PART 12E+WQUALIFYING FOR SUPPORT DURING THE ACADEMIC YEAR

Qualifying for a tuition fee loan during the academic yearE+W

80.—(1) Where one of the events listed in paragraph (2) occurs within 3 months of the first day of the academic year, the student may qualify for a tuition fee loan in respect of that academic year.

(2) The events are—

(a)the present course becomes a designated course;

(b)the student becomes an eligible student on the grounds that—

[F1(i)the student or the student’s spouse, civil partner or parent is recognised as a refugee, becomes a person granted stateless leave, becomes a person with leave to enter or remain or becomes a person granted humanitarian protection under paragraph 339C of the immigration rules;]

[F2(ia)the student or the student’s parent becomes a person with section 67 leave to remain [F3or a person granted leave to remain as a protected partner];]

[F4(ib)the student becomes a person with Calais leave;]

[F5(ic)the student becomes a person with leave to enter or remain as a relevant Afghan citizen [F6or the spouse, civil partner, child or stepchild of such a person];]

[F7(id)the student becomes a protected Ukrainian national [F8or the spouse, civil partner, child or stepchild of such a person];]

F9(ii). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F10(iii)the student becomes a family member described in paragraph 6A(1)(a), 6C(1)(a)[F11, 6D(1)(a) or 6D(2)(a)] of Schedule 2;]

[F12(iv)the student becomes a person described in paragraph 1(2)(a) of Schedule 2;]

[F13(v)where regulation 9(1A)(a) applies, [F14the student becomes a person] described in paragraph 8(1)(a) of Schedule 2;]

(vi)the student becomes a person described in [F15paragraph 4A(1)(a) of Schedule 2 or, where regulation 9(1A)(a) applies, in] paragraph 4(1)(a) of Schedule 2;

[F16(vii)the student becomes a person described in paragraph 7A(a) of Schedule 2 or, where regulation 9(1A)(a) applies, in paragraph 7(1)(a) of Schedule 2; or]

[F17(viii)the student becomes a person described in paragraph 6B(1)(a)(ii) of Schedule 2.]

(3) In this regulation and regulation 81, the following terms have the same meaning as in Schedule 2—

F18...

“family member” (“aelod o deulu”) F19...;

[F20“immigration rules” (“rheolau mewnfudo”);]

“parent” (“rhiant”);

[F21“person granted leave to remain as a protected partner” (“person y rhoddwyd caniatâd iddo aros fel partner a ddiogelir”);]

[F22“person granted stateless leave” (“person y rhoddwyd caniatâd iddo aros fel person diwladwriaeth”)];

[F21“person with Calais leave” (“person sydd â chaniatâd Calais”);]

“person with leave to enter or remain” (“person sydd â chaniatâd i ddod i mewn neu i aros”);

[F23“person with leave to enter or remain as a relevant Afghan citizen”];

[F24“person with section 67 leave to remain” (“person sydd â chaniatâd i aros o dan adran 67”);]

[F25“protected Ukrainian national” (“gwladolyn Wcreinaidd a ddiogelir”);]

“refugee” (“ffoadur”);

F26...

F27...

Textual Amendments

F18Words in reg. 80(3) omitted (with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/481), regs. 1(2), 125(b)(i)

F19Words in reg. 80(3) omitted (with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/481), regs. 1(2), 125(b)(ii)

F23Words in reg. 80(3) inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/79), regs. 1(2), 36(b)

F24Words in reg. 80(3) inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(3)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/235), regs. 1(3)(a), 52(b)

F26Words in reg. 80(3) omitted (with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/481), regs. 1(2), 125(b)(iii)

F27Words in reg. 80(3) omitted (with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/481), regs. 1(2), 125(b)(iv)

Qualifying for grants or maintenance loan during the academic yearE+W

81.—(1) Where one of the events in paragraph (3) occurs, the eligible student may qualify for a grant or maintenance loan.

(2) But the amount of grant or loan payable to the eligible student—

[F28(a)will only, in the case of a grant, be in respect of the remaining days of the academic year, and, in the case of a maintenance loan, only be in respect of the remaining term days of the academic year, in either case beginning with the day the relevant event occurs, and]

(b)in relation to a maintenance loan, will only be payable if it is a quarter in respect of which the loan would otherwise be payable under regulation 85(6) and (7).

(3) The events are—

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

(b)the student becomes an eligible student on the grounds that–

[F29(i)the student or the student’s spouse, civil partner or parent is recognised as a refugee, becomes a person granted stateless leave, becomes a person with leave to enter or remain or becomes a person granted humanitarian protection under paragraph 339C of the immigration rules;]

[F30(ia)the student or the student’s parent becomes a person with section 67 leave to remain [F31or a person with leave to remain as a protected partner];]

[F32(ib)the student becomes a person with Calais leave;]

[F33(ic)the student becomes a person with leave to enter or remain as a relevant Afghan citizen [F34or the spouse, civil partner, child or stepchild of such a person];]

[F35(id)the student becomes a protected Ukrainian national [F36or the spouse, civil partner, child or stepchild of such a person];]

F37(ii). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F38(iii)the student becomes a person described in paragraph 1(2)(a) of Schedule 2;]

[F39(iv)where regulation 9(1A)(a) applies, [F40the student becomes a person] described in paragraph 8(1)(a) of Schedule 2;]

(v)the student becomes a person described in [F41paragraph 4A(1)(a) of Schedule 2 or, where regulation 9(1A)(a) applies, in] paragraph 4(1)(a) of Schedule 2;

[F42(vi)the student becomes a person described in paragraph 7A(a) of Schedule 2 or, where regulation 9(1A)(a) applies, in paragraph 7(1)(a) of Schedule 2;]

[F43(vii)the student becomes a person described in paragraph 6B(1)(a)(ii) of Schedule 2.]

Textual Amendments