The Education (Student Support) (Postgraduate Master's Degrees) (Wales) Regulations 2019

1. Introductory Text

2. PART 1 General

   1. 1. Title and commencement

   2. 2. Application

3. PART 2 Overview

   1. 3. Overview

4. PART 3 Interpretation and index

   1. 4. Interpretation and index

5. PART 4 Key concepts

   1. CHAPTER 1 Designated courses

      1. 5. Designated courses

      2. 6. Designated courses – conditions

      3. 7. Designated courses – exceptions

      4. 8. Designation of other courses

   2. CHAPTER 2 Eligibility

      1. 9. Eligible students

      2. 10. Eligible students – exceptions

      3. 11. Period of eligibility – general rule

      4. 12. Early termination of eligibility

      5. 12A. Persons who cease to have leave to remain under residence scheme immigration rules

      6. 12AA. Where— (a) the Welsh Ministers have determined that, by virtue...

      7. 12B. Refugees who cease to have leave to remain

      8. 12C. Persons who cease to have stateless leave

      9. 12D. Persons who cease to have leave to enter or remain

      10. 12E. Persons who cease to have humanitarian protection

      11. 12F. Persons who cease to have section 67 leave to remain

      12. 12G. Persons who cease to have Calais leave

      13. 12H. Persons who cease to be protected Ukrainian nationals

      14. 12I. Persons who cease to have leave to enter or remain as a relevant Afghan citizen

      15. 12J. Regulations 12A, 12AA, 12B, 12C, 12D, 12E, 12F, 12G, 12H...

      16. 13. Misconduct and failure to provide accurate information

      17. 14. Reinstatement of eligibility after termination

      18. 15. Students becoming eligible during a course

      19. 16. (1) The events are— (a) the student's course becomes a...

      20. 17. Transfer of status

6. PART 5 Applications, providing information and loan contracts

   1. 18. Requirement to apply for support

   2. 19. Time limits

   3. 20. Welsh Ministers' decision on an application

   4. 21. (1) Paragraph (2) applies where— (a) a person (“P”) makes...

   5. 22. Requirements on eligible students to provide information

   6. 23. Requirement to enter into a contract for a loan

7. PART 6 Base grant and contribution to costs grant

   1. CHAPTER 1 Qualifying conditions

      1. 24. Base grant and contribution to costs grant

   2. CHAPTER 2 Base grant

      1. 24A. Qualifying conditions for base grant

      2. 25. Amount of base grant

   3. CHAPTER 3 Contribution to costs grant

      1. 26. Qualifying conditions for contribution to costs grant

      2. 27. Amount of contribution to costs grant

      3. 28. Household income

      4. 29. Meaning of care leaver

8. PART 7 Contribution to costs loan

   1. 30. Contribution to costs loan

   2. 31. Amount of contribution to costs loan — courses beginning before 1 August 2024

   3. 31ZA. Amount of contribution to costs loan — courses beginning on or after 1 August 2024

   4. 31A. (1) The amount of contribution to costs loan payable to...

9. PART 8 Payments, Overpayments and Recovery

   1. CHAPTER 1 Payment following a provisional decision

      1. 32. Payment based on provisional assessment

   2. CHAPTER 2 Payment of grants and loans

      1. 33. Payment of grants and loans

      2. 34. Confirmation of attendance

      3. 35. Absence from the course

      4. 36. Effect of becoming, or ceasing to be, an eligible prisoner — courses beginning before 1 August 2024

      5. 36A. Effect of becoming, or ceasing to be, an eligible prisoner — courses beginning on or after 1 August 2024

   3. CHAPTER 3 Overpayments and recovery

      1. 37. Overpayments - general

      2. 38. Recovery of overpayments of grants

      3. 39. Recovery of overpayment of contribution to costs loan

      4. 40. Repayment

10. PART 9 Restrictions relating to contribution to costs loans

    1. 41. Requirement to provide national insurance number

    2. 42. Information requirements relating to loans

11. PART 10 Amendments to the Education (Postgraduate Master's Degree Loans) (Wales) Regulations 2017

    1. 43. Amendments to the Education (Postgraduate Master's Degree Loans) (Wales) Regulations 2017

    2. 44. In regulation 1 (title, commencement and application), after paragraph (3)...

