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”.

Kirsty WilliamsCabinet Secretary for Education, one of the Welsh Ministers