The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021

Amendments to the Education (Fees and Awards) (Wales) Regulations 2007

5.  In regulation 4 (fee charging)—

(a) for paragraph (1) substitute—

“(1) Subject to paragraph (1B), it is lawful for the institutions mentioned in paragraph (3) to charge higher fees in the case of a person who does not fall within any of—

(a) paragraphs 2, 2A, 3, 4, 4A, 4B, 5, 6A, 7A, 8A, 9A, 9B, 9C, 9D, 9E, 10A, 11A or 12A of the Schedule; or

(b) paragraphs 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12 of the Schedule where paragraph (1A) applies,

than in the case of a person who does fall within any of those paragraphs.”;

(b) after paragraph (1) insert—

“(1A) This paragraph applies where—

(a) in connection with a course beginning before 1 August 2021, a person (“A”) fell within any of paragraphs 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12 of the Schedule in relation to an academic year of the course beginning before 1 August 2021; and

(b) A is liable for fees in connection with—

(i) that course, or

(ii) a course provided by an institution mentioned in paragraph (3) to which A transfers from that course in accordance with regulations made under section 22 of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998.

(1B) In relation to a course beginning on or after 1 January 2028, paragraph (1) has effect as if paragraphs 8A and 9B are omitted from paragraph (1)(a).”;

(c) in paragraph (2), after “within”, in the first place it occurs, insert “a paragraph of”.