The Education (Student Support) (Postgraduate Master’s Degrees) (Wales) Regulations 2019

[^key-acfd69626a562c3543cac57dcc34c4bd]: Word in Sch. 2 para. 2A(4)(f)(i)(ac) substituted (4.1.2024) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1349), regs. 1(2), 67(b)(ii) (with reg. 2)

[^key-72816d0d7ba4f6437e324c84c333ad2d]: Word in Sch. 2 para. 2A(4)(f)(ii) omitted (4.1.2024) by virtue of The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1349), regs. 1(2), 67(c)(i) (with reg. 2)

[^key-a51c307712223312af960e60513f0c06]: Word in Sch. 2 para. 2A(4)(f)(ii) substituted (4.1.2024) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1349), regs. 1(2), 67(c)(ii) (with reg. 2)

[^key-a25a8d0471ef989c6b62f1078cae20c9]: Sch. 2 para. 2A(4)(f)(ii)(ac) inserted (4.1.2024) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1349), regs. 1(2), 67(c)(iii) (with reg. 2)

[^key-8135645b3aed641150cf804c38559503]: Word in Sch. 2 para. 2A(4)(g) omitted (4.1.2024) by virtue of The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1349), regs. 1(2), 67(d)(i) (with reg. 2)

[^key-ceed089820118c06d304eae7893fbce8]: Sch. 2 para. 2A(4)(g)(iii) inserted (4.1.2024) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1349), regs. 1(2), 67(d)(iii) (with reg. 2)

[^key-1e2c5d334405611f7b0a6980e43556c8]: Word in Sch. 2 para. 2A(4)(g)(ii) substituted (4.1.2024) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1349), regs. 1(2), 67(d)(ii) (with reg. 2)

[^key-25504086ba3f320d27c761934a04c909]: Sch. 2 para. 2C(1A)(1B) inserted (4.1.2024) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1349), regs. 1(2), 69(a) (with reg. 2)

[^key-8d091d4c7323e841a3bb6fd92abef941]: Sch. 2 para. 2C(3) inserted (4.1.2024) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1349), regs. 1(2), 69(b) (with reg. 2)

[^key-5babae6a0dbb81b18aee44986370336f]: Reg. 31ZA inserted (8.5.2024) by The Education (Student Support) (Postgraduate Master’s Degrees) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/501), regs. 1(2), 9 (with reg. 1(3))

[^key-d596654accb54855e9b18509cbb80164]: Reg. 36A inserted (8.5.2024) by The Education (Student Support) (Postgraduate Master’s Degrees) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/501), regs. 1(2), 12 (with reg. 1(3))

[^key-88eea005dde9b58fa251a0a042f8308a]: Words in reg. 10(1) omitted (8.5.2024) by virtue of The Education (Student Support) (Postgraduate Master’s Degrees) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/501), regs. 1(2), 3 (with reg. 1(3))

[^key-d35819aacdc14e059f778766b614e2b3]: Words in reg. 17(3) inserted (8.5.2024) by The Education (Student Support) (Postgraduate Master’s Degrees) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/501), regs. 1(2), 4 (with reg. 1(3))

[^key-442fdeffe6b6a86208176daba8a2e2ab]: Words in reg. 18(2)(d) inserted (8.5.2024) by The Education (Student Support) (Postgraduate Master’s Degrees) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/501), regs. 1(2), 5 (with reg. 1(3))

[^key-30cd531373bcde315dcbd2ae961d4428]: Words in reg. 19(1) inserted (8.5.2024) by The Education (Student Support) (Postgraduate Master’s Degrees) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/501), regs. 1(2), 6 (with reg. 1(3))

[^key-a17570e74f2ee91b1b925256ce113664]: Words in reg. 24 inserted (8.5.2024) by The Education (Student Support) (Postgraduate Master’s Degrees) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/501), regs. 1(2), 7(1) (with reg. 1(3))

[^key-2b15c99e5393f494965b0f81e8fd55e0]: Words in reg. 24A inserted (8.5.2024) by The Education (Student Support) (Postgraduate Master’s Degrees) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/501), regs. 1(2), 7(2)(a) (with reg. 1(3))

[^key-a3348ae7eb36521a5cd04a4fa8e2419f]: Words in reg. 24A omitted (8.5.2024) by virtue of The Education (Student Support) (Postgraduate Master’s Degrees) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/501), regs. 1(2), 7(2)(b) (with reg. 1(3))

[^key-699b402693540c0b4d7961ab6c5e2fe0]: Words in reg. 26 inserted (8.5.2024) by The Education (Student Support) (Postgraduate Master’s Degrees) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/501), regs. 1(2), 7(3)(a) (with reg. 1(3))

[^key-1ed07c5e2af37fb542b2eabc22f7bfa8]: Words in reg. 26 omitted (8.5.2024) by virtue of The Education (Student Support) (Postgraduate Master’s Degrees) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/501), regs. 1(2), 7(3)(b) (with reg. 1(3))

[^key-b9616239885aa690304029d5e38c8e97]: Words in reg. 31 heading inserted (8.5.2024) by The Education (Student Support) (Postgraduate Master’s Degrees) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/501), regs. 1(2), 8(a) (with reg. 1(3))

[^key-9489014f30c2616536e00cbf4cbd4b45]: Reg. 31(A1) inserted (8.5.2024) by The Education (Student Support) (Postgraduate Master’s Degrees) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/501), regs. 1(2), 8(b) (with reg. 1(3))

[^key-b4b4bde1f08637725472dc3142007760]: Words in reg. 31(1) omitted (8.5.2024) by virtue of The Education (Student Support) (Postgraduate Master’s Degrees) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/501), regs. 1(2), 8(c) (with reg. 1(3))

[^key-2b624cf8a74524aa0c2e03543448887b]: Reg. 31A omitted (8.5.2024) by virtue of The Education (Student Support) (Postgraduate Master’s Degrees) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/501), regs. 1(2), 10 (with reg. 1(3))

[^key-370fab97fc13f2cf17b0c48b4dd20d65]: Words in reg. 36 heading inserted (8.5.2024) by The Education (Student Support) (Postgraduate Master’s Degrees) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/501), regs. 1(2), 11(a) (with reg. 1(3))

[^key-7e62bc964548eae9974f5cf0a4b26073]: Reg. 36(A1) inserted (8.5.2024) by The Education (Student Support) (Postgraduate Master’s Degrees) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/501), regs. 1(2), 11(b) (with reg. 1(3))

[^key-0df4224406ef2bdf76ae812a5dfda072]: Words in Sch. 1 para. 3(1) omitted (8.5.2024) by virtue of The Education (Student Support) (Postgraduate Master’s Degrees) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/501), regs. 1(2), 13 (with reg. 1(3))

[^key-5c3a9b1a96ba64dfbf573614fb214e55]: Words in reg. 16(2) substituted (9.8.2024) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/810), regs. 1(2), 35(b)

