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18. The Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2017(1) are amended in accordance with this Part.
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I1Reg. 18 in force at 24.7.2022, see reg. 2
19. In regulation 2(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—
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
outside the immigration rules, where the person—
was residing in Ukraine immediately before 1 January 2022; and
left Ukraine in connection with the Russian invasion which took place on 24 February 2022;”.
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I2Reg. 19 in force at 24.7.2022, see reg. 2
20. In regulation 4—
(a)in paragraph (2)(a), after “4ZB,” insert “4ZC,”;
(b)after paragraph (10E) insert—
“(10F) Where—
(a)the Welsh Ministers have determined that by virtue of being a protected Ukrainian national, a person (“A” in this paragraph) was—
(i)an eligible student in connection with an application for support for an earlier year of the present course, an application for support for a course in relation to which the present course is an end-on course or an application for support in connection with a designated part-time course or other designated course from which A’s status as an eligible part-time student or eligible student has been transferred to the present course; or
(ii)a qualifying student in connection with an application for support for an earlier year of the qualifying course or other qualifying course from which A’s status as a qualifying student has been transferred to the qualifying course in respect of which the student is applying for support; and
(b)as at the day before the academic year in respect of which A is applying for support starts, 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 or qualifying student terminates immediately before the first day of the academic year in respect of which A is applying for support.”
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I3Reg. 20 in force at 24.7.2022, see reg. 2
21. In regulation 15, after paragraph (bb) insert—
“(bc)the student becomes a protected Ukrainian national;”.
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I4Reg. 21 in force at 24.7.2022, see reg. 2
22. In regulation 23—
(a)in paragraph (12), after sub-paragraph (bb) insert—
“(bc)the student becomes a protected Ukrainian national;”;
(b)omit paragraph (17).
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I5Reg. 22 in force at 24.7.2022, see reg. 2
23. In regulation 26(1), after “attendance on” insert “or undertaking of”.
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I6Reg. 23 in force at 24.7.2022, see reg. 2
24. In regulation 27(1), after “attendance on” insert “or undertaking of”.
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I7Reg. 24 in force at 24.7.2022, see reg. 2
25. In regulation 28(1), after “attendance on” insert “or undertaking of”.
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I8Reg. 25 in force at 24.7.2022, see reg. 2
26. In regulation 49(2), after sub-paragraph (bb) insert—
“(bc)the student becomes a protected Ukrainian national;”.
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I9Reg. 26 in force at 24.7.2022, see reg. 2
27. In regulation 81—
(a)in paragraph (2)(a), after “4ZB,” insert “4ZC,”;
(b)after paragraph (10E) insert—
“(10F) Where—
(a)the Welsh Ministers determined that, by virtue of being a protected Ukrainian national, a person (“A” in this paragraph) was an eligible part-time student in connection with an application for support for an earlier year of the present part-time course or an application for support in connection with a designated course or other designated part-time course from which A’s status as an eligible part-time student or eligible student has been transferred to the present part-time 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 part-time student terminates immediately before the first day of the academic year in respect of which A is applying for support.”
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I10Reg. 27 in force at 24.7.2022, see reg. 2
28. In regulation 82(4), after sub-paragraph (bb) insert—
“(bc)the student becomes a protected Ukrainian national;”.
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I11Reg. 28 in force at 24.7.2022, see reg. 2
29. In regulation 91(1), after “attendance on” insert “or undertaking of”.
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I12Reg. 29 in force at 24.7.2022, see reg. 2
30. In regulation 92(1), after “attendance on” insert “or undertaking of”.
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I13Reg. 30 in force at 24.7.2022, see reg. 2
31. In regulation 93(1), after “attendance on” insert “or undertaking of”.
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I14Reg. 31 in force at 24.7.2022, see reg. 2
32. In regulation 110—
(a)in paragraph (3)(a)(i), after “4ZB,” insert “4ZC,”;
(b)after paragraph (12E) insert—
“(12F) Where—
(a)the Welsh Ministers have determined that, by virtue of being a protected Ukrainian national, a person (“A” in this paragraph) was an eligible postgraduate student in connection with an application for support for an earlier year of the present postgraduate course or an application for support in connection with another designated postgraduate course, from which A’s status as an eligible postgraduate student has been transferred to the present postgraduate 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 postgraduate student terminates immediately before the first day of the academic year in respect of which A is applying for support.”
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I15Reg. 32 in force at 24.7.2022, see reg. 2
33. After regulation 111(2)(bb) insert—
“(bc)the student becomes a protected Ukrainian national;”.
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I16Reg. 33 in force at 24.7.2022, see reg. 2
34. In Schedule 1, after paragraph 4ZB insert—
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.”
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I17Reg. 34 in force at 24.7.2022, see reg. 2
35. In Schedule 4, paragraph 6, after sub-paragraph (ab) insert—
“(ac)the student becomes a protected Ukrainian national;”.
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I18Reg. 35 in force at 24.7.2022, see reg. 2
S.I. 2017/47 (W. 21); relevant amendments are S.I. 2021/481 (W. 148) and S.I. 2021/1365 (W. 360).