    3. 45.

    4. 46. In regulation 4— (a) for paragraph (1)(b) substitute—

    5. 47. In regulation 8 (events), after paragraph (b) insert—

    6. 48. In Schedule 1, after paragraph 5 (persons with leave to...

12. Signature

13. SCHEDULES

    1. SCHEDULE 1

       Interpretation

       1. 1. Meaning of academic year

       2. 2. Educational institutions

       3. 3. Interpretation of other key terms

    2. SCHEDULE 2

       Categories of eligible students

       1. 1. Category 1 – Persons settled in the United Kingdom

       2. 2. Category 2 – Refugees and their family members

       3. 2A. Category 2A - Protected persons and their family members

       4. 2B. Category 2B - Persons granted leave to enter or remain as a protected partner and their children

       5. 2C. Category 2C – Protected Ukrainian nationals

       6. 3. Category 3 – Persons granted stateless leave and their family members

       7. 4. Category 4 – Persons with leave to enter or remain and their family members

       8. 5. Category 5 – Persons with section 67 leave to remain

       9. 6. Category 6 – Workers, employed persons, self-employed persons and their family members — courses beginning before 1 August 2021

       10. 6A. Category 6A - Workers, employed persons, self-employed persons and their family members with protected rights

       11. 7. Category 7 – Persons who are settled in the United Kingdom and have exercised a right of residence elsewhere — courses beginning before 1 August 2021

       12. 7A. Category 7A - Persons who are settled in the United Kingdom and have exercised a right of residence elsewhere

       13. 8. Category 8 – EU nationals — courses beginning before 1 August 2021

       14. 8A. Category 8A - EU nationals etc. with protected rights

       15. 8B. Category 8B - United Kingdom nationals

       16. 8BA. Irish citizens in the EEA and Switzerland

       17. 8BB. (1) A person— (a) who is settled in the United...

       18. 8C. Category 8C – Family members of United Kingdom nationals

       19. 8D. Category 8D - Persons resident in Gibraltar

       20. 9. Category 9 – Children of Swiss nationals — courses beginning before 1 August 2021

       21. 9A. Category 9A - Children of Swiss nationals within scope of the Swiss citizens’ rights agreement

       22. 10. Category 10 – Children of Turkish workers — courses beginning before 1 August 2021

       23. 10A. Category 10A - Children of Turkish workers

       24. 11. Ordinary residence – additional provision

       25. 12. Further provision on ordinary residence: care leavers

       26. 13. Interpretation

    3. SCHEDULE 3

       Calculation of income

       1. PART 1 Introduction

          1. 1. Overview of Schedule

       2. PART 2 Household income

          1. 2. Household income of an eligible student

          2. 3. Calculation of household income

          3. 4. Independent eligible students

          4. 5. Eligible student's parent dies leaving a surviving parent

          5. 6. Separation of eligible student's parents

          6. 7. Separation of eligible student's parent or independent eligible student from partner

          7. 8. Independent eligible student or partner is a parent of an eligible student

       3. PART 3 Taxable income

          1. 9. Taxable income

       4. PART 4 Residual income

          1. CHAPTER 1 Residual income of an eligible student

             1. 10. Calculation of eligible student's residual income

             2. 11. Deductions for the purpose of calculating residual income of an eligible student

             3. 12. Income of eligible student received in currency other than sterling

          2. CHAPTER 2 Residual income of persons other than an eligible student

             1. 13. Persons to whom this chapter applies

             2. 14. Calculation of residual income of persons other than eligible student

             3. 15. Deductions for the purpose of calculating residual income of persons other than eligible student

             4. 16. Applicable financial years: calculating residual income of persons other than eligible student

             5. 17. Income from business or profession

             6. 18. Treatment of income not treated as income for income tax purposes

             7. 19. P's income in currency other than sterling

       5. PART 5 Interpretation

          1. 20. Interpretation

    4. SCHEDULE 4

       Index of defined terms

       1. 1. Table 3 lists expressions defined or otherwise explained in these...

14. Explanatory Note