PART 5AMENDMENTS TO THE EDUCATION (STUDENT SUPPORT) (WALES) REGULATIONS 2017

Amendments to regulation 517

In regulation 5 (designated courses)—

a

for paragraph (1)(e) substitute—

e

for a course beginning before 1 September 2017, provided by an institution that was before that date a publicly funded institution (whether alone or in conjunction with an institution situated outside the United Kingdom);

b

after paragraph (1)(e) insert—

ea

for a course beginning on or after 1 September 2017, provided by—

i

a recognised educational institution (whether alone or in conjunction with an institution situated outside the United Kingdom);

ii

a charity within the meaning given by section 1 of the Charities Act 2011 on behalf of a Welsh regulated institution;

iii

an institution that was publicly funded before 1 August 2019 on behalf of a protected English provider.

c

for paragraph (5)(c) substitute—

c

an institution is not to be regarded as having been publicly funded before 1 August 2019 by reason only that it received public funds before that date from the governing body of a higher education institution in accordance with section 65(3A) of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992;