The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2024

PART 8 Amendments to the Education (Student Support) (Postgraduate Master’s Degrees) (Wales) Regulations 2019

CHAPTER 1 Introduction

34.  The Education (Student Support) (Postgraduate Master’s Degrees) (Wales) Regulations 2019(1) are amended in accordance with this Part.

CHAPTER 2 Person granted leave to remain as a protected partner

35.  In regulation 16—

(a) in paragraph (1)(b)(viii) for “granted leave to remain” substitute “granted leave to enter or remain”;

(b) in paragraph (2), for the term “person granted leave to remain as a protected partner” substitute ““person granted leave to enter or remain as a protected partner” (“person y rhoddwyd caniatâd iddo ddod i mewn neu aros fel partner a ddiogelir”);”.

36.  In Schedule 2, in paragraph 2B (category 2B - persons granted leave to remain as a protected partner and their children)—

(a) in the heading, for “leave to remain” substitute “leave to enter or remain”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (1)(a), for “leave to remain” substitute “leave to enter or remain”;

(c) in sub-paragraph (2)(a), for “leave to remain” substitute “leave to enter or remain”;

(d) in sub-paragraph (2)(b), for “leave to remain” substitute “leave to enter or remain”;

(e) in sub-paragraph (2)(c), for “leave to remain” substitute “leave to enter or remain”;

(f) in sub-paragraph (3)(a), for “leave to remain” substitute “leave to enter or remain”;

(g) in sub-paragraph (3)(b)—

(i) for “leave to remain” in both places it occurs, substitute “leave to enter or remain”;

(ii) for “under any of the following provisions of the immigration rules” substitute “under any provisions of the immigration rules specified in either of the following cases”;

(iii) before sub-paragraph (i) insert—

“Case 1

In the case of a person granted leave to remain before 31 January 2024, any of the following provisions of the immigration rules—”;

(iv) after sub-paragraph (vii) insert—

“Case 2

In the case of a person granted leave to enter or remain on or after 31 January 2024, either of the following provisions of the immigration rules—

(i)

paragraph VDA 9.1 of the Appendix Victim of Domestic Abuse, or

(ii)

paragraph BP 11.1 of Appendix Bereaved Partner.”

37.  In Schedule 4, in paragraph 1, in Table 3, for the definition of “person granted leave to remain as a protected partner” substitute “person granted leave to enter or remain as a protected partner”.

(1)

S.I. 2019/895 (W. 161), relevant amendments are S.I. 2021/481 (W. 148), S.I. 2022/403 (W. 100), S.I. 2022/764 (W. 166), S.I. 2023/633 (W. 97) and S.I. 2023/1349 (W. 243). There are other amending instruments but none are relevant.