[^key-9ec497b1905bdee87ca71564392317d6]: Words in reg. 16(1)(b)(viii) substituted (9.8.2024) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/810), regs. 1(2), 35(a)

[^key-731d59c327ac6ea3a032b29193420605]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 2B heading substituted (9.8.2024) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/810), regs. 1(2), 36(a)

[^key-a7efc8b94faef26a6dd52ad2f1fd7e27]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 2B(1)(a) substituted (9.8.2024) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/810), regs. 1(2), 36(b)

[^key-170797cf70c2f7c30ed6c2af1119a9bd]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 2B(2)(a) substituted (9.8.2024) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/810), regs. 1(2), 36(c)

[^key-6938fa0fedef62a9dc390cee9ef2ba51]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 2B(2)(b) substituted (9.8.2024) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/810), regs. 1(2), 36(d)

[^key-a5922189e955b569315cbbbd2f5b0d79]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 2B(2)(c) substituted (9.8.2024) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/810), regs. 1(2), 36(e)

[^key-c96e6a50b09d402baac6de404865d347]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 2B(3)(a) substituted (9.8.2024) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/810), regs. 1(2), 36(f)

[^key-92428b19c02e7b725846305d02e47de9]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 2B(3)(b) substituted (9.8.2024) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/810), regs. 1(2), 36(g)(i)

[^key-126816624539464d8762f043843c702d]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 2B(3)(b) inserted (9.8.2024) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/810), regs. 1(2), 36(g)(iii)

[^key-c166e3d9ef3a545035f05231254616b2]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 2B(3)(b) inserted (9.8.2024) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/810), regs. 1(2), 36(g)(iv)

[^key-e63af1a2c34274128347565b33d83dc9]: Words in Sch. 4 para. 1 Table 3 substituted (9.8.2024) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/810), regs. 1(2), 37

[^key-004e06016c9538688e1f407efbb82546]: Words in reg. 10(1) omitted (3.2.2025) by virtue of The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/16), regs. 1(2), 49

[^key-fcccee5c82a6e9e096edea6816b081de]: Words in reg. 16(1)(b)(iv) substituted (with application in accordance with reg. 2(1)(a) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/16), regs. 1(2), 46

[^key-b93b29733f07b440dae11f2f8bc9aeac]: Words in Sch. 1 para. 3(1) omitted (3.2.2025) by virtue of The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/16), regs. 1(2), 50

[^key-a3fef53355d0fd08c196f95e1e435256]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 1(1)(a) omitted (with application in accordance with reg. 2(1)(a) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/16), regs. 1(2), 47(a)

[^key-05a72934b017fe4a2fffee77e4986fac]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 1(3)(a) omitted (with application in accordance with reg. 2(1)(a) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/16), regs. 1(2), 47(c)

[^key-8d8fd664978d0fcf70d070de63f1ffae]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 1(1)(a)(ii) inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 2(1)(a) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/16), regs. 1(2), 47(b)

[^key-e08bda8c2b6e245a9f826632f9fd1a2e]: Sch. 2 para. 8BB(3)(4) inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 2(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/16), regs. 1(2), 45(b)

[^key-834543ae95a903a3f97a3134e4b5e0fa]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 8BB(1) inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 2(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/16), regs. 1(2), 45(a)(i)

[^key-0cd34ebbcdb4362885f6e61be6f5f60a]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 8BB(1)(a) renumbered as Sch. 2 para. 8BB(1)(a)(i) (with application in accordance with reg. 2(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/16), regs. 1(2), 45(a)(ii)

[^key-41978f78ea0d3b84dca7b2ef3158f2fa]: Sch. 2 para. 8BB(1)(a)(ii) and word inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 2(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/16), regs. 1(2), 45(a)(iii)

[^key-5b7fe03775e001eed02bcda5cb0e473c]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 8BB(1)(a)(i) omitted (with application in accordance with reg. 2(1)(a) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/16), regs. 1(2), 47(d)

[^key-0fa421d094e8c748f26e6c30a430cb0c]: Words in Sch. 4 para. 1 Table 3 omitted (3.2.2025) by virtue of The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/16), regs. 1(2), 51

[^key-56f9caefe0d17ecc76e3ade039a765b9]: Words in reg. 31ZA(2) substituted (17.3.2025) by The Education (Student Finance) (Amounts) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/193), regs. 1(2), 39(a)

[^key-894c8df23f667f297caed45da91434a7]: Words in reg. 31ZA(3)(b) substituted (17.3.2025) by The Education (Student Finance) (Amounts) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/193), regs. 1(2), 39(b)

[^key-e2488b9f9270214aa27d311cf2d7763d]: Words in reg. 36A(7) substituted (17.3.2025) by The Education (Student Finance) (Amounts) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/193), regs. 1(2), 40

[^key-16a1100e7e9d27de21b8bf0b5aa6d3e2]: Words in Sch. 3 para. 18(2) omitted (6.4.2025) by virtue of The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/16), regs. 1(3), 48

[^key-18830c9e4e038415650321b5254f3017]: Words in reg. 12H(b) substituted (17.7.2025) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/728), regs. 1(2), 17(a) (with reg. 2)

[^key-65bf61f45968ef6c00a0960a96e4649d]: Words in reg. 12H(b) inserted (17.7.2025) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/728), regs. 1(2), 17(b) (with reg. 2)

[^key-eb0e519e024bba199f8d13bfd594f379]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 2B(3)(b) substituted (17.7.2025) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/728), regs. 1(2), 16(a) (with reg. 2)

[^key-223e1ae667c04bd93da84a7f79fb4a71]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 2B(3)(b) inserted (17.7.2025) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/728), regs. 1(2), 16(b) (with reg. 2)

[^key-9a4a3a42e03709af250ed3cd9ccd9ce9]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 2C(2) substituted (17.7.2025) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/728), regs. 1(2), 15(a) (with reg. 2)

[^key-71e2f96d38217a4ab726e9900a76e37e]: Word in Sch. 2 para. 2C(2) inserted (17.7.2025) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/728), regs. 1(2), 15(b) (with reg. 2)

[^key-b19824b51116f36876d52c1c112d6aa0]: Reg. 12GA inserted (5.2.2026 with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/3), regs. 1(2), 2, 53

[^key-2b36c4c10f3cb03953c484b73e09783f]: Words in reg. 10(1) omitted (5.2.2026 with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/3), regs. 1(2), 2, 50(a)

[^key-d042f73365b893fe69b68effb372e4b6]: Words in reg. 10(1) omitted (5.2.2026 with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/3), regs. 1(2), 2, 50(b)

[^key-00c68c7eba7b2557e1fca24b2819b141]: Word in Sch. 1 para. 3(1) omitted (5.2.2026 with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/3), regs. 1(2), 2, 51

[^key-eb0dfbbe49c15f32f149c01dc4bed2e4]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 2B(3)(b) substituted (5.2.2026 with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/3), regs. 1(2), 2, 55(a)

[^key-a3763bf13b5e981380ccb22ebaad7d7f]: Word in Sch. 2 para. 2B(3)(b) inserted (5.2.2026 with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/3), regs. 1(2), 2, 55(b)

[^key-6a2cd813452ee86282924dc45248afa8]: Word in Sch. 2 para. 2B(3)(b) inserted (5.2.2026 with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/3), regs. 1(2), 2, 55(c)

[^key-2d98e1bca5b361054acd34f91e8d42ed]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 2B(3)(b) inserted (5.2.2026 with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/3), regs. 1(2), 2, 55(d)

[^key-4962b89606e138198b57896667ea18a1]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 2C(1)(b) substituted (5.2.2026 with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/3), regs. 1(2), 2, 56(a)

[^key-651ada40c62db3ccc8d8cb1a1808481d]: Sch. 2 para. 2C(2)(a) substituted (5.2.2026 with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/3), regs. 1(2), 2, 56(b)

[^key-544aea2d46ba8ff057013f4477ac259b]: Word in Sch. 2 para. 13(1) omitted (5.2.2026 with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/3), regs. 1(2), 2, 54(a)

[^key-63972086767920a58a9990d141515ac9]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 13(1) substituted (5.2.2026 with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/3), regs. 1(2), 2, 54(b)

[^key-3e53a394d8a79d054e2ca7f842ba0cef]: Words in Sch. 4 para. 1 Table 3 omitted (5.2.2026 with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/3), regs. 1(2), 2, 52

[^key-270b176ee0edf36357dfef3e2b3ab3c9]: Words in reg. 31ZA(2) Table A1 inserted (12.2.2026 with application in accordance with reg. 2(2)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Amounts) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/11), regs. 1(2), 50(a)

[^key-daec0e16d0fe6a081fcefcc1c2eb0bc8]: Words in reg. 31ZA(2) Table A1 inserted (12.2.2026 with application in accordance with reg. 2(2)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Amounts) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/11), regs. 1(2), 50(b)

Category 2A - Protected persons and their family members

2A

• (1) A person—

• (a) granted leave to enter or remain as a protected person,

• (b) who is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands and has not ceased to be so resident since being granted such leave, and

• (c) who is ordinarily resident in Wales on the first day of the first academic year of the course.

• (2) A person who—

• (a) is a protected spouse or civil partner,

• (b) on the leave application date, was the spouse or civil partner of a person granted leave to enter or remain as a protected person (by virtue of humanitarian protection under paragraph 339C of the immigration rules or as a stateless person under the immigration rules),

• (c) is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands and has not ceased to be so resident since being granted leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom, and

• (d) is ordinarily resident in Wales on the first day of the first academic year of the course.

• (3) A person who—

• (a) is a protected child,

• (b) on the leave application date was—

• (i) under 18 years old, and

• (ii) was the child of a person granted leave to enter or remain as a protected person or, as the case may be, the child of a person who was the spouse or civil partner of the person granted leave to enter or remain as a protected person on that date (by virtue of humanitarian protection under paragraph 339C of the immigration rules, stateless leave under the immigration rules or section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 and the immigration rules, as the case may be),

• (c) is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands and has not ceased to be so resident since being granted leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom, and

• (d) is ordinarily resident in Wales on the first day of the first academic year of the course.

• (4) In this paragraph—

• (a) “leave application date” means the date on which a person (“P”) made an application for leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom that resulted in P becoming a person granted leave to enter or remain as a protected person;

• (b) “person granted leave to enter or remain as a protected person” means—

• (i) a person granted leave to enter or remain on the grounds of humanitarian protection under paragraph 339C of the immigration rules,

• (ii) a person granted stateless leave,

• (iii) a person with section 67 leave to remain, ...

• (iv) a person with Calais leave , or

• (v) a person with leave to enter or remain as a relevant Afghan citizen;

• (c) “person granted stateless leave” means a person who has extant leave to remain as a stateless person under the immigration rules;

• (d) “person with Calais leave” means a person with extant leave to remain under paragraphs 352J, 352K, 352L or 352T of the immigration rules (Calais leave and “leave in line” granted by virtue of being a dependent child of a person granted Calais leave);

• (da) “person with leave to enter or remain as a relevant Afghan citizen” means a person granted—

• (i) indefinite leave to enter the United Kingdom under paragraph 276BA2 of the immigration rules or indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom under paragraph 276BS2 of the immigration rules,

• (ia) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (ib) indefinite leave to enter the United Kingdom under paragraph ARAP 6.1 of Appendix Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy of the immigration rules or indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom under paragraph ARAP 6.2 of that Appendix of the immigration rules,

• (ii) leave to enter or indefinite leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom outside the immigration rules on the basis of the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy Scheme, or

• (iii) indefinite leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom outside the immigration rules on the basis of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme, ...

• (iv) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (e) “person with section 67 leave to remain” means a person who has extant leave to remain in the United Kingdom under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 and in accordance with the immigration rules;

• (f) “protected child” means—

• (i) a child of—

• (aa) a person who has extant leave to enter or remain on the grounds of humanitarian protection under paragraph 339C of the immigration rules,

• (ab) a person granted stateless leave, ...

• (ac) a person with section 67 leave to remain , or

• (ad) a person with leave to enter or remain as a relevant Afghan citizen;

• (ii) a child of the spouse or civil partner of—

• (aa) a person who has extant leave to enter or remain on the grounds of humanitarian protection under paragraph 339C of the immigration rules, ...

• (ab) a person granted stateless leave , or

• (ac) a person with leave to enter or remain as a relevant Afghan citizen;

• (g) “protected spouse or civil partner” means a spouse or civil partner of—

• (i) a person who has extant leave to enter or remain on the grounds of humanitarian protection under paragraph 339C of the immigration rules, ...

• (ii) a person granted stateless leave , or

• (iii) a person with leave to enter or remain as a relevant Afghan citizen.

Category 3 – Persons granted stateless leave and their family members

Category 4 – Persons with leave to enter or remain and their family members

Category 5 – Persons with section 67 leave to remain

Category 6 – Workers, employed persons, self-employed persons and their family members

Category 7 – Persons who are settled in the United Kingdom and have exercised a right of residence elsewhere

Category 8 – EU nationals

Category 9 – Children of Swiss nationals

Category 10 – Children of Turkish workers

Ordinary residence – additional provision

Further provision on ordinary residence: care leavers

Interpretation

12A

Where—

• (a) the Welsh Ministers have determined that, by virtue of—

• (i) falling within paragraph (1)(a)... (iv) or (v) of the definition of “person with protected rights”, or

• (ii) meeting the conditions in paragraph 1(2)(a)... (iv) of Schedule 2,

a person (“A”) is an eligible student in connection with an application for support for a designated course, and

• (b) as at the day before the relevant day, A is not a person with protected rights,

A’s status as an eligible student terminates immediately before the relevant day.

Misconduct and failure to provide accurate information

Reinstatement of eligibility after termination

Students becoming eligible during a course

Transfer of status

Category 2B - Persons granted leave to remain as a protected partner and their children

2B

• (1) A person—

• (a) granted leave to enter or remain as a protected partner,

• (b) who is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands and has not ceased to be so resident since being granted such leave, and

• (c) who is ordinarily resident in Wales on the first day of the first academic year of the course.

• (2) A person who—

• (a) is the child of a person granted leave to enter or remain as a protected partner,

• (b) on the leave application date was under 18 years old and was the child of a person granted leave to enter or remain as a protected partner,

• (c) is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands and has not ceased to be so resident since being granted leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom, and

• (d) is ordinarily resident in Wales on the first day of the first academic year of the course.

• (3) In this paragraph—

• (a) “leave application date” means the date on which a person (“P”) made an application for leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom that results in P becoming a person granted leave to enter or remain as a protected partner;

• (b) “person granted leave to enter or remain as a protected partner” means a person who has extant leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom as either a victim of domestic violence or domestic abuse or as a bereaved partner , granted in any of the following cases—

Case 1

In the case of a person granted leave to remain before 31 January 2024, under any of the following provisions of the immigration rules—

• (i) paragraphs 289B and 289D (victims of domestic violence),

• (ii) paragraphs D-DVILR.1.1. and D-DVILR.1.2. of Appendix FM (victims of domestic abuse),

• (iii) paragraphs 40 and 41 of Appendix Armed Forces (victims of domestic violence who are partners of members of the armed forces),

• (iv) paragraph 288, as a person in relation to whom the requirements in paragraph 287(b) of those rules are met (bereaved spouses or civil partners),

• (v) paragraphs D-BPILR.1.1. and D-BPILR.1.2. of Appendix FM (bereaved partners),

• (vi) paragraphs 36 and 37 of Appendix Armed Forces (bereaved partners), or

• (vii) paragraph 295N, as a person in relation to whom the requirements in paragraph 295M of those rules are met (bereaved partners).

Case 2

In the case of a person granted leave to enter or remain on or after 31 January 2024, under either of the following provisions of the immigration rules—

Case 3

In the case of a person granted leave to enter or remain on or after 5 October 2023 as a bereaved partner, under paragraph AF (GHK) 14.1 of Appendix Gurkha and Hong Kong military unit veteran discharged before 1 July 1997 of the immigration rules.

Case 4

In the case of a person granted leave to enter or remain before 5 October 2023, outside the immigration rules, on the basis that the person was a bereaved partner of a Gurkha discharged before 1 July 1997.

Category 3 – Persons granted stateless leave and their family members

Category 4 – Persons with leave to enter or remain and their family members

Category 5 – Persons with section 67 leave to remain

Category 6 – Workers, employed persons, self-employed persons and their family members — courses beginning before 1 August 2021

Category 6A - Workers, employed persons, self-employed persons and their family members with protected rights

6A

• (1) A person with protected rights or a frontier worker, within the meaning of regulation 3 of the Citizens’ Rights (Frontier Workers) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020, who—

• (a) is one of the following—

• (i) an EEA migrant worker or an EEA self-employed person, who is ordinarily resident in Wales on the first day of the first academic year of the course;

• (ii) a Swiss employed person or a Swiss self-employed person, who is ordinarily resident in Wales on the first day of the first academic year of the course;

• (iii) a family member of a person mentioned in sub-paragraph (i) or (ii), who is ordinarily resident in Wales on the first day of the first academic year of the course;

• (iv) an EEA frontier worker or an EEA frontier self-employed person;

• (v) a Swiss frontier employed person or a Swiss frontier self-employed person;

• (vi) a family member of a person mentioned in sub-paragraph (iv) or (v), and

• (b) has been ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, ... the EEA , Switzerland and the overseas territories throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course.

• (2) A person with protected rights who—

• (a) is ordinarily resident in Wales on the first day of the first academic year of the course,

• (b) has been ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, ... the EEA , Switzerland and the overseas territories throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course, and

• (c) is entitled to support by virtue of Article 10 of Regulation (EU) No. 492/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2011 on freedom of movement for workers within the Union (“the Workers Regulation”), as it had effect immediately before IP completion day as extended by the EEA Agreement as it had effect immediately before IP completion day.

• (3) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(c), in Article 10 of the Workers Regulation—

• (a) the reference to a “national of a Member State” is to be read as including a relevant person of Northern Ireland, and

• (b) the reference to “another Member State” is to be read as including the United Kingdom, and the references to “that State” construed accordingly.

• (4) In this paragraph, a description of a person in sub-paragraph (1)(a)(i) is to be read as if it includes a relevant person of Northern Ireland who would, if that person were an EEA national or solely an EEA national, be an EEA migrant worker or an EEA self-employed person.

Category 7 – Persons who are settled in the United Kingdom and have exercised a right of residence elsewhere — courses beginning before 1 August 2021

Category 7A - Persons who are settled in the United Kingdom and have exercised a right of residence elsewhere

7A

• (1) A person who—

• (a) is settled in the United Kingdom,

• (b) was ordinarily resident in Wales and settled in the United Kingdom immediately before leaving the United Kingdom and who has exercised a right of residence before IP completion day,

• (c) was ordinarily resident immediately before IP completion day—

• (i) in the territory comprising Gibraltar, the EEA and Switzerland, or

• (ii) in the United Kingdom, where that ordinary residence began after 31 December 2017 immediately following a period of ordinary residence in the territory comprising Gibraltar, the EEA and Switzerland,

and has remained ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, Gibraltar, the EEA and Switzerland throughout the period beginning on IP completion day and ending immediately before the first day of the academic year of the course,

• (d) is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom on the day on which the course begins,

• (e) has been ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, Gibraltar, the EEA and Switzerland throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course, and

• (f) in a case where the person’s ordinary residence referred to in paragraph (e) was wholly or mainly for the purpose of receiving full-time education, was ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, Gibraltar, the EEA and Switzerland immediately before the period of ordinary residence referred to in paragraph (e).

• (2) For the purposes of this paragraph, a person has exercised a right of residence if sub-paragraph (3) or (4) applies to the person.

• (3) This sub-paragraph applies to a person who is—

• (a) a United Kingdom national,

• (b) a family member of a United Kingdom national for the purposes of Article 7 of Directive 2004/38 (or corresponding purposes under the EEA Agreement or Swiss Agreement), or

• (c) a person who had the right of permanent residence, who has exercised a right under Article 7 of Directive 2004/38 or any equivalent right under the EEA Agreement or Swiss Agreement in a state other than the United Kingdom.

• (4) This sub-paragraph applies to a person (“P”)—

• (a) who is settled in the United Kingdom and had the right of permanent residence, and

• (b) who has gone to the state within the territory comprising the EEA and Switzerland of which P is a national or of which the person in relation to whom P is a family member is a national.

• (5) For the purposes of this sub-paragraph, a person has the right of permanent residence if they had a right which arose under Directive 2004/38 to reside permanently in the United Kingdom without restriction.

