PART 3AMENDMENTS TO THE EDUCATION (STUDENT SUPPORT) (WALES) REGULATIONS 2018

Amendments to the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2018

5.  The Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2018(1) are amended in accordance with regulation 6.

6.  In paragraph 16 of Schedule 3 (calculation of income)—

(a)for sub-paragraph (3) substitute—

(3) The applicable financial year is CY if the Welsh Ministers are satisfied that—

(a)where P is one of two persons whose residual incomes are aggregated under paragraph (b)(i) or (ii) of List A in paragraph 3(1), the aggregate of the residual incomes of P and the other person for CY is likely to be at least 15% lower than the aggregate of the residual incomes of P and the other person for PY-1, or

(b)in any other case, P’s residual income for CY is likely to be at least 15% lower than P’s residual income for PY-1.;

(b)for sub-paragraph (5) substitute—

(5) Where this sub-paragraph applies—

(a)the applicable financial year is CY if the Welsh Ministers are satisfied that—

(i)where P is one of two persons whose residual incomes are aggregated under paragraph (b)(i) or (ii) of List A in paragraph 3(1), the aggregate of the residual incomes of P and the other person for CY is likely to be at least 15% lower than the aggregate of the residual incomes of P and the other person for PY, or

(ii)in any other case, P’s residual income for CY is likely to be at least 15% lower than P’s residual income for PY;

(b)otherwise, the applicable financial year is PY.

(1)

S.I. 2018/191 (W. 42), to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.