The Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2015
PART 1
1Title, commencement and application
2Interpretation
3Revocation, savings and transitional provisions
PART 2
4Eligible students
5Designated courses
6Period of eligibility
7Previous study
8Transfer of status
PART 3
9Applications for support
10Time limits
11Information
12Requirement to enter into a contract for a loan
PART 4
CHAPTER 1
13Fee Support Generally
14Students becoming eligible during the course of an academic year
15Events
CHAPTER 2
16Fee grant
17New fee grant
CHAPTER 3
18General qualifying conditions for fee loans
19Fee loans in respect of courses beginning before 1 September 2012: new system eligible students not qualifying for a fee grant
20Fee loans in respect of courses beginning before 1 September 2012: new system eligible students qualifying for a fee grant
21New fee loan in respect of courses beginning on or after 1 September 2012
22New private institution fee loan
23Accelerated graduate entry fee loan
PART 5
24General qualifying conditions for grants for living costs
25Grants for disabled students’ living costs
26Grants for dependants - general
27Grants for dependants - adult dependants’ grant
28Grants for dependants - childcare grant
29Grants for dependants - parents’ learning allowance
30Grants for dependants - calculations
31Grants for dependants - interpretation
32Interpretation of regulations 33 to 35
33Qualifying conditions for the grant for travel
34Amount of the grant for travel
35Deductions from the grant for travel
36Maintenance grant
37Maintenance grant – new system eligible students who are not new cohort students
38Maintenance grant – new system eligible students who are 2010 cohort students or 2012 cohort students
39Maintenance grant – new system eligible students who are 2011 cohort students
40Special support grant
41Special support grant – new system eligible students who are not new cohort students
42Special support grant – new system eligible students who are 2010 cohort students or 2012 cohort students
43Special support grant – new system eligible students who are 2011 cohort students
PART 6
44Qualifying conditions for loans for living costs
45General
46Maximum amount of loans for new system eligible students with full entitlement who are not new cohort students
47(1) This regulation applies to a type 1 or type...
48Maximum amount of loans for new system eligible students with full entitlement who are 2010 cohort students, 2012 cohort students or 2012 accelerated graduate entry students undertaking their first year of study
49Maximum amount of loans for new system eligible students with full entitlement who are 2011 cohort students
50Students with reduced entitlement
51Students residing with parents
52Loans for living costs payable in respect of three quarters of the academic year
53Students falling into more than one category
54Students becoming eligible during the course of an academic year
55Increases in maximum amount
56Deductions from loans for living costs
57Interpretation of Part 6
PART 7
58Additional amount of loans
PART 8
59College fee loans
PART 9
60Calculation of contribution
61Application of contribution
PART 10
62Payment of grants or loans for fees for new system eligible students
63Payment of grants for living costs
64Provision of United Kingdom national insurance number
65Information requirements
66Payment of loans for living costs
67Overpayments
68Payments - interpretation
PART 11
69Eligible distance learning students
70Students becoming eligible during the course of the academic year
71Designated distance learning courses
72Period of eligibility
73Support for distance learning courses
74Amount of support
75Interpretation of regulation 74
76Grant for disabled distance learning students’ living costs
77Applications for support
78Declarations provided by academic authorities
79Information
80Transfer of status
81Conversion of status – eligible students transferring to designated distance learning courses
82Conversion of status – eligible distance learning students transferring to designated courses
83Payment of grants for fees
84Payment of grants for books, travel and other expenditure and grants for disabled distance learning students’ living costs
85Overpayments
PART 12
86Eligible part-time students
87Students becoming eligible during the course of the academic year
88Designated part-time courses
89Period of eligibility
90Support for part-time courses beginning before 1 September 2014 (fee grant and grant for books, travel and other expenditure)
91New part-time fee loan
92New part-time course grant
93Grants for disabled part-time students’ living costs
