1.—(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 2017(1).
(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.
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 Williams
Cabinet Secretary for Education, one of the Welsh Ministers
27 February 2018