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

• Citation: S.I. 2021/813 (W.)
• Sections: 11

Section 1 Title and commencement

(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.

Section 2 Amendment 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)”.

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

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

Section 4 Amendments 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.

Section 5 Amendments 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);

Section 6 Amendments 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”.

Section 7 Amendments 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”.

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

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

Section 9 Amendments 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.

Section 10 Amendments 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).

Section 11 Amendment 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”.