PART 2AMENDMENTS TO THE EDUCATION (FEES AND AWARDS) (WALES) REGULATIONS 2007

Amendments to the Education (Fees and Awards) (Wales) Regulations 20075

In regulation 4 (fee charging)—

a

for paragraph (1) substitute—

1

Subject to paragraph (1B), it is lawful for the institutions mentioned in paragraph (3) to charge higher fees in the case of a person who does not fall within any of—

a

paragraphs 2, 2A, 3, 4, 4A, 4B, 5, 6A, 7A, 8A, 9A, 9B, 9C, 9D, 9E, 10A, 11A or 12A of the Schedule; or

b

paragraphs 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12 of the Schedule where paragraph (1A) applies,

than in the case of a person who does fall within any of those paragraphs.

b

after paragraph (1) insert—

1A

This paragraph applies where—

a

in connection with a course beginning before 1 August 2021, a person (“A”) fell within any of paragraphs 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12 of the Schedule in relation to an academic year of the course beginning before 1 August 2021; and

b

A is liable for fees in connection with—

i

that course, or

ii

a course provided by an institution mentioned in paragraph (3) to which A transfers from that course in accordance with regulations made under section 22 of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998.

1B

In relation to a course beginning on or after 1 January 2028, paragraph (1) has effect as if paragraphs 8A and 9B are omitted from paragraph (1)(a).

c

in paragraph (2), after “within”, in the first place it occurs, insert “a paragraph of”.