The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2018

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

28.  In regulation 24 (grants for disabled students’ living costs)—

(a) in paragraph (4), at the beginning, insert “Subject to paragraph (4A),”;

(b) after paragraph (4) insert—

“(4A) Paragraph (4) does not apply where—

(a) the student (“S”) or a close relative of S is a member of the armed forces,

(b) S is not undertaking the course in Wales on the first day of the first academic year, and

(c) S is not undertaking the course in Wales on that day because S or the close relative is serving as a member of the armed forces outside Wales.”; and

(c) after paragraph (5) insert—

“(5A) But paragraph (5) does not apply where the student is undertaking the course outside the United Kingdom because the student or a close relative of the student is serving as a member of the armed forces.”