LegalizeThe Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2015
Made: 27 January 2015
Laid before the National Assembly for Wales: 28 January 2015
Coming into force: 19 February 2015
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PART 1 — GENERAL
Title, commencement and application
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Interpretation
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Revocation, savings and transitional provisions
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PART 2 — ELIGIBILITY
Eligible students
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Designated courses
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Period of eligibility
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Previous study
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Transfer of status
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PART 3 — APPLYING FOR SUPPORT AND PROVISION OF INFORMATION
Applications for support
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Time limits
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Information
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Requirement to enter into a contract for a loan
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PART 4 — GRANTS AND LOANS FOR FEES
CHAPTER 1 — GENERAL PROVISION
Fee Support Generally
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Students becoming eligible during the course of an academic year
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Events
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CHAPTER 2 — FEE GRANTS
Fee grant
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New fee grant
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CHAPTER 3 — FEE LOANS
General qualifying conditions for fee loans
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Fee loans in respect of courses beginning before 1 September 2012: new system eligible students not qualifying for a fee grant
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Fee loans in respect of courses beginning before 1 September 2012: new system eligible students qualifying for a fee grant
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New fee loan in respect of courses beginning on or after 1 September 2012
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New private institution fee loan
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Accelerated graduate entry fee loan
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PART 5 — GRANTS FOR LIVING COSTS
General qualifying conditions for grants for living costs
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Grants for disabled students’ living costs
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Grants for dependants - general
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Grants for dependants - adult dependants’ grant
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Grants for dependants - childcare grant
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Grants for dependants - parents’ learning allowance
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Grants for dependants - calculations
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Grants for dependants - interpretation
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Interpretation of regulations 33 to 35
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Qualifying conditions for the grant for travel
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Amount of the grant for travel
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Deductions from the grant for travel
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Maintenance grant
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Maintenance grant – new system eligible students who are not new cohort students
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Maintenance grant – new system eligible students who are 2010 cohort students or 2012 cohort students
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Maintenance grant – new system eligible students who are 2011 cohort students
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Special support grant
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Special support grant – new system eligible students who are not new cohort students
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Special support grant – new system eligible students who are 2010 cohort students or 2012 cohort students
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Special support grant – new system eligible students who are 2011 cohort students
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PART 6 — LOANS FOR LIVING COSTS
Qualifying conditions for loans for living costs
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General
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Maximum amount of loans for new system eligible students with full entitlement who are not new cohort students
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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
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Maximum amount of loans for new system eligible students with full entitlement who are 2011 cohort students
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Students with reduced entitlement
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Students residing with parents
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Loans for living costs payable in respect of three quarters of the academic year
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Students falling into more than one category
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Students becoming eligible during the course of an academic year
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Increases in maximum amount
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Deductions from loans for living costs
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Interpretation of Part 6
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PART 7 — GENERAL LOAN PROVISIONS
Additional amount of loans
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PART 8 — COLLEGE FEE LOANS
College fee loans
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PART 9 — FINANCIAL ASSESSMENT
Calculation of contribution
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Application of contribution
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PART 10 — PAYMENTS
Payment of grants or loans for fees for new system eligible students
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Payment of grants for living costs
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Provision of United Kingdom national insurance number
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Information requirements
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Payment of loans for living costs
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Overpayments
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Payments - interpretation
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PART 11 — SUPPORT FOR FULL-TIME DISTANCE LEARNING COURSES
Eligible distance learning students
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Students becoming eligible during the course of the academic year
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Designated distance learning courses
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Period of eligibility
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Support for distance learning courses
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Amount of support
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Interpretation of regulation 74
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Grant for disabled distance learning students’ living costs
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Applications for support
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Declarations provided by academic authorities
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Information
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Transfer of status
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Conversion of status – eligible students transferring to designated distance learning courses
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Conversion of status – eligible distance learning students transferring to designated courses
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Payment of grants for fees
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Payment of grants for books, travel and other expenditure and grants for disabled distance learning students’ living costs
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Overpayments
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PART 12 — SUPPORT FOR PART-TIME COURSES
Eligible part-time students
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Students becoming eligible during the course of the academic year
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Designated part-time courses
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Period of eligibility
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Support for part-time courses beginning before 1 September 2014 (fee grant and grant for books, travel and other expenditure)
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New part-time fee loan
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New part-time course grant
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Grants for disabled part-time students’ living costs
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Part-time grants for dependants – general
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Part-time adult dependants’ grant
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Part-time childcare grant
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Part-time parents’ learning allowance
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Part-time grants for dependants – initial calculations
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Part-time grants for dependants - interpretation
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Part-time grants for dependants - calculation of contribution
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Part-time grants for dependants - application of contribution
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Part-time grants for dependants – final calculation
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Applications for support
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Assistance with fees in respect of attendance on part-time courses in England, Northern Ireland or Scotland beginning before 1 September 2014
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Information and other matters
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Transfer of status
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Conversion of status
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Payment of support to eligible part-time students
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Interpretation of regulation 110
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Payment of grants for fees in respect of designated part-time courses beginning before 1 September 2014
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Payment of new part-time fee loan
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Overpayments
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PART 13 — SUPPORT FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
Eligible postgraduate students
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Students becoming eligible during the course of the academic year
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Designated postgraduate courses
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Period of eligibility
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Transfer of status
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Applications for support
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Information
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Amount of grant
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Payment of grant
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Overpayments
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PART 14 — AMENDMENT OF THE 2013 REGULATIONS
Amendment of the 2013 Regulations
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SCHEDULE 1 — Eligible Students
PART 1 — Interpretation
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PART 2 — Categories
Persons who are settled in the United Kingdom
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Refugees and their family members
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Persons with leave to enter or remain and their family members
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Workers, employed persons, self-employed persons and their family members
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Persons who are settled in the United Kingdom and have exercised a right of residence elsewhere
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EU nationals
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Children of Swiss nationals
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Children of Turkish workers
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SCHEDULE 2 — DESIGNATED COURSES
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SCHEDULE 3 — INFORMATION
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SCHEDULE 4 — COLLEGE FEE LOANS
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