2021 No. 813 (W. 192)

Education, Wales

The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2021

Made

Laid before Senedd Cymru

Coming into force

The Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred upon the Secretary of State by sections 1 and 2 of the Education (Fees and Awards) Act 19831 and sections 22(2)(a) and (c) and 42(6) of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 19982 and now exercisable by them3:

Title and commencement1

1

The title of these Regulations is the Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2021.

2

These Regulations come into force on 1 August 2021.

Amendment to the Education (Fees and Awards) (Wales) Regulations 20072

In the Welsh text of regulation 2 (interpretation) of the Education (Fees and Awards) (Wales) Regulations 20074, before “mae “addysg”” insert paragraph number “(1)”.

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

3

The Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 20175 are amended as follows.

4

In regulation 46 (students residing with parents)—

a

in paragraph (1) for “(“A” in this paragraph)” substitute “(“A” in this regulation)”;

b

at the end insert—

3

Subject to paragraph (4), where A resides at A’s parents’ home for a reason only relating to coronavirus, A is treated as if A were not residing at A’s parents’ home.

4

Paragraph (3) does not apply where A requests that the Welsh Ministers treat them as residing at their parents’ home.

5

In regulation 52 (interpretation of Part 6), after paragraph (f) insert—

fa

“coronavirus” (“coronafeirws”) means severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2);

6

In regulations 49(2)(h) and 111(2)(e) for “the person becomes a person” substitute “the student becomes a person”.

7

In Schedule 1—

a

in the Welsh text of paragraph 1(5)(b) for the full stop substitute “; ac”;

b

in the English text of paragraph 11A(a) for “agreements” substitute “agreement”.

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

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The Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 20186 are amended as follows.

9

In regulation 86 (students living in more than one location), at the end insert—

4

Subject to paragraph (5), where an eligible student is living at home for a reason only relating to coronavirus, the eligible student is treated as living in the category of location that the Welsh Ministers consider the eligible student would have been living had it not been for that reason.

5

Paragraph (4) does not apply where an eligible student has requested that they are treated as living at home.

10

For “the person becomes a person” substitute “the student becomes a person” where it occurs in—

a

regulation 80(2)(b)(v);

b

regulation 81(3)(b)(iv);

c

Schedule 4, paragraph 14(3)(b)(iv); and

d

Schedule 5, paragraph 4(2)(e).

Amendment to the Education (Student Support) (Postgraduate Master’s Degrees) (Wales) Regulations 201911

In the Welsh text of Schedule 2 to the Education (Student Support) (Postgraduate Master’s Degrees) (Wales) Regulations 20197, in paragraph 7A(1)(d) for “fer” substitute “fel”.

Jeremy MilesMinister for Education and Welsh Language, one of the Welsh Ministers
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Education (Fees and Awards) (Wales) Regulations 2007 (“the 2007 Regulations”), the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2017 (“the 2017 Regulations”), the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2018 (“the 2018 Regulations”) and the Education (Student Support) (Postgraduate Master’s Degrees) (Wales) Regulations 2019 (“the 2019 Regulations”).

These Regulations amend provisions in the 2017 Regulations and the 2018 Regulations relating to the amount of maintenance support payable to an eligible student by reference to the place where they live during the quarters in which that support is payable. The amendments provide that an eligible student who lives with their parents for a reason only relating to coronavirus is treated as living in the location they would have been living had it not been for that reason, unless the student requests otherwise.

These Regulations also correct typographical errors in the 2007 Regulations, the 2017 Regulations, the 2018 Regulations and the 2019 Regulations.