PART 1TITLE, COMMENCEMENT AND APPLICATION
Title and commencement
1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2018.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 12 March 2018.
Application
2.—(1) These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.
(2) These Regulations apply to the provision of support to students in relation to a course which begins on or after 1 August 2018 regardless of whether anything done under these Regulations is done before, on or after 1 August 2018.
(3) But these Regulations do not apply to the provision of support to students in relation to such a course if—
(a)the course is one in relation to which the student’s status has transferred under regulation 8, 75, 102 or 114 of, or paragraph 11 of Schedule 4 to, the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2017 (“the 2017 Regulations”)(1), or
(b)the course is an end-on course within the meaning of the 2017 Regulations.
(4) For provision about support provided to students in relation to a course—
(a)to which paragraph (3) applies, or
(b)which begins before 1 August 2018,
see the 2017 Regulations as amended by Schedule 6 to these Regulations.