94Part-time grants for dependants – general
95(1) The part-time grants for dependants consist of the following...
96Part-time adult dependants’ grant
97Part-time childcare grant
98Part-time parents’ learning allowance
99Part-time grants for dependants – initial calculations
100Part-time grants for dependants - interpretation
101Part-time grants for dependants - calculation of contribution
102Part-time grants for dependants - application of contribution
103Part-time grants for dependants – final calculation
104Applications for support
105Assistance with fees in respect of attendance on part-time courses in England, Northern Ireland or Scotland beginning before 1 September 2014
106Information and other matters
107Transfer of status
108Conversion of status
109Payment of support to eligible part-time students
110(1) Subject to the following paragraphs, the Welsh Ministers may...
111Interpretation of regulation 110
112Payment of grants for fees in respect of designated part-time courses beginning before 1 September 2014
113Payment of new part-time fee loan
114Overpayments
PART 13
115Eligible postgraduate students
116Students becoming eligible during the course of the academic year
117Designated postgraduate courses
118Period of eligibility
119Transfer of status
120Applications for support
121Information
122Amount of grant
123Payment of grant
124Overpayments
PART 14
125Amendment of the 2013 Regulations
SCHEDULE 1Eligible Students
PART 1Interpretation
1(1) For the purposes of this Schedule— “EEA frontier self-employed...
PART 2Categories
2Persons who are settled in the United Kingdom
3A person who— (a) is settled in the United Kingdom...
4Refugees and their family members
5Persons with leave to enter or remain and their family members
6Workers, employed persons, self-employed persons and their family members
7A person who— (a) is ordinarily resident in Wales on...
8Persons who are settled in the United Kingdom and have exercised a right of residence elsewhere
9EU nationals
10(1) A person who— (a) is an EU national other...
11Children of Swiss nationals
12Children of Turkish workers
SCHEDULE 2DESIGNATED COURSES
1A first degree course.
2A course for the Diploma of Higher Education.
3A course for the Higher National Diploma or Higher National...
4A course for the certificate of Higher Education.
5A course for the initial training of teachers.
6A course for the further training of youth and community...
7A course in preparation for a professional examination of a...
8A course— (a) providing education (whether or not in preparation...
SCHEDULE 3INFORMATION
1Every applicant, eligible student, eligible distance learning student, eligible part-time...
2Every applicant, eligible student, eligible distance learning student, eligible part-time...
3Information provided to the Welsh Ministers under these Regulations must...
SCHEDULE 4COLLEGE FEE LOANS
1Availability of college fee loans
2A person qualifies for a college fee loan if the...
3An eligible student who falls within paragraph 9 of Part...
4Disabled students
5Students becoming eligible during the course of an academic year
6The events are— (a) the student, the student’s spouse, civil...
7A college fee loan is available in respect of each...
8Where a qualifying student is allowed to study the content...
9In this Schedule “standard academic year” (“blwyddyn academaidd safonol”) means...
10Amount of the college fee loan
11Transfers
12Payment
13Conditions of entitlement to payment of college fee loan
14Information requirements
15Overpayment
SCHEDULE 5FINANCIAL ASSESSMENT
1Definitions
2Independent eligible student
3Household income
4Calculation of eligible student’s residual income
5Calculation of parent’s residual income
6Calculation of eligible student’s partner’s residual income
7Calculation of parent’s partner’s residual income
8Calculation of contribution – new system eligible students
9Split contributions
SCHEDULE 6FINANCIAL ASSESSMENT – PART-TIME GRANTS FOR DEPENDANTS
1Definitions
2Household income
3Calculation of eligible part-time student’s residual income
4Calculation of eligible part-time student’s partner’s residual income
5Calculation of contribution
6Split contributions

2015 No. 54 (W. 5)

Education, Wales

The Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2015

Made

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales

Coming into force

The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred upon the Secretary of State by sections 22 and 42(6) of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 19981, and now exercisable by them2 make the following Regulations: