The Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2017
PART 1
GENERAL
1
Title, commencement and application
2
Interpretation
3
Revocation, savings and transitional provisions
PART 2
ELIGIBILITY
4
Eligible students
5
Designated courses
6
Period of eligibility
7
Previous study
8
Transfer of status
PART 3
APPLYING FOR SUPPORT AND PROVISION OF INFORMATION
9
Applications for support
10
Time limits
11
Information
12
Requirement to enter into a contract for a loan
PART 4
GRANTS AND LOANS FOR FEES
CHAPTER 1
GENERAL PROVISION
13
Fee Support Generally
14
Students becoming eligible during the course of an academic year
15
Events
CHAPTER 2
FEE GRANT
16
New fee grant
CHAPTER 3
FEE LOANS
17
General qualifying conditions for fee loans
18
Fee loans in respect of courses beginning before 1 September 2012: eligible student who is a 2010 cohort student or a 2011 cohort student
19
New fee loan in respect of courses beginning on or after 1 September 2012
20
Additional fee loan in respect of courses beginning on or after 1 September 2012
21
New private institution fee loan
22
Accelerated graduate entry fee loan
PART 5
GRANTS FOR LIVING COSTS
23
General qualifying conditions for grants for living costs
24
Grants for disabled students’ living costs
25
Grants for dependants - general
26
Grants for dependants - adult dependants’ grant
27
Grants for dependants - childcare grant
28
Grants for dependants - parents’ learning allowance
29
Grants for dependants - calculations
30
Grants for dependants - interpretation
31
Interpretation of regulations 32 to 34
32
Qualifying conditions for the grant for travel
33
Amount of the grant for travel
34
Deductions from the grant for travel
35
Maintenance grant
36
Maintenance grant –eligible students who are 2010 cohort students or 2012 cohort students
37
Maintenance grant –eligible students who are 2011 cohort students
38
Special support grant
39
Special support grant –eligible students who are 2010 cohort students or 2012 cohort students
40
Special support grant –eligible students who are 2011 cohort students
PART 6
LOANS FOR LIVING COSTS
41
Qualifying conditions for loans for living costs
42
General
43
Maximum amount of loans for eligible students with full entitlement who are 2010 cohort students, 2012 cohort students or 2012 accelerated graduate entry students ...
44
Maximum amount of loans for eligible students with full entitlement who are 2011 cohort students
45
Students with reduced entitlement
46
Students residing with parents
47
Loans for living costs payable in respect of three quarters of the academic year
48
Students falling into more than one category
49
Students becoming eligible during the course of an academic year
50
Increases in maximum amount
51
Deductions from loans for living costs
52
Interpretation of Part 6
PART 7
GENERAL LOAN PROVISIONS
53
Additional amount of loans
PART 8
COLLEGE FEE LOANS
54
College fee loans
PART 9
FINANCIAL ASSESSMENT
55
Calculation of contribution
56
Application of contribution
PART 10
PAYMENTS
57
Payment of grants or loans for fees for eligible students
58
Payment of grants for living costs
59
Provision of United Kingdom national insurance number
60
Information requirements
61
Payment of loans for living costs
62
Overpayments
63
Payments - interpretation
PART 11
SUPPORT FOR FULL-TIME DISTANCE LEARNING COURSES
64
Eligible distance learning students
65
Students becoming eligible during the course of the academic year
66
Designated distance learning courses
67
Period of eligibility
68
Support for distance learning courses
69
Amount of support
70
Interpretation of regulation 69
71
Grant for disabled distance learning students’ living costs
72
Applications for support
73
Declarations provided by academic authorities
74
Information
75
Transfer of status
76
Conversion of status – eligible students transferring to designated distance learning courses
77
Conversion of status – eligible distance learning students transferring to designated courses
78
Payment of grants for fees
79
Payment of grants for books, travel and other expenditure and grants for disabled distance learning students’ living costs
80
Overpayments
PART 12
SUPPORT FOR PART-TIME COURSES
81
Eligible part-time students
82
Students becoming eligible during the course of the academic year
83
Designated part-time courses
84
Period of eligibility
85
Support for part-time courses beginning before 1 September 2014 (fee grant and grant for books, travel and other expenditure)
86
New part-time fee loan
87
New part-time course grant
88
Grants for disabled part-time students’ living costs
89
Part-time grants for dependants – general
90
(1) The part-time grants for dependants consist of the following...
91
Part-time adult dependants’ grant
92
Part-time childcare grant
93
Part-time parents’ learning allowance
94
Part-time grants for dependants – initial calculations
95
Part-time grants for dependants - interpretation
96
Part-time grants for dependants - calculation of contribution
97
Part-time grants for dependants - application of contribution
98
Part-time grants for dependants – final calculation
99
Applications for support
100
Assistance with fees in respect of attendance on part-time courses in England, Northern Ireland or Scotland beginning before 1 September 2014
101
Information and other matters
102
Transfer of status
103
Conversion of status
104
Payment of support to eligible part-time students
105
(1) Subject to the following paragraphs, the Welsh Ministers may...
