PART 1TITLE, COMMENCEMENT AND APPLICATION

Title and commencement1

1

The title of these Regulations is the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2018.

2

These Regulations come into force on 12 March 2018.

Application2

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”)3, 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.