The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Ordinary Residence) (Wales) Regulations 2021

Amendments to the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2017

22.  After regulation 64(10A) insert—

“(10B) Where—

(a) the Welsh Ministers determined that, by virtue of being a person granted humanitarian protection under paragraph 339C of the immigration rules or the spouse, civil partner, child or step-child of such a person, a person (“A” in this paragraph) was an eligible distance learning student in connection with an application for support for an earlier year of the present distance learning course or an application for support in connection with a designated course, designated part-time course or other designated distance learning course from which A’s status as an eligible student, eligible part-time student or eligible distance learning student has been transferred to the present distance learning course; and

(b) as at the day before the academic year in respect of which A is applying for support begins, the period for which the person granted humanitarian protection under paragraph 339C of the immigration rules is allowed to stay in the United Kingdom has expired and no further leave to remain has been granted and no appeal is pending within the meaning of section 104 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002,

A’s status as an eligible distance learning student terminates immediately before the first day of the academic year in respect of which A is applying for support.”