The Education (Postgraduate Master’s Degree Loans) (Wales) Regulations 2017 (“the 2017 Regulations”) provide for the making of loans to students who are ordinarily resident in Wales for postgraduate master’s degree courses which begin on or after 1 August 2017.

Regulation 3 amends regulation 3 of the 2017 Regulations to enable the Welsh Ministers, in certain circumstances, to deem a person who has received a postgraduate master’s degree loan under the 2017 Regulations or a loan (other than under the 2017 Regulations) in respect of a postgraduate master’s degree course from a government authority in the United Kingdom to be eligible for support under the 2017 Regulations.

Regulations 4 and 5 correct typographical or grammatical errors.

The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations.