
1 

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Student Loans) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 1st August 2000.
(2) These Regulations extend only to England and Wales.
2 
The Education (Student Loans) Regulations 1998 shall be amended as follows.
3 
In regulation 3(1) there shall be inserted in the appropriate place the following definition—“
 “metropolitan police district” means the areas referred to in section 76(1) of the London Government Act 1963 as it had effect prior to its amendment by section 323 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999;”.
4 
At the end of regulation 3(4) there shall be added the following sentence—“
 Without prejudice to the foregoing, members of the regular naval, military or air forces of the Crown shall be treated as being temporarily employed within the meaning of this paragraph for any period during which they serve outside the United Kingdom and Islands as members of such forces.”.
5 
In regulation 6(1) to (4) for each of the figures in the first column below wherever it appears there shall be substituted the corresponding figure in the second column below:
£995 £1,020
1,605 1,645
1,360 1,395
2,200 2,255
1,295 1,330
1,780 1,825
6 
In Schedule 1 for paragraph 3(a) there shall be substituted:“
(a) 
(i) has been informed by a person acting under the authority of the Secretary of State for the Home Department that, although he is considered not to qualify for recognition as a refugee, it is thought right to allow him to enter or remain in the United Kingdom, or
(ii) before 1st July 1993 applied to the Secretary of State for the Home Department for recognition as a refugee and who has been informed by a person acting under the authority of the Secretary of State for the Home Department that it is thought right to allow him to enter or remain in the United Kingdom,”.
Tessa Blackstone
Minister of State,
Department for Education and Employment
7th July 2000