106
Interpretation of regulation 105
107
Payment of grants for fees in respect of designated part-time courses beginning before 1 September 2014
108
Payment of new part-time fee loan
109
Overpayments
PART 13
SUPPORT FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
110
Eligible postgraduate students
111
Students becoming eligible during the course of the academic year
112
Designated postgraduate courses
113
Period of eligibility
114
Transfer of status
115
Applications for support
116
Information
117
Amount of grant
118
Payment of grant
119
Overpayments
SCHEDULE 1
Eligible Students
PART 1
Interpretation
1
(1) For the purposes of this Schedule— ... “EEA frontier...
PART 2
Categories
2
Persons who are settled in the United Kingdom
2A
(1) A person— (a) who is settled in the United...
3
(1) A person who— (a) meets one of the following...
4
Refugees and their family members
4ZA
Protected persons and their family members
4ZB
Persons granted leave to enter or remain as a protected partner and their children
4ZC
Protected Ukrainian nationals
4A
Persons granted stateless leave and their family members
5
Persons with leave to enter or remain and their family members
5A
Persons with section 67 leave to remain
6
Workers, employed persons, self-employed persons and their family members
6A
(1) A person with protected rights or a frontier worker...
7
(1) A person who— (a) is ordinarily resident in Wales...
7A
(1) A person with protected rights who—
8
Persons who are settled in the United Kingdom and have exercised a right of residence elsewhere
8A
(1) A person who— (a) is settled in the United...
9
EU nationals etc.
9A
(1) A person with protected rights— (a) who is—
9B
United Kingdom nationals
9BA
Irish citizens in the EEA and Switzerland
9C
(1) A person— (a) who is a family member of...
9D
Persons resident in Gibraltar
10
EU nationals ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands
10A
A person with protected rights who— (a) is an EU...
11
Children of Swiss nationals
11A
A person with protected rights who— (a) is the child...
12
Children of Turkish workers
12A
A person who— (a) is the child of a Turkish...
SCHEDULE 2
DESIGNATED COURSES
1
A first degree course.
2
A course for the Diploma of Higher Education.
3
A course for the Higher National Diploma or Higher National...
4
A course for the certificate of Higher Education.
5
A course for the initial training of teachers.
6
A course for the further training of youth and community...
7
A course in preparation for a professional examination of a...
8
A course— (a) providing education (whether or not in preparation...
SCHEDULE 3
INFORMATION
1
Every applicant, eligible student ..., eligible part-time student and eligible...
2
Every applicant, eligible student ..., eligible part-time student and eligible...
3
Information provided to the Welsh Ministers under these Regulations must...
SCHEDULE 4
COLLEGE FEE LOANS
1
Availability of college fee loans
2
A person qualifies for a college fee loan if the...
3
An eligible student who falls within paragraph 9, 9A, 9B,...
4
Disabled students
5
Students becoming eligible during the course of an academic year
6
The events are— (a) the student or the student’s spouse,...
7
A college fee loan is available in respect of each...
8
Where a qualifying student is allowed to study the content...
9
In this Schedule “standard academic year” (“blwyddyn academaidd safonol”) means...
10
Amount of the college fee loan
11
Transfers
12
Payment
13
Conditions of entitlement to payment of college fee loan
14
Information requirements
15
Overpayment
SCHEDULE 5
FINANCIAL ASSESSMENT
1
Definitions
2
Independent eligible student
3
Household income
4
Calculation of eligible student’s residual income
5
Calculation of parent’s residual income
6
Calculation of eligible student’s partner’s residual income
7
Calculation of parent’s partner’s residual income
8
Calculation of contribution – eligible students
9
Split contributions
SCHEDULE 6
FINANCIAL ASSESSMENT – PART-TIME GRANTS FOR DEPENDANTS
Definitions
1
(1) In this Schedule— (a) “financial year” (“blwyddyn ariannol”) means...
2
Household income
3
Calculation of eligible part-time student’s residual income
4
Calculation of eligible part-time student’s partner’s residual income
5
Calculation of contribution
6
Split contributions
Schedule 7
Higher Education Classification of Subjects Course Codes and Labels
2017 No. 47 (W. 21)

Education, Wales

The Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2017
Made
23 January 2017
Laid before the National Assembly for Wales
27 January 2017
Coming into force
17 February 2017
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 1998 , and now exercisable by them make the following Regulations:
1998 c. 30; section 22 was amended by the Learning and Skills Act 2000 (c. 21), section 146 and Schedule 11, the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1), Schedule 6, the Finance Act 2003 (c. 14), section 147, the Higher Education Act 2004 (c. 8), sections 42 and 43 and Schedule 7, the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (c .22), section 257, the Education Act 2011 (c. 21), section 76 and S.I. 2013/1881. See section 43(1) of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 for the definition of “prescribed” and “regulations”.
The functions of the Secretary of State under section 22 of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 (except so far as they relate to the making of any provision authorised by subsection (2)(a), (c), (j) or (k), (3)(e) or (f) or (5) of section 22) were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by section 44 of the Higher Education Act 2004 and the Higher Education Act 2004 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provision) (Wales) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1833 (W. 149) (C. 79)) as amended by the Higher Education Act 2004 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provision) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1660 (W. 159) (C. 56)). The functions of the National Assembly for Wales were transferred to the Welsh Ministers by virtue of paragraphs 30(1) and 30(2)(c) of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32).