Category 8 – EU nationals — courses beginning before 1 August 2021

Category 8A - EU nationals etc. with protected rights

8A

• (1) A person with protected rights—

• (a) who is—

• (i) an EU national on the first day of the first academic year of the course,

• (ii) a family member of a person mentioned in sub-paragraph (i), or

• (iii) a family member of a relevant person of Northern Ireland,

• (b) who is undertaking a designated course in Wales,

• (c) who has been ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, ... the EEA , Switzerland and the overseas territories throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course, and

• (d) whose ordinary residence in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, ... EEA , Switzerland and the overseas territories has not during any part of the period referred to in paragraph (c) been wholly or mainly for the purpose of receiving full-time education (unless the person is treated as being ordinarily resident in that territory in accordance with paragraph 11(2)).

• (2) A person with protected rights who—

• (a) is an EU national on the first day of the first academic year of the course,

• (b) is ordinarily resident in Wales on the first day of the first academic year of the course,

• (c) has been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands throughout the three-year period immediately preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course, and

• (d) in a case where the person’s ordinary residence referred to in paragraph (c) was wholly or mainly for the purpose of receiving full-time education, was ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, ... the EEA , Switzerland and the overseas territories immediately prior to the period of ordinary residence referred to in paragraph (c).

Category 8B - United Kingdom nationals

8B

• (1) A person—

• (a) who is—

• (i) a United Kingdom national on the first day of the first academic year of the course, or

• (ii) a family member of a person mentioned in sub-paragraph (i),

• (b) who was ordinarily resident immediately before IP completion day—

• (i) in the territory comprising the EEA and Switzerland, or

• (ii) in the United Kingdom, where that ordinary residence began after 31 December 2017 immediately following a period of ordinary residence in the territory comprising the EEA and Switzerland,

and has remained ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, Gibraltar, the EEA and Switzerland throughout the period beginning on IP completion day and ending immediately before the first day of the first academic year of the course,

• (c) who is undertaking a designated course in Wales,

• (d) who has been ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, Gibraltar, the EEA and Switzerland throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course, and

• (e) whose ordinary residence in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, Gibraltar, the EEA and Switzerland has not during any part of the period referred to in paragraph (d) been wholly or mainly for the purpose of receiving full-time education (unless the person is treated as being ordinarily resident in that territory in accordance with paragraph 11(2)).

• (2) Where a person (“P”) falls within sub-paragraph (1)(a)(ii), the person in relation to whom P is a family member must also meet the requirements of sub-paragraph (1)(b) and (d).

Category 8C – Family members of United Kingdom nationals

8C

A person—

• (a) who is a family member of a person who is settled in the United Kingdom on the first day of the first academic year of the course,

• (b) who is undertaking a designated course in Wales,

• (c) who has been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course,

• (d) whose ordinary residence in the United Kingdom and Islands has not during any part of the period referred to in sub-paragraph (c) been wholly or mainly for the purpose of receiving full-time education (unless the person is treated as being ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands in accordance with paragraph 11(2)), and

• (e) who did not move to Wales from the Islands for the purpose of undertaking the designated course, or a course which, disregarding any intervening vacation, the person undertook immediately before undertaking the designated course.

Category 8D - Persons resident in Gibraltar

8D

• (1) A person—

• (a) who is—

• (i) a United Kingdom national who has resident status in Gibraltar granted by the Government of Gibraltar, or

• (ii) a family member of a United Kingdom national where that family member has resident status in Gibraltar granted by the Government of Gibraltar,

• (b) who is undertaking a designated course in Wales,

• (c) who has been ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, Gibraltar, the EEA and Switzerland throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course, and

• (d) subject to sub-paragraph (3), whose ordinary residence in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, Gibraltar, the EEA and Switzerland has not during any part of the period referred to in paragraph (c) been wholly or mainly for the purpose of receiving full-time education.

• (2) A person—

• (a) who is—

• (i) an EU national who has a right of residence in Gibraltar arising under the EU withdrawal agreement, or

• (ii) a family member of an EU national, where that family member has a right of residence in Gibraltar arising under the EU withdrawal agreement,

• (b) who is undertaking a designated course in Wales,

• (c) who has been ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the EEA, Switzerland and the overseas territories throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course, and

• (d) subject to sub-paragraph (3), whose ordinary residence in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, the EEA, Switzerland and the overseas territories has not during any part of the period referred to in paragraph (c) been wholly or mainly for the purpose of receiving full-time education.

• (3) Paragraph (d) of sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) does not apply to a person treated as being ordinarily resident in the territory referred to in paragraph (c) of those sub-paragraphs in accordance with paragraph 11(2).

Category 9 – Children of Swiss nationals — courses beginning before 1 August 2021

Category 9A - Children of Swiss nationals within scope of the Swiss citizens’ rights agreement

9A

A person with protected rights who—

• (a) is the child of a Swiss national who is entitled to support in the United Kingdom by virtue of Article 18(2) of the Swiss citizens’ rights agreement,

• (b) is ordinarily resident in Wales on the first day of the first academic year of the course,

• (c) has been ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, ... the EEA , Switzerland and the overseas territories throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course, and

• (d) in a case where the person’s ordinary residence referred to in sub-paragraph (c) was wholly or mainly for the purpose of receiving full-time education, was ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, ... the EEA Switzerland and the overseas territories immediately prior to the period of ordinary residence referred to in sub-paragraph (c).

Category 10 – Children of Turkish workers — courses beginning before 1 August 2021

Category 10A - Children of Turkish workers

10A

• (1) A person who—

• (a) is the child of a Turkish worker (“T”) where T was ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom immediately before IP completion day,

• (b) immediately before IP completion day—

• (i) was the child of T, and

• (ii) was ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom,

• (c) is ordinarily resident in Wales on the first day of the first academic year of the course, and

• (d) had been ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the United Kingdom, ... the EEA, Switzerland , Turkey and the overseas territories throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course.

• (2) In this paragraph, “Turkish worker” means a Turkish national who—

• (a) is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands, and

• (b) is, or has been, lawfully employed in the United Kingdom.

Ordinary residence – additional provision

Further provision on ordinary residence: care leavers

Interpretation

Enwi a chychwyn

1

• (1) Enw’r Rheoliadau hyn yw Rheoliadau Addysg (Cymorth i Fyfyrwyr) (Graddau Meistr Ôl-raddedig) (Cymru) 2019.

• (2) Daw’r Rheoliadau hyn i rym ar 27 Mai 2019.

Cymhwyso

2

• (1) Mae’r Rheoliadau hyn yn gymwys o ran Cymru.

• (2) Mae’r Rheoliadau hyn yn gymwys i ddarparu cymorth i fyfyrwyr mewn perthynas â chwrs sy’n dechrau ar neu ar ôl 1 Awst 2019 pa un a gaiff unrhyw beth a wneir o dan y Rheoliadau hyn ei wneud cyn, ar neu ar ôl 1 Awst 2019.

