PART 9Savings

Savings: the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 201880

1

This regulation applies where a current Afghan scheme student (“S”) applies for support under the 2018 Regulations in respect of an academic year of a relevant course which begins on or after 1 August 2024 (“the current course”).

2

For the purposes of determining whether S’s status as a relevant student terminates before the first day of the academic year of the current course in respect of which S is applying for support (see regulation 23F and Schedule 4, paragraph 13F of the 2018 Regulations (as the case may be)), the 2018 Regulations apply as if the amendments made by regulations 34, 35, 36 and 37 of these Regulations had not been made.

3

In this regulation—

  • the 2018 Regulations” (“Rheoliadau 2018”) means the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2018;

  • current Afghan scheme student” (“myfyriwr cyfredol sydd ar y cynllun Affganistan”) means a student who the Welsh Ministers determined, by virtue of the student falling within paragraph 2ZA(4)(ea)(ia) or (iv) of Schedule 2 to the 2018 Regulations to be a relevant student—

    1. a

      in connection with an application for support for an earlier academic year of the current course, or

    2. b

      in connection with an application for support for a relevant course from which S’s status as an eligible student or an eligible postgraduate student has been transferred to the current course;

  • designated course” (“cwrs dynodedig”), “designated postgraduate course” (“cwrs ôl-radd dynodedig”), “eligible student” (“myfyriwr cymwys”) and “eligible postgraduate student” (“myfyriwr ôl-raddedig cymwys”) have the meanings given in the 2018 Regulations;

  • relevant course” (“cwrs perthnasol”) means a designated course or a designated postgraduate course;

  • relevant student” (“myfyriwr perthnasol”) means an eligible student or an eligible postgraduate student.