# The Assembly Learning Grants and Loans (Higher Education) (Wales) Regulations 2009 (revoked) W.S.I. 2009/2737 · made 12 October 2009 · revised to 17 February 2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/assembly-learning-grants-and-loans-higher-education-wales-regulations-2009-revoked/pdf/wsi_20092737_mi.pdf ## Introductory text EDUCATION, WALES Made 12 October 2009 Laid before the National Assembly for Wales 14 October 2009 Coming into force 5 November 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 1: GENERAL ## 1 Title, commencement and application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Revocation, savings and transitional provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 2: ELIGIBILITY ## 4 Eligible students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Designated courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Period of eligibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Previous study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Transfer of status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 3: APPLYING FOR SUPPORT AND PROVISION OF INFORMATION ## 9 Applications for support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Time limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Requirement to enter into a contract for a loan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 4: GRANTS AND LOANS FOR FEES ### Chapter 1: GENERAL PROVISION ## 13 Fee Support Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Students becoming eligible during the course of an academic year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 2: GRANTS FOR FEES ## 16 Grants for fees: qualifying conditions for old system eligible students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Amount of grants for fees at a publicly funded institution and at a private institution on behalf of a publicly funded institution: old system eligible students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Amount of the grant for fees at a private institution: old system eligible students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 New fee grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 3: LOANS FOR FEES ## 20 General qualifying conditions for loans for fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Fee contribution loans (for old system eligible students) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Fee loans: new system eligible students not qualifying for new fee grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Fee loans: Students qualifying for new fee grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 5: GRANTS FOR LIVING COSTS ## 24 General qualifying conditions for grants for living costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Grants for disabled students' living costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Grants for dependants — general . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Grants for dependants — adult dependants' grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Grants for dependants — childcare grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Grants for dependants — parents' learning allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Grants for dependants — calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Grants for dependants — interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Qualifying conditions for the grant for travel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Amount of the grant for travel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Deductions from the grant for travel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Higher education grants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Maintenance grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Maintenance grant — new system eligible students who are not 2010 cohort students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Maintenance grant — new system eligible students who are 2010 cohort students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Special support grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Special support grant — new system eligible students who are not 2010 cohort students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 42 Special support grant — new system eligible students who are 2010 cohort students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 6: LOANS FOR LIVING COSTS ## 43 Qualifying conditions for loans for living costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 44 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45 Maximum amount of loans for old system eligible students with full entitlement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 46 Maximum amount of loans for new system eligible students with full entitlement who are not 2010 cohort students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 47 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 48 Maximum amount of loans for new system eligible students with full entitlement who are 2010 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 7: GENERAL LOAN PROVISIONS ## 57 Additional amount of loans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 8: COLLEGE FEE LOANS ## 58 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 9: FINANCIAL ASSESSMENT ## 59 Calculation of contribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 60 Application of contribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 10: PAYMENTS ## 61 Payment of grants or loans for fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 11: SUPPORT FOR FULL-TIME DISTANCE LEARNING COURSES ## 68 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 73 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 12: SUPPORT FOR PART-TIME COURSES ## 85 Eligible part-time students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 86 Designated part-time courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 87 Period of eligibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 88 Support for part-time courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 89 Grants for disabled part-time students' living costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 90 Part-time grants for dependants — general . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 91 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 92 Part-time adult dependants' grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 93 Part-time childcare grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 94 Part-time parents' learning allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 95 Part-time grants for dependants — initial calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 96 Part-time grants for dependants — interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 97 Part-time grants for dependants — calculation of contribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 98 Part-time grants for dependants — application of contribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 99 Part-time grants for dependants — final calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 100 Applications for support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 101 Assistance with fees in respect of attendance on a course in England, Northern Ireland or Scotland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 102 Information and other matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 103 Transfer of status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 104 Conversion of status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 105 Payment of support to eligible part-time students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 106 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 107 Payment of grants for fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 108 Overpayments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 13: SUPPORT FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES ## 109 Eligible postgraduate students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 110 Designated postgraduate courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 111 Period of eligibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 112 Transfer of status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 113 Applications for support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 114 Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 115 Amount of grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 116 Payment of grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 117 Overpayments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 14: AMENDMENT OF THE 2008 (No. 2) REGULATIONS ## 118 Amendment of the 2008 (No. 2) Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1: Eligible Students ## 1 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 2: Categories ## 2 Persons who are settled in the United Kingdom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Refugees and their family members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Persons with leave to enter or remain and their family members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Workers, employed persons, self-employed persons and their family members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Persons who are settled in the United Kingdom and have exercised a right of residence elsewhere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 EU nationals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Children of Swiss nationals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Children of Turkish workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2: DESIGNATED COURSES ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3: INFORMATION ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 4: COLLEGE FEE LOANS ## 1 Availability of college fee loans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Disabled students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Students becoming eligible during the course of an academic year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Amount of the college fee loan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Transfers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Conditions of entitlement to payment of college fee loan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Information requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Overpayment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 5: FINANCIAL ASSESSMENT ## 1 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Independent eligible student . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Household income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Calculation of eligible student’s residual income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Calculation of parent’s residual income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Calculation of eligible student’s partner’s residual income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Calculation of parent’s partner’s residual income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Calculation of contribution — old system eligible students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Calculation of contribution — new system eligible students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Split contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 6: FINANCIAL ASSESSMENT — PART-TIME GRANTS FOR DEPENDANTS ## 1 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Household income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Calculation of eligible part-time student’s residual income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Calculation of eligible part-time student’s partner’s residual income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Calculation of contribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Split contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2009/2737 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/assembly-learning-grants-and-loans-higher-education-wales-regulations-2009-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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