the year is any other year of the course £570 if he resides at his parents' home, and £830 if he does not.

(a) if the year is the final year of the course, £415 if he resides at his parents' home, and £525 if he does not; and

(b) if the year is any other year of the course, £570 if he resides at his parents' home, and £715 if he does not.

Interest

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Time and manner of repayments

(a) no account shall be taken of any repayments due prior to the relevant date which have not been made, but account shall be taken of the amounts of interest which have accrued on such unpaid repayments; and

(i) the rate of interest will not change during the period of repayment; and

(ii) each repayment will be applied to reduce the amount of the loan immediately after the addition of interest in accordance with paragraph (3).

(a) grant any relaxation or indulgence to the borrower which does not vary the agreement for the loan;

(b) require the borrower to make an immediate repayment of the outstanding amount of the loan:

Provided that the loans administrator shall not grant any relaxation or indulgence in accordance with paragraph (a) unless it is satisfied that such action represents a more effective means of recovering the debt due under the agreement than instituting legal proceedings against the borrower.

Repayment by disabled borrowers

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(a) allow the borrower to commence repayment of the loan at such date later than that provided by regulation 8 as the loans administrator considers appropriate; or

(b) allow the borrower to defer making repayments of the loan until such later date; or

(c) allow the borrower to make repayments of the loan in such greater number of instalments of such lesser amounts than those provided by regulation 8 as the loans administrator considers appropriate:

but interest on the loan shall continue to accrue and to be added to the outstanding amount of the loan during any period in which repayments are not being made or any extended period of repayment.

Deferment

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(a) that his gross income for the month preceding the month in which he applies for deferment does not exceed £1,130; and

(b) if the loans administrator so requires, that his gross average monthly income during the three months immediately following the month first referred to in sub-paragraph (a) will not or is unlikely to exceed £1,130.

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Cancellation

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(a) he dies; or

(b) he is a person to whom paragraph (2) applies.

(a) if he was aged less than forty when he last entered into an agreement for a loan, if he attains the age of fifty or if the loan for which he last entered into an agreement has been outstanding for not less than twenty-five years (whichever event is the sooner); or

(b) if he was aged not less than forty when he last entered into an agreement for a loan, if he attains the age of sixty.

Duties of governing bodies in relation to loans

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(a) issue to any student who requests them to certify his eligibility for a loan an eligibility questionnaire provided by the loans administrator;

(b) in respect of each eligibility questionnaire completed by a student and returned to them, take such steps as are reasonably practicable to verify the particulars inserted in the questionnaire by the student relating to his eligibility for a loan;

(c) if the student's eligibility cannot be determined solely by verifying the particulars on the questionnaire, take such other steps as are reasonably practicable for that purpose;

(d) issue to each student in relation to whom they have taken the steps required by sub-paragraphs (a) — (c) and whom they consider to be eligible an eligibility form provided by the loans administrator for completion by the student;

(e) certify to the best of their knowledge and belief the accuracy of the particulars in each completed eligibility form and the amount of loan to which they consider the student to be entitled;

(f) issue to each student in relation to whom they have taken all other steps required by the preceding provisions of this paragraph a loan application form provided by the loans administrator; and

(g) send each certified eligibility form to the loans administrator.

(a) promptly notify the loans administrator in writing if a person in respect of whom they have certified eligibility in accordance with paragraph (2) ceases to be an eligible student otherwise than because he has completed the course;

(b) keep records and copies of all documents except loan application forms which they are required by this regulation to issue or certify and a record of any steps taken by them to establish a student's eligibility;

(c) permit the loans administrator or the Secretary of State to inspect the records and copies at any reasonable time and provide them with reasonable facilities for that purpose;

(d) acknowledge receipt of all eligibility and application forms received by them from the loans administrator and provide to it on request brief particulars of such forms which they have issued; and

(e) as soon as practicable notify the loans administrator in writing if they believe that a person has fraudulently obtained or attempted to obtain a loan and provide the administrator with the name of the person (if known) and particulars of the circumstances of that person's obtaining or attempting to obtain the loan.

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(e) in the case of any other person except a refugee, his passport (if he holds one), and a letter or other document issued by a responsible person which contains particulars of his date, place and country of birth and his names at birth.

"eligibility form" means a form requesting particulars from a student relevant to his eligibility for a loan and of his bank or building society account; and

"responsible person" means a consular officer, minister of religion, medical or legal practitioner, established civil servant, teacher or police officer.

Notes:

[1] 1990 c. 6; section 1(3)(b) was amended by the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992, c. 37, Schedule 9, paragraph 12. Section 1(3)(a) and paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 2 are amended from 1st April 1993 by the Further and Higher Education Act 1992, c. 13, and the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992 respectively, see S.I. 1992/831, article 2 and Schedule 3, and S.I. 1992/817, article 3(2) and Schedule 4. back

[2] S.I. 1991/1299. back

[3] S.I. 1992/735 back

[4] Cmnd. 9171. back

[5] Cmnd. 3906 (Out of print: photocopies are available, free of charge, from Further and Higher Education Branch 3, Awards, Department of Education and Science, Corporation House, c/o Mowden Hall, Staindrop Road, Darlington, DL3 9BG or Awards Branch, Scottish Office Education Department, Gyleview House, 3 Redheughs Rigg, South Gyle, Edinburgh EH12 9HH). back

[6] 1962 c. 12; the Regulations in force at the date these Regulations are made are the Education (Mandatory Awards) Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/1838) as amended by S.I. 1992/423. back

[7] S.I. 1991/1522. back

[8] 1979 c. 36. back

[9] 1977 c. 49; substituted by section 6 of the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53). back

[10] 1978 c. 29; substituted by section 6 of the Health Services Act 1980. back

[11] S.I. 1992/580. back

[12] S.I. 1980/51; amended by S.I. 1985/1192, 1989/596. back

[13] 1975 c. 14. back

[14] See section 12(1)(c). back

[15] See section 34(1)(b), as amended by the Health and Social Security Act 1984 (c. 48), Schedule 4, paragraph 3 and the Social Security Act 1990 (c. 27), section 2(3). back

[16] See section 37ZA, inserted by the Disability Living Allowance and Disability Working Allowance Act 1991 (c. 21), section 1. back

[17] See section 50(1) and (1A); section 50(1) was substituted by the Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50), Schedule 3, paragraph 2, and section 50(1A) was inserted by the Social Security Act 1988 (c. 7), Schedule 4, paragraph 11. back

[18] S.I. 1987/1967; the relevant amending regulations are S.I. 1988/663. See Parts III and IV of Schedule 2. back

[19] Section 20 was amended by section 6 of the Disability Living Allowance and Disability Working Allowance Act 1991. back

[20] 1953 c. 20. back

[21] 1953 c. 37. back

[22] OJ No. L257, 19.10.68, p.2 (OJ/SE 1968(II) p.475). back

[23] 1976 c. 36. back

[24] 1965 c. 49. back

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