4. The Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2018(1) are amended in accordance with regulations 5 to 11.
5. In regulation 19, for paragraph (3) substitute—
“(3) But paragraph (2) does not apply if P is undertaking a distance learning course outside the United Kingdom because—
(a)P or a close relative of P is serving as a member of the armed forces, or
(b)P is unable to be in the United Kingdom for a reason related to coronavirus.”
6. In regulation 39, for Exception 4 substitute—
“Exception 4
The present course is a distance learning course and the student (“S”) is not in Wales on the first day of the first academic year of the course.
But this exception does not apply where—
(a)S is not in Wales on the first day of the first academic year of the course because S, or a close relative of S, is serving as a member of the armed forces outside Wales, or
(b)S is unable to be in Wales on the first day of the first academic year of the course for a reason related to coronavirus.”
7. In regulation 44, for Exception 5 substitute—
“Exception 5
The present course is a distance learning course and the student (“S”) is not in Wales on the first day of the first academic year of the course.
But this exception does not apply where—
(a)S is not in Wales on the first day of the first academic year of the course because S, or a close relative of S, is serving as a member of the armed forces outside Wales, or
(b)S is unable to be in Wales on the first day of the first academic year of the course for a reason related to coronavirus.”
8. In regulation 54, for Exception 4 substitute—
“Exception 4
The present course is a distance learning course and the student (“S”) is not in Wales on the first day of the first academic year of the course.
But this exception does not apply where—
(a)S is not in Wales on the first day of the first academic year of the course because S, or a close relative of S, is serving as a member of the armed forces outside Wales, or
(b)S is unable to be in Wales on the first day of the first academic year of the course for a reason related to coronavirus.”
9. In regulation 62, for Exception 5 substitute—
“Exception 5
The present course is a distance learning course and the student (“S”) is not in Wales on the first day of the first academic year of the course.
But this exception does not apply where—
(a)S is not in Wales on the first day of the first academic year of the course because S, or a close relative of S, is serving as a member of the armed forces outside Wales, or
(b)S is unable to be in Wales on the first day of the first academic year of the course for a reason related to coronavirus.”
10. For regulation 91 substitute—
“91. Where a maintenance loan has been overpaid the Welsh Ministers may recover the overpayment—
(a)by subtracting it from any maintenance loan payable to the eligible student from time to time under these Regulations or any other regulations made by the Welsh Ministers under section 22 of the 1998 Act;
(b)by requiring the eligible student to repay the overpayment in accordance with regulations made under section 22 of the 1998 Act;
(c)by any other method available to them.”
11. In Schedule 1, in paragraph 6(1), at the appropriate place insert—
““coronavirus” (“coronafeirws”) means severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2);”.
S.I. 2018/191 (W. 42), amended by S.I. 2018/813 (W. 164); S.I. 2018/814 (W. 165); S.I. 2019/235 (W. 54); S.I. 2019/424 (W. 98) (as from IP completion day, as defined by the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (c. 1), section 39(1) to (5)); S.I. 2019/1192 (W. 209); S.I. 2020/142 (W. 25) and S.I. 2020/153 (W. 27).