The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021

Amendments to the Education (Fees and Awards) (Wales) Regulations 2007

9.  For regulation 8 (payments by the Welsh Ministers) substitute—

“8.— (1) Subject to paragraph (4), it is lawful for the Welsh Ministers to adopt rules of eligibility for awards by an institution to which they make grants, loans or other payments under section 34 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000(1) which confine eligibility to those persons who fall within any of—

(a) paragraphs 2, 2A, 3, 4, 4A, 4B, 5, 6A, 7A, 8A, 9A, 9B, 9C, 9D, 9E, 10A, 11A or 12A of the Schedule, or

(b) paragraphs 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12 of the Schedule where paragraph (3) applies.

(2) Subject to paragraph (4), it is lawful for an institution to which the Welsh Ministers pay grants, loans or other payments under section 34 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000 to adopt rules of eligibility for awards which confine eligibility to those persons who fall within any of—

(a) paragraphs 2, 2A, 3, 4, 4A, 4B, 5, 6A, 7A, 8A, 9A, 9B, 9C, 9D, 9E, 10A, 11A or 12A of the Schedule, or

(b) paragraphs 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12 of the Schedule where paragraph (3) applies.

(3) This paragraph applies—

(a) where a person (“A”) was eligible for an award by virtue of falling within any of paragraphs 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12 of the Schedule in relation to an academic year beginning before 1 August 2021, and

(b) where A’s eligibility for an award is being assessed.

(4) In relation to an award made on or after 1 January 2028, paragraphs (1) and (2) have effect as if paragraph 8A and 9B are omitted from paragraphs (1)(a) and (2)(a).”

(1)

2000 c. 21, amended by Schedule 1 to the Learning and Skills (Wales) Measure 2009 (anaw 1).