PART 5AMENDMENTS TO THE EDUCATION (STUDENT SUPPORT) (WALES) REGULATIONS 2017

Amendments to the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 201731

In Schedule 1, after paragraph 4 (refugees and their family members) insert—

Protected persons and their family members4ZA

1

A person—

a

granted leave to enter or remain as a protected person;

b

who is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands and has not ceased to be so resident since the person was granted such leave; and

c

who is ordinarily resident in Wales on the first day of the first academic year of the course.

2

A person who—

a

is the spouse or civil partner of a person granted leave to enter or remain as a protected person;

b

on the leave application date, was the spouse or civil partner of a person granted leave to enter or remain as a protected person; and

c

is ordinarily resident in Wales on the first day of the first academic year of the course.

3

A person—

a

who—

i

is the child of a person granted leave to enter or remain as a protected person, or the child of the spouse or civil partner of a person granted leave to enter or remain as a protected person; and

ii

on the leave application date, was the child of a person granted leave to enter or remain as a protected person or the child of a person who, on the leave application date, was the spouse or civil partner of a person granted leave to enter or remain as a protected person;

b

who was under 18 on the leave application date; and

c

who is ordinarily resident in Wales on the first day of the first academic year of the course.

4

In this paragraph—

a

“leave application date” means the date on which a person made an application for leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom that results in a person becoming a person granted leave to enter or remain as a protected person;

b

“person being granted leave to enter or remain as a protected person” means a person who has extant leave to enter or remain on the grounds of humanitarian protection under paragraph 339C of the immigration rules.