wsi/2015/54 — <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <span xml:lang="en">The Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2015 (revoked)</span> / <span xml:lang="cy">Rheoliadau Addysg (Cymorth i Fyfyrwyr) (Cymru) 2015</span> </div>

2015 No. 54 (W. 5) Education, Wales The Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2015 (revoked) Made 27 January 2015 Laid before the National Assembly for Wales 28 January 2015 Coming into force 19 February 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 1 GENERAL Title, commencement and application 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Revocation, savings and transitional provisions 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 2 ELIGIBILITY Eligible students 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Designated courses 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Period of eligibility 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Previous study 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transfer of status 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 3 APPLYING FOR SUPPORT AND PROVISION OF INFORMATION Applications for support 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Time limits 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Information 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Requirement to enter into a contract for a loan 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 4 GRANTS AND LOANS FOR FEES CHAPTER 1 GENERAL PROVISION Fee Support Generally 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Students becoming eligible during the course of an academic year 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Events 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHAPTER 2 FEE GRANTS Fee grant 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New fee grant 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHAPTER 3 FEE LOANS General qualifying conditions for fee loans 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fee loans in respect of courses beginning before 1 September 2012: new system eligible students not qualifying for a fee grant 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fee loans in respect of courses beginning before 1 September 2012: new system eligible students qualifying for a fee grant 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New fee loan in respect of courses beginning on or after 1 September 2012 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New private institution fee loan 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accelerated graduate entry fee loan 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 5 GRANTS FOR LIVING COSTS General qualifying conditions for grants for living costs 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grants for disabled students’ living costs 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grants for dependants - general 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grants for dependants - adult dependants’ grant 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grants for dependants - childcare grant 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grants for dependants - parents’ learning allowance 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grants for dependants - calculations 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grants for dependants - interpretation 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation of regulations 33 to 35 32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Qualifying conditions for the grant for travel 33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amount of the grant for travel 34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deductions from the grant for travel 35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maintenance grant 36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maintenance grant – new system eligible students who are not new cohort students 37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maintenance grant – new system eligible students who are 2010 cohort students or 2012 cohort students 38 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maintenance grant – new system eligible students who are 2011 cohort students 39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Special support grant 40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Special support grant – new system eligible students who are not new cohort students 41 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Special support grant – new system eligible students who are 2010 cohort students or 2012 cohort students 42 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Special support grant – new system eligible students who are 2011 cohort students 43 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 6 LOANS FOR LIVING COSTS Qualifying conditions for loans for living costs 44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . General 45 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maximum amount of loans for new system eligible students with full entitlement who are not new cohort students 46 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maximum amount of loans for new system eligible students with full entitlement who are 2010 cohort students, 2012 cohort students or 2012 accelerated graduate entry students undertaking their first year of study 48 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maximum amount of loans for new system eligible students with full entitlement who are 2011 cohort students 49 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Students with reduced entitlement 50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Students residing with parents 51 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Loans for living costs payable in respect of three quarters of the academic year 52 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Students falling into more than one category 53 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Students becoming eligible during the course of an academic year 54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Increases in maximum amount 55 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deductions from loans for living costs 56 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation of Part 6 57 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 7 GENERAL LOAN PROVISIONS Additional amount of loans 58 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 8 COLLEGE FEE LOANS College fee loans 59 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 9 FINANCIAL ASSESSMENT Calculation of contribution 60 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Application of contribution 61 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 10 PAYMENTS Payment of grants or loans for fees for new system eligible students 62 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Payment of grants for living costs 63 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Provision of United Kingdom national insurance number 64 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Information requirements 65 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Payment of loans for living costs 66 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Overpayments 67 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Payments - interpretation 68 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 11 SUPPORT FOR FULL-TIME DISTANCE LEARNING COURSES Eligible distance learning students 69 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Students becoming eligible during the course of the academic year 70 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Designated distance learning courses 71 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Period of eligibility 72 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Support for distance learning courses 73 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amount of support 74 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation of regulation 74 75 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grant for disabled distance learning students’ living costs 76 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Applications for support 77 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Declarations provided by academic authorities 78 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Information 79 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transfer of status 80 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conversion of status – eligible students transferring to designated distance learning courses 81 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conversion of status – eligible distance learning students transferring to designated courses 82 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Payment of grants for fees 83 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Payment of grants for books, travel and other expenditure and grants for disabled distance learning students’ living costs 84 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Overpayments 85 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 12 SUPPORT FOR PART-TIME COURSES Eligible part-time students 86 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Students becoming eligible during the course of the academic year 87 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Designated part-time courses 88 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Period of eligibility 89 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Support for part-time courses beginning before 1 September 2014 (fee grant and grant for books, travel and other expenditure) 90 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New part-time fee loan 91 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New part-time course grant 92 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Grants for disabled part-time students’ living costs 93 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part-time grants for dependants – general 94 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part-time adult dependants’ grant 96 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part-time childcare grant 97 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part-time parents’ learning allowance 98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part-time grants for dependants – initial calculations 99 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part-time grants for dependants - interpretation 100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part-time grants for dependants - calculation of contribution 101 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part-time grants for dependants - application of contribution 102 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part-time grants for dependants – final calculation 103 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Applications for support 104 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistance with fees in respect of attendance on part-time courses in England, Northern Ireland or Scotland beginning before 1 September 2014 105 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Information and other matters 106 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transfer of status 107 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conversion of status 108 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Payment of support to eligible part-time students 109 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation of regulation 110 111 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Payment of grants for fees in respect of designated part-time courses beginning before 1 September 2014 112 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Payment of new part-time fee loan 113 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Overpayments 114 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 13 SUPPORT FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES Eligible postgraduate students 115 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Students becoming eligible during the course of the academic year 116 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Designated postgraduate courses 117 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Period of eligibility 118 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transfer of status 119 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Applications for support 120 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Information 121 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amount of grant 122 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Payment of grant 123 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Overpayments 124 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 14 AMENDMENT OF THE 2013 REGULATIONS Amendment of the 2013 Regulations 125 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCHEDULE 1 Eligible Students Regulations 4, 69, 86 and 115 PART 1 Interpretation 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 2 Categories Persons who are settled in the United Kingdom 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Refugees and their family members 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Persons with leave to enter or remain and their family members 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Workers, employed persons, self-employed persons and their family members 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Persons who are settled in the United Kingdom and have exercised a right of residence elsewhere 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EU national s 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Children of Swiss nationals 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Children of Turkish workers 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCHEDULE 2 DESIGNATED COURSES Regulations 5, 71 and 88 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCHEDULE 3 INFORMATION Regulations 11, 79, 106 and 121 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCHEDULE 4 COLLEGE FEE LOANS Regulation 59 Availability of college fee loans 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Disabled students 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Students becoming eligible during the course of an academic year 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amount of the college fee loan 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transfers 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Payment 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conditions of entitlement to payment of college fee loan 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Information requirements 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Overpayment 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCHEDULE 5 FINANCIAL ASSESSMENT Regulation 60 Definitions 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Independent eligible student 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Household income 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Calculation of eligible student’s residual income 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Calculation of parent’s residual income 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Calculation of eligible student’s partner’s residual income 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Calculation of parent’s partner’s residual income 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Calculation of contribution – new system eligible students 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Split contributions 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCHEDULE 6 FINANCIAL ASSESSMENT – PART-TIME GRANTS FOR DEPENDANTS Regulation 101 Definitions 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Household income 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Calculation of eligible part-time student’s residual income 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Calculation of eligible part-time student’s partner’s residual income 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Calculation of contribution 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Split contributions 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .