The Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2018

Welsh Ministers’ decision on an application

34.—(1) The Welsh Ministers may take any steps and make any inquiries as they think necessary to make a decision on an application under regulation 32.

(2) Those steps may include requiring the applicant to provide further information or documentation.

(3) The Welsh Ministers may make a provisional decision on an application under regulation 32 (see regulation 82 for provision about payments made on the basis of a provisional decision).

(4) A decision on an application made by the Welsh Ministers after a provisional decision has been made may—

(a) confirm the provisional decision, or

(b) substitute it with a different decision.

(5) The Welsh Ministers must notify the applicant of a decision (including a provisional decision) on an application under regulation 32.

(6) The notification must state—

(a) whether the Welsh Ministers consider the applicant to be an eligible student,

(b) if so, whether the eligible student qualifies for support in relation to the academic year,

(c) if the student does qualify, the category of support for which the student qualifies and the amount payable for the academic year,

(d) if the support includes a disabled student’s grant, a breakdown of that grant specifying the amount payable in respect of each type of expenditure mentioned in regulation 63(2), and

(e) in the case of a provisional decision, the fact that the decision is provisional and the consequences of that fact.