The Assembly Learning Grants and Loans (Higher Education) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2006

Amendment of Principal Regulations

19.  After regulation 11 insert the following new Part—

“PART 3A APPLYING FOR GRANTS AND LOANS FOR FEES

Fee Support Generally

11A.— (1) No grant under Part 4 or loan under Part 5 in respect of an academic year may exceed the fees payable by the student in respect of that academic year.

(2) To receive a loan under these Regulations the student must enter into a contract with the National Assembly.

Students becoming eligible during the course of an academic year

11B.   Where any of the events listed in regulation 11C occurs in the course of an academic year—

(a) a student may qualify for grants and loans under Part 4 or 5 provided that the relevant event occurred within the first three months of the academic year; and

(b) such grants and loans are not available in respect of any academic year beginning before the academic year in which the relevant event occurred.

Events

11C.   The events are—

(a) the student’s course becomes a designated course;

(b) the student, his or her spouse, his or her civil partner or his or her parent is recognised as a refugee or becomes a person with leave to enter or remain (as defined in Part 1 of Schedule 1);

(c) a state accedes to the European Community where the student is a national of that state or a family member (as defined in Part 1 of Schedule 1) of a national of that state;

(d) the student becomes a family member (as defined in Part 1 of Schedule 1) of an EC national;

(e) the student acquires the right of permanent residence (as defined in Part 1 of Schedule 1);

(f) the student becomes a person described in paragraph 6(1)(a) of Schedule 1; or

(g) the student becomes the child of a Swiss national.”.