The Education (Student Support) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2025

• Citation: S.I. 2025/981 (W.)
• Sections: 6

Section 1 Title and coming into force

(1) The title of these Regulations is the Education (Student Support) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2025.

(2) These Regulations come into force on 31 August 2025.

Section 2 Application

These Regulations apply in relation to the provision of support to a student in relation to an academic year which begins on or after 1 September 2025.

Section 3 Amendment of the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2018

The Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2018 are amended in accordance with regulations 4 to 6.

Section 4 Substitution of regulation 5

For regulation 5 (designated courses) (but not the heading before it) substitute—

(5) In these Regulations (and for the purposes of section 22 of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 (“ the 1998 Act ”)), a course is a designated course if it satisfies—

(a) each of the conditions in regulation 6(1) and does not fall within any of the exceptions in regulation 7(1), or

(b) the requirements set out in Schedule 1A.

Section 5 Amendment to regulation 40

In regulation 40 (amount of tuition fee loan), in paragraph (2)(c)(i), at the end insert “or a provider specified in column 2 of Table 14A in Schedule 1A in so far as they provide the course described in the corresponding entry in column 3” .

Section 6 Insertion of new Schedule 1A

After Schedule 1 (interpretation) insert—

Designated courses

(1) A course described in column 3 of Table 14A that—

(a) is provided by the course provider specified in the corresponding entry in column 2,

(b) leads to a qualification awarded by the body specified in the corresponding entry in column 1, and

(c) begins before 1 January 2026.