PART 8E+WAmendments to the Education (Student Support) (Postgraduate Master’s Degrees) (Wales) Regulations 2019

IntroductionE+W

51.  The Education (Student Support) (Postgraduate Master’s Degrees) (Wales) Regulations 2019(1) are amended in accordance with this Part.

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 51 in force at 24.7.2022, see reg. 2

Amendments to regulations 9 and 16E+W

52.  In regulation 9(1)(a)(i) after “2B,” insert “2C,”.

Commencement Information

I2Reg. 52 in force at 24.7.2022, see reg. 2

53.  In regulation 16—

(a)in paragraph (1)(b), after paragraph (ia) insert—

“(ib)the student becomes a protected Ukrainian national;”;

(b)in paragraph (2), at the appropriate place insert ““protected Ukrainian national” (“gwladolyn Wcreinaidd a ddiogelir”);”.

Commencement Information

I3Reg. 53 in force at 24.7.2022, see reg. 2

Amendment to Schedule 2E+W

54.  In Schedule 2, after paragraph 2B insert—

“Category 2C – Protected Ukrainian nationals

2C.—(1) 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.

(2) In this paragraph, “protected Ukrainian national” 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

I4Reg. 54 in force at 24.7.2022, see reg. 2

Amendment to Schedule 4E+W

55.  In Schedule 4, in Table 3, at the appropriate place insert the following table entry—

““protected Ukrainian national”Schedule 2, paragraph 2C(2)”

Commencement Information

I5Reg. 55 in force at 24.7.2022, see reg. 2