The Assembly Learning Grants and Loans (Higher Education) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2008

Amendments

27.  In regulation 88—

(a) at the end of paragraph (3)(c) omit “and”;

(b) at the end of paragraph (3)(d) replace the full-stop with a semi-colon;

(c) after paragraph (3)(d), insert—

“(e) where the Welsh Ministers have determined to pay an amount of grant to the student under regulations 26 to 29 in periodic instalments, no payment in respect of that amount may be made in respect of any instalment period beginning after the date on which the student becomes an eligible part-time student;

(f) the maximum amount of part-time grants for dependants to which the student would, apart from this regulation, be entitled pursuant to regulations 83A to 83J in connection with his or her undertaking a designated part-time course in respect of that academic year is reduced by one third where the student became an eligible part-time student during the second quarter of the academic year and by two thirds where he or she became such a student in a later quarter of that year;

(g) where an amount of grant has been paid to the student under regulations 26 to 29 in a single instalment, the maximum amount of grant payable to him or her pursuant to regulations 83A to 83J is reduced (or where sub-paragraph (f) applies, further reduced) by the amount of grant paid to him or her pursuant to regulations 26 to 29, and where the resulting amount is nil or a negative amount that amount is nil.”;

(d) in paragraph (9)(b), for “regulation 24”, substitute “regulation 69”;

(e) after paragraph (10) insert—

“(10A) Where a student transfers under paragraph (5), the maximum amount of part-time grants for dependants to which the student would, apart from this regulation, be entitled pursuant to regulations 83A to 83J in connection with his or her undertaking a designated part-time course in respect of that academic year is reduced by one third where the student became an eligible part-time student during the second quarter of the academic year and by two thirds where he or she became such a student in a later quarter of that year.”;

(f) at the start of paragraph (12)(b), insert “subject to sub-paragraphs (ba) and (e),”;

(g) after paragraph 12(b), insert—

“(ba) where the Welsh Ministers have determined to pay an amount of any grant to the student pursuant to regulations 83A to 83J in periodic instalments, no payment in respect of that amount may be made in respect of any instalment period beginning after the date on which the student becomes an eligible student;”;

(h) at the end of paragraph (12)(c), omit “and”;

(i) at the end of paragraph (12)(d), for the full-stop, substitute “; and ”;

(j) after paragraph (12)(d), insert—

“(e) where an amount of grant has been paid to the student pursuant to regulations 83A to 83J in a single instalment the maximum amount of that grant payable to him or her pursuant to regulations 26 to 29 is reduced (or where sub-paragraph (c) applies, further reduced) by the amount of grant paid to him or her pursuant to regulations 83A to 83J and where the resulting amount is nil or a negative amount that amount is nil.”; and

(k) in paragraph 16(b)—

(i) for “regulation 83”, substitute “regulation 69”; and

(ii) for “regulation 24”, substitute “regulation 83”.