The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2021

Contents

1Title and commencement#

These Regulations may be cited as the Seeds (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 and shall come into operation on 30th April 2008.

(1)The title of these Regulations is the Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2021.

(2)These Regulations come into force on 1 August 2021.

2Amendment to the Education (Fees and Awards) (Wales) Regulations 2007#

In the Welsh text of regulation 2 (interpretation) of the Education (Fees and Awards) (Wales) Regulations 2007, before “mae “addysg”” insert paragraph number “(1)”.

3Amendments to the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2017#

The Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2017 are amended as follows.

4Amendments to the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2017#

In regulation 46 (students residing with parents)—

(a)in paragraph (1) for “(“A” in this paragraph)” substitute “(“A” in this regulation)”;

(b)at the end insert—“3 Subject to paragraph (4), where A resides at A’s parents’ home for a reason only relating to coronavirus, A is treated as if A were not residing at A’s parents’ home.4 Paragraph (3) does not apply where A requests that the Welsh Ministers treat them as residing at their parents’ home.”

5Amendments to the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2017#

In regulation 52 (interpretation of Part 6), after paragraph (f) insert—“fa “coronavirus” (“coronafeirws”) means severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2);”

6Amendments to the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2017#

In regulations 49(2)(h) and 111(2)(e) for “the person becomes a person” substitute “the student becomes a person”.

7Amendments to the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2017#

In Schedule 1—

(a)in the Welsh text of paragraph 1(5)(b) for the full stop substitute “; ac”;

(b)in the English text of paragraph 11A(a) for “agreements” substitute “agreement”.

8Amendments to the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2018#

The Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2018 are amended as follows.

9Amendments to the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2018#

In regulation 86 (students living in more than one location), at the end insert—“4 Subject to paragraph (5), where an eligible student is living at home for a reason only relating to coronavirus, the eligible student is treated as living in the category of location that the Welsh Ministers consider the eligible student would have been living had it not been for that reason.5 Paragraph (4) does not apply where an eligible student has requested that they are treated as living at home.”

10Amendments to the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2018#

For “the person becomes a person” substitute “the student becomes a person” where it occurs in—

(a)regulation 80(2)(b)(v);

(b)regulation 81(3)(b)(iv);

(c)Schedule 4, paragraph 14(3)(b)(iv); and

(d)Schedule 5, paragraph 4(2)(e).

11Amendment to the Education (Student Support) (Postgraduate Master’s Degrees) (Wales) Regulations 2019#

In the Welsh text of Schedule 2 to the Education (Student Support) (Postgraduate Master’s Degrees) (Wales) Regulations 2019, in paragraph 7A(1)(d) for “fer” substitute “fel”.

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