The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support etc.) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020

Citation, commencement and application

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support etc.) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 and come into force on 13th February 2020.

(2) The following regulations apply in relation to the provision of support to a student in relation to an academic year which begins on or after 1st August 2020, whether or not anything done under these regulations is done before, on, or after that date—

(a) regulation 4 (designation of courses in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales);

(b) regulation 8 (amendment of subject groups);

(c) regulation 11 and the Schedule (new payments relating to student support).

(3) The following regulations apply in relation to the provision of support to a student in relation to a course which begins on or after 1st August 2020 (the “current course”), whether or not anything done under these regulations is done before, on, or after that date—

(a) regulation 2 (persons granted indefinite leave to remain as victims of domestic violence or domestic abuse);

(b) regulation 3 (persons granted Calais leave to remain);

(c) regulation 14 (master’s degree students who have previously received a grant from the Welsh Government);

(d) regulation 16 (doctoral degree students in receipt of funding under the educational psychology training scheme);

(e) regulation 17 (amendments relating to the amount of master’s and doctoral degree loans).

(4) But regulation 17 does not apply in relation to the provision of support to a student who transfers on to the current course from a previous course.

(5) In paragraph (2), an “academic year” is the period of twelve months beginning with 1st January, 1st April, 1st July or 1st September of the calendar year in which the academic year of the course in question begins, according to whether the academic year of the course in question begins—

(a) on or after 1st January and before 1st April;

(b) on or after 1st April and before 1st July;

(c) on or after 1st July and before 1st August; or

(d) on or after 1st August and on or before 31st December.