Title, interpretation, commencement and application1
1
The title of these Regulations is the Education (Postgraduate Master’s Degree Loans) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2018.
2
In these Regulations, “the 2017 Regulations” means the Education (Postgraduate Master’s Degree Loans) (Wales) Regulations 20173.
3
These Regulations come into force on 19 April 2018.
4
These Regulations apply only in relation to the provision of support to students in respect of a course which begins on or after 1 August 2018, whether anything done under the 2017 Regulations is done before, on or after 1 August 2018.
Amendment of the 2017 Regulations
2
The 2017 Regulations are amended in accordance with regulations 3 and 4.
3
In regulation 4 (designated courses), for paragraph (2) substitute—
2
For the purpose of paragraph (1)(a) the course must be one of the following—
a
a full-time course of one or two academic years’ duration; or
b
a part-time course which is ordinarily possible to complete in up to four academic years.
4
In regulation 12 (amount of postgraduate master’s degree loan), in both places where it occurs for “£10,280” substitute “£13,000”.