The Education (Student Finance) (Ukrainian Nationals and Family Members) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2022

PART 3E+WAmendments to the Education (European University Institute) (Wales) Regulations 2014

IntroductionE+W

11.  The Education (European University Institute) (Wales) Regulations 2014(1) are amended in accordance with this Part.

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 11 in force at 24.7.2022, see reg. 2

Amendment to regulation 3E+W

12.  In regulation 3(1), at the appropriate place insert—

““protected Ukrainian national” (“gwladolyn Wcreinaidd a ddiogelir”) means a person granted leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom—

(a)

under paragraph 9.1 (Ukraine Family Scheme), 19.1 (Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme) or 27.1 (Ukraine Extension Scheme) of Appendix Ukraine Scheme of the immigration rules; or

(b)

outside the immigration rules, where the person—

(i)

was residing in Ukraine immediately before 1 January 2022; and

(ii)

left Ukraine in connection with the Russian invasion which took place on 24 February 2022;”.

Commencement Information

I2Reg. 12 in force at 24.7.2022, see reg. 2

Amendment to regulation 6E+W

13.  In regulation 6—

(a)in paragraph (2)(b)—

(i)for paragraph (i) substitute—

“(i)in paragraphs 2, 2A, 3, 4, 4ZA, 4ZB, 4ZC, 5, 6A, 8A, 9A, 9B, 9BA, 9C, 9D, 10A, 11A and 12A of Part 2 of Schedule 1, or”;

(ii)for paragraph (ii) substitute—

“(ii)in paragraphs 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 of Part 2 of Schedule 1, where paragraph (2A) applies.”;

(b)after paragraph (10F) insert—

“(10G) Where—

(a)the Welsh Ministers determined, that by virtue of being a protected Ukrainian national, a person (“A” in this paragraph) was an eligible student in connection with an application for support for an earlier year of the current course or in connection with an application for support for a designated course at the Institute from which A’s status as an eligible student has been transferred to the current course; and

(b)as at the day before the academic year in respect of which A is applying for support begins, the period for which A is allowed to stay in the United Kingdom as a protected Ukrainian national has expired and no further leave to enter or remain has been granted,

Aʼs status as an eligible student terminates immediately before the first day of the academic year in respect of which A is applying for support.”

Commencement Information

I3Reg. 13 in force at 24.7.2022, see reg. 2

Amendment to Schedule 1E+W

14.  In Schedule 1, after paragraph 4ZB insert—

“Protected Ukrainian nationals

4ZC.  A person who—

(a)is a protected Ukrainian national;

(b)has been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands throughout the period since becoming a protected Ukrainian national; and

(c)is ordinarily resident in Wales on the first day of the first academic year of the course.”

Commencement Information

I4Reg. 14 in force at 24.7.2022, see reg. 2