PART 4Amendments to the Higher Education (Qualifying Courses, Qualifying Persons and Supplementary Provision) (Wales) Regulations 2015

Introduction

15.  The Higher Education (Qualifying Courses, Qualifying Persons and Supplementary Provision) (Wales) Regulations 2015(1) are amended in accordance with this Part.

Amendment to regulation 4

16.  In regulation 4(9)(a), after “4B,” insert “4C,”.

Amendments to the Schedule

17.  In the Schedule—

(a)in paragraph 1(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;”;

(b)after paragraph 4B insert—

“Protected Ukrainian nationals

4C.  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 the United Kingdom on the first day of the first academic year of the course.”