• (3) Ond nid yw’r Rheoliadau hyn yn gymwys i ddarparu cymorth i fyfyrwyr mewn perthynas â chwrs o’r fath os yw’r cwrs yn un y mae statws y myfyriwr wedi trosglwyddo mewn perthynas ag ef o dan reoliad 6 o Reoliadau Addysg (Benthyciadau at Radd Feistr Ôl-raddedig) (Cymru) 2017[^f00003] (“Rheoliadau Benthyciadau at Radd Feistr 2017”).

• (4) Am ddarpariaeth ynghylch cymorth a ddarperir i fyfyrwyr mewn perthynas â chwrs—

• (a) y mae paragraff (3) yn gymwys iddo, neu

• (b) sy’n dechrau cyn 1 Awst 2019,

gweler Rheoliadau Benthyciadau at Radd Feistr 2017.

Trosolwg

3

• (1) Mae’r Rhannau sy’n weddill o’r Rheoliadau hyn wedi eu trefnu fel a ganlyn.

• (2) Mae Rhan 3 yn cyflwyno 2 Atodlen—

• (a) Atodlen 1, sy’n cynnwys darpariaethau ynghylch dehongli termau allweddol penodol;

• (b) Atodlen 4, sy’n cynnwys mynegai o’r termau sydd wedi eu diffinio yn y Rheoliadau hyn.

• (3) Mae 2 Bennod i Ran 4, sy’n cynnwys darpariaeth ynghylch y cysyniadau allweddol sy’n penderfynu ar gymhwystra i gael cymorth o dan y Rheoliadau hyn—

• (a) mae Pennod 1 yn gwneud darpariaeth ynghylch penderfynu a yw cwrs yn gwrs dynodedig at ddibenion y Rheoliadau hyn ac felly yn gwrs y caiff myfyriwr fod yn gymwys i gael cymorth mewn cysylltiad ag ef;

• (b) mae Pennod 2 yn gwneud darpariaeth ynghylch sut y caiff myfyriwr sy’n ymgymryd â chwrs dynodedig fod yn gymwys i gael cymorth o dan y Rheoliadau hyn.

• (4) Mae Rhan 5 yn gwneud darpariaeth weinyddol ynghylch—

• (a) ceisiadau am gymorth o dan y Rheoliadau hyn;

• (b) gofynion a osodir ar geiswyr a myfyrwyr cymwys i ddarparu gwybodaeth;

• (c) contractau ar gyfer benthyciadau y gwneir cais amdanynt o dan y Rheoliadau hyn.

• (5) Mae Rhan 6 yn gwneud darpariaeth ynghylch y cymorth grant sydd ar gael i fyfyrwyr cymwys gan gynnwys darpariaeth ynghylch—

• (a) yr amodau cymhwyso y mae rhaid i fyfyriwr eu bodloni er mwyn cymhwyso i gael grant;

• (b) swm y grant sydd ar gael.

• (6) Mae Rhan 7 yn gwneud darpariaeth ynghylch y cymorth benthyciad sydd ar gael i fyfyrwyr cymwys gan gynnwys darpariaeth ynghylch—

• (a) yr amodau cymhwyso y mae rhaid i fyfyriwr eu bodloni er mwyn cymhwyso i gael benthyciad;

• (b) swm y benthyciad sydd ar gael.

• (7) Mae 3 Pennod i Ran 8 ynghylch taliadau, gordaliadau ac adennill gordaliadau, yn benodol—

• (a) mae Pennod 1 yn gwneud darpariaeth sy’n caniatáu i daliadau gael eu gwneud ar sail penderfyniadau dros dro;

• (b) mae Pennod 2 yn gwneud darpariaeth ynghylch talu grantiau a benthyciadau, gan gynnwys darpariaeth ynghylch pryd y caniateir i daliadau gael eu gwneud a’r gofynion sydd i’w bodloni cyn y gwneir taliadau;

• (c) mae Pennod 3 yn gwneud darpariaeth ynghylch gordaliadau, gan gynnwys darpariaeth sy’n pennu’r hyn sy’n ordaliad a sut y caniateir i ordaliad gael ei adennill.

• (8) Mae Rhan 9 yn nodi cyfyngiadau ar dalu benthyciadau, gan gynnwys darpariaeth sy’n—

• (a) cyfyngu ar dalu benthyciad os yw’r myfyriwr yn methu â darparu rhif Yswiriant Gwladol;

• (b) cadw taliad benthyciad yn ôl os yw’r myfyriwr yn methu â darparu gwybodaeth benodol y gofynnir amdani.

• (9) Mae Rhan 10 yn cynnwys diwygiadau i Reoliadau Benthyciadau at Radd Feistr 2017.

Dehongli a’r mynegai

4

• (1) Mae Atodlen 1 yn gwneud darpariaeth ynghylch dehongli termau allweddol penodol at ddibenion y Rheoliadau hyn.

• (2) Mae Atodlen 4, sef yr Atodlen olaf i’r Rheoliadau hyn, yn cynnwys y mynegai o dermau wedi eu diffinio.

Cyrsiau dynodedig

5

Yn y Rheoliadau hyn (ac at ddibenion adran 22 o Ddeddf Addysgu ac Addysg Uwch 1998 (“Deddf 1998”)), mae cwrs yn gwrs dynodedig—

• (a) os yw’n bodloni pob un o’r amodau yn rheoliad 6, a

• (b) os nad yw’n dod o fewn unrhyw un neu ragor o’r eithriadau yn rheoliad 7.

Cyrsiau dynodedig – amodau

6

• (1) Yr amodau yw—

Amod 1 Mae’r cwrs yn un— a sy’n arwain at ddyfarndal sydd wedi ei roi neu sydd i’w roi gan gorff sy’n dod o fewn adran 214(2)(a) neu (b) o Ddeddf Diwygio Addysg 1988[^f00004], a b y mae’r addysgu a’r goruchwylio sy’n ffurfio’r cwrs wedi eu cymeradwyo gan y corff hwnnw.

Amod 2 Mae’r cwrs yn un o’r canlynol— a cwrs llawnamser sy’n para un flwyddyn academaidd neu ddwy flynedd academaidd, neu b cwrs rhan-amser y mae fel arfer yn bosibl ei gwblhau ymhen pedair blynedd academaidd.

Amod 3 Mae’r cwrs wedi ei ddarparu gan— a sefydliad a gyllidir gan Gymru, sefydliad a gyllidir gan yr Alban, sefydliad a gyllidir gan Ogledd Iwerddon neu sefydliad rheoleiddiedig Seisnig (pa un ai ar ei ben ei hun neu ar y cyd â sefydliad sydd o fewn neu y tu allan i’r Deyrnas Unedig), neu b sefydliad Seisnig cofrestredig ar ran darparwr cynllun Seisnig.

