The Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2017

Regulations 11, 74, 101 and 116

SCHEDULE 3INFORMATION

1.  Every applicant, eligible student, eligible distance learning student, eligible part-time student and eligible postgraduate student must, as soon as reasonably practicable after being requested to do so, provide the Welsh Ministers with such information as the Welsh Ministers consider they require for the purposes of these Regulations.

2.  Every applicant, eligible student, eligible distance learning student, eligible part-time student and eligible postgraduate student must forthwith inform the Welsh Ministers and provide them with particulars if any of the following occurs—

(a)the applicant or student withdraws from, abandons or is expelled from their course;

(b)the applicant or student transfers to any other course at the same or at a different institution;

(c)the applicant or student ceases to undertake their course and does not intend to or is not permitted to continue it for the remainder of the academic year;

(d)the applicant or student is absent from their course for more than 60 days due to illness or for any period for any other reason;

(e)the month for the start or completion of the course changes;

(f)the applicant’s or student’s home or term-time address or telephone number changes.

3.  Information provided to the Welsh Ministers under these Regulations must be in the format that the Welsh Ministers require and, if they require the information to be signed by the person providing it, an electronic signature in such form as the Welsh Ministers may specify satisfies such a requirement.