Amod 4 Mae o leiaf hanner yr addysgu a’r goruchwylio sy’n ffurfio’r cwrs yn cael ei ddarparu yn y Deyrnas Unedig. 2 At ddibenion Amod 3— a mae cwrs yn cael ei ddarparu gan sefydliad os yw’n darparu’r addysgu a’r goruchwylio sy’n ffurfio’r cwrs, pa un a yw’r sefydliad wedi ymrwymo i gytundeb â’r myfyriwr i ddarparu’r cwrs ai peidio; b bernir bod prifysgol ac unrhyw goleg neu sefydliad cyfansoddol sydd o natur coleg prifysgol yn— i sefydliad a gyllidir gan Gymru, ii sefydliad a gyllidir gan yr Alban, iii sefydliad a gyllidir gan Ogledd Iwerddon, iv sefydliad rheoleiddiedig Seisnig, v sefydliad Seisnig cofrestredig, neu vi darparwr cynllun Seisnig, os yw naill ai’r brifysgol neu’r coleg neu sefydliad cyfansoddol yn sefydliad o’r fath; c ni fernir bod sefydliad yn sefydliad a gyllidir gan Gymru dim ond am ei fod yn cael arian oddi wrth gorff llywodraethu sefydliad addysg uwch fel sefydliad cysylltiedig yn unol ag adran 65(3A) a (3B) o Ddeddf Addysg Bellach ac Uwch 1992[^f00005].

Cyrsiau dynodedig – eithriadau

7

Nid yw cwrs yn gwrs dynodedig os yw’n cael ei gydnabod yn gwrs dynodedig at ddibenion—

• (a) rheoliad 5 neu 83 o Reoliadau Addysg (Cymorth i Fyfyrwyr) (Cymru) 2017[^f00006] (“Rheoliadau Cymorth i Fyfyrwyr 2017”);

• (b) rheoliad 5 neu 8 o Reoliadau Addysg (Cymorth i Fyfyrwyr) (Cymru) 2018[^f00007] (“Rheoliadau Cymorth i Fyfyrwyr 2018”);

• (c) rheoliad 4 o Reoliadau Addysg (Benthyciadau at Radd Ddoethurol Ôl-raddedig) (Cymru) 2018[^f00008] (“Rheoliadau Benthyciadau at Radd Ddoethurol 2018”).

Dynodi cyrsiau eraill

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• (1) Caiff Gweinidogion Cymru bennu bod cwrs i’w drin fel pe bai’n gwrs dynodedig er gwaethaf y ffaith na fyddai fel arall yn gwrs dynodedig, oni bai am y pennu.

• (2) Caiff Gweinidogion Cymru atal dros dro neu ddirymu pennu cwrs a wneir o dan baragraff (1).

Myfyrwyr cymwys

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• (1) Mae person yn fyfyriwr cymwys mewn cysylltiad â chwrs dynodedig y mae’r person yn ymgymryd ag ef—

• (a) os yw’r person yn dod o fewn un o’r categorïau a nodir—

• (i) ym mharagraff 1, 2, 2A, 2B, 2C, 4, 6A, 7A, 8A, 8B, 8BA, 8BB, 8C, 8D, 9A neu 10A o Atodlen 2, neu

• (ii) ym mharagraff 6, 7, 8, 9 neu 10 o Atodlen 2 pan fo paragraff (1A) yn gymwys, a

• (b) nad yw unrhyw un neu ragor o’r eithriadau yn rheoliad 10 yn gymwys i’r person.

• (1A) Mae’r paragraff hwn yn gymwys—

• (a) mewn cysylltiad â chwrs dynodedig sy’n dechrau cyn 1 Awst 2021—

• (i) pan benderfynodd Gweinidogion Cymru, wrth asesu cais am gymorth gan berson (“A”), fod A yn dod o fewn un o’r categorïau a nodir ym mharagraff 6, 7, 8, 9 neu 10 o Atodlen 2 mewn perthynas â blwyddyn academaidd o’r cwrs sy’n dechrau cyn 1 Awst 2021, neu

• (ii) pan fyddai Gweinidogion Cymru wedi penderfynu felly pe bai A wedi gwneud cais am gymorth yn unol â’r Rheoliadau hyn mewn perthynas â blwyddyn academaidd o’r cwrs sy’n dechrau cyn y dyddiad hwnnw, a

• (b) pan fo A yn gwneud cais am gymorth mewn cysylltiad ag—

• (i) y cwrs hwnnw, neu

• (ii) cwrs dynodedig y mae statws A fel myfyriwr cymwys yn cael ei drosglwyddo iddo yn unol â’r Rheoliadau hyn.

• (2) Dim ond mewn cysylltiad ag un cwrs dynodedig y caiff person fod yn fyfyriwr cymwys ar unrhyw un adeg.

Myfyrwyr cymwys – eithriadau

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• (1) Nid yw person (“P”) yn fyfyriwr cymwys os yw unrhyw un neu ragor o’r eithriadau a ganlyn yn gymwys—

Eithriad 1Mae P wedi torri unrhyw rwymedigaeth i ad-dalu unrhyw fenthyciad.

Eithriad 2Mae P wedi cyrraedd 18 oed ac nid yw wedi cadarnhau unrhyw gytundeb ar gyfer benthyciad a wnaed gyda P pan oedd P o dan 18 oed.

Eithriad 3Mae Gweinidogion Cymru yn meddwl bod ymddygiad P o’r fath fel nad yw P yn addas i gael cymorth.

Eithriad 4Mae P yn garcharor, oni bai bod P yn garcharor cymwys.

Eithriad 5Mae P wedi ymrestru ar gwrs sy’n gwrs dynodedig o dan—arheoliad 5, 66 neu 83 o Reoliadau Cymorth i Fyfyrwyr 2017 ac yn cael cymorth o dan y Rheoliadau hynny ar gyfer y cwrs hwnnw;brheoliad 5 o Reoliadau Cymorth i Fyfyrwyr 2018 ac yn cael cymorth o dan y Rheoliadau hynny ar gyfer y cwrs hwnnw;crheoliad 4 o Reoliadau Benthyciadau at Radd Feistr 2017 ac yn cael cymorth o dan y Rheoliadau hynny ar gyfer y cwrs hwnnw;drheoliad 4 o Reoliadau Benthyciadau at Radd Ddoethurol 2018 ac yn cael cymorth o dan y Rheoliadau hynny ar gyfer y cwrs hwnnw.

Eithriad 6Mae P eisoes wedi cael cymhwyster cyfatebol neu uwch.

Eithriad 7Mae P eisoes wedi ymrestru ar gwrs dynodedig ac yn cael cymorth o dan y Rheoliadau hyn ar gyfer y cwrs hwnnw.

Eithriad 8Mae P wedi cael cymorth yn flaenorol mewn cysylltiad â chwrs—ao dan y Rheoliadau hyn,bo dan Reoliadau Benthyciadau at Radd Feistr 2017, neucar ffurf benthyciad a ddarparwyd o gronfeydd a ddarperir gan awdurdod llywodraeth o fewn y Deyrnas Unedig.Ond caiff P fod yn fyfyriwr cymwys er gwaethaf yr eithriad hwn os yw Gweinidogion Cymru o’r farn nad oedd P wedi gallu cwblhau’r cwrs yr oedd y benthyciad blaenorol yn ymwneud ag ef o ganlyniad i resymau personol anorchfygol.

Eithriad 9Mewn cysylltiad â P yn ymgymryd â’r cwrs dynodedig, rhoddwyd i P neu talwyd iddo—abwrsari gofal iechyd;b. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .cunrhyw lwfans, bwrsari neu ddyfarndal o ddisgrifiad tebyg a wneir o dan adran 67(4)(a) o Ddeddf Safonau Gofal 2000[^f00010] , neu o dan adran 46 o Ddeddf Plant a Gwaith Cymdeithasol 2017, ac eithrio i’r graddau y mae P yn gymwys i gael y taliad hwnnw mewn cysylltiad â threuliau teithio;d...e. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Eithriad 9A Mewn cysylltiad â P yn ymgymryd â’r cwrs dynodedig, rhoddwyd i P neu talwyd iddo unrhyw lwfans, bwrsari neu ddyfarndal o ddisgrifiad tebyg a wneir o dan adran 116(2)(a) o Ddeddf Rheoleiddio ac Arolygu Gofal Cymdeithasol (Cymru) 2016 ...

Eithriad 10Mae’r cwrs dynodedig yn gwrs dysgu o bell ac nid yw P yng Nghymru ar ddiwrnod cyntaf blwyddyn academaidd gyntaf y cwrs.Ond nid yw’r eithriad hwn yn gymwys pan—Achos 1abo P neu berthynas agos i P yn aelod o’r lluoedd arfog,bna fo P yng Nghymru ar ddiwrnod cyntaf y flwyddyn academaidd gyntaf, accna fo P yng Nghymru ar y diwrnod hwnnw oherwydd bod P neu’r berthynas agos yn gwasanaethu fel aelod o’r lluoedd arfog y tu allan i Gymru ; neu Achos 2abo diwrnod cyntaf blwyddyn academaidd gyntaf y cwrs ar neu ar ôl 1 Medi 2020; abna fo P yn gallu bod yng Nghymru ar ddiwrnod cyntaf blwyddyn academaidd gyntaf y cwrs am reswm sy’n ymwneud â’r coronafeirws.

Eithriad 11Mae P yn 60 oed neu drosodd ar ddiwrnod cyntaf blwyddyn academaidd gyntaf y cwrs dynodedig.

Eithriad 12Mae’r cwrs dynodedig yn dechrau ar neu ar ôl 1 Ionawr 2028 a’r unig baragraff neu baragraffau o Atodlen 2 y mae P yn dod o’i fewn neu o’u mewn yw un neu ragor o baragraffau 7A, 8B , 8BA neu 8D.

• (2) Yn Eithriadau 1 a 2, ystyr “benthyciad” yw benthyciad a wneir o dan unrhyw ddarpariaeth o’r ddeddfwriaeth ar fenthyciadau i fyfyrwyr.

• (3) Ni chaiff Gweinidogion Cymru ond arfer eu disgresiwn o dan Eithriad 8 unwaith mewn cysylltiad â myfyriwr penodol.

Cyfnod cymhwystra – y rheol gyffredinol

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• (1) Cedwir statws myfyriwr fel myfyriwr cymwys mewn cysylltiad â chwrs dynodedig tan ddiwedd cyfnod cymhwystra’r myfyriwr oni bai bod ei statws wedi ei derfynu yn unol â rheoliad 12 , 12A neu 13.

• (2) Daw cyfnod cymhwystra myfyriwr i ben ar ddiwedd y flwyddyn academaidd y mae’r myfyriwr yn cwblhau’r cwrs dynodedig ynddi.

Terfynu cymhwystra yn gynnar

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• (1) Mae cyfnod cymhwystra myfyriwr cymwys (“P”) yn terfynu ar ddiwedd y diwrnod—

• (a) pan fydd P yn tynnu’n ôl o’i gwrs dynodedig ac nad yw Gweinidogion Cymru yn trosglwyddo statws P fel myfyriwr cymwys o dan reoliad 17, neu

• (b) pan fydd P yn cefnu ar ei gwrs dynodedig neu’n cael ei ddiarddel ohono.

• (2) Pan—

• (a) bo cwrs dynodedig myfyriwr cymwys (“P”) yn gwrs dysgu o bell, a

• (b) bo P yn ymgymryd â’r cwrs y tu allan i’r Deyrnas Unedig,

mae cyfnod cymhwystra P yn terfynu ar ddechrau’r diwrnod cyntaf pan fydd P yn ymgymryd â’r cwrs y tu allan i’r Deyrnas Unedig.

• (3) Nid yw paragraff (2) yn gymwys pan fo P yn ymgymryd â chwrs dysgu o bell y tu allan i’r Deyrnas Unedig oherwydd bod P neu berthynas agos i P yn gwasanaethu fel aelod o’r lluoedd arfog.

12A

Pan—

• (a) bo Gweinidogion Cymru wedi penderfynu bod person (“A”), yn rhinwedd—

• (i) dod o fewn paragraff (1)(a)... (iv) neu (v) o’r diffiniad o “person sydd â hawliau gwarchodedig”, neu

• (ii) bodloni’r amodau ym mharagraff 1(2)(a)... (iv) o Atodlen 2,

yn fyfyriwr cymwys mewn cysylltiad â chais am gymorth ar gyfer cwrs dynodedig, a

• (b) ar y diwrnod cyn y diwrnod perthnasol na fo A yn berson sydd â hawliau gwarchodedig,

bydd statws A fel myfyriwr cymwys yn terfynu yn union cyn y diwrnod perthnasol.

Camymddwyn a methu â darparu gwybodaeth gywir

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• (1) Caiff Gweinidogion Cymru derfynu cyfnod cymhwystra myfyriwr cymwys os ydynt wedi eu bodloni bod ymddygiad y myfyriwr o’r fath fel nad yw’r myfyriwr yn addas mwyach i gael cymorth.

• (2) Mae paragraff (3) yn gymwys os yw Gweinidogion Cymru wedi eu bodloni bod myfyriwr cymwys—

• (a) wedi methu â chydymffurfio â gofyniad i ddarparu gwybodaeth neu ddogfennaeth o dan y Rheoliadau hyn, neu

• (b) wedi darparu gwybodaeth neu ddogfennaeth a oedd yn sylweddol anghywir.

• (3) Pan fo’r paragraff hwn yn gymwys, caiff Gweinidogion Cymru—

• (a) terfynu cyfnod cymhwystra’r myfyriwr;

• (b) penderfynu nad yw’r myfyriwr yn cymhwyso i gael categori penodol o gymorth neu swm y cymorth hwnnw.