Explanatory note

These Regulations amend the Assembly Learning Grants (European Institutions) (Wales) Regulations 2008 (“the Principal Regulations”).

The Principal Regulations provide for support for eligible students taking designated higher education courses at the Bologna Center, the College of Europe or the European University Institute.

The Principal Regulations provide that a grant for fees is available for one eligible student at the Bologna Center. A grant for fees, grants for living and other costs, a disabled students' allowance and a grant for dependants are available for up to two eligible students at the College of Europe. Grants for living and other costs, a disabled students' allowance and a grant for dependants are available for one eligible student at the European University Institute.

The Principal Regulations were amended by the Assembly Learning Grants (European Institutions) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2008 in order that they apply in respect of an academic year beginning on or after 1 September 2009. These Regulations amend the amounts of certain support payable to students for an academic year beginning on or after 1 September 2009.

Regulation 4 amends the maximum amount of grant for fees payable to a Bologna Center student.

Regulation 5 amends the maximum amount of grant for fees payable to a College of Europe student.

Regulations 6 and 7 amend the figures used in calculating grant for living costs and grant for travel payable to a College of Europe student.

Regulations 8 and 9 correct a typographical error in the Welsh text of the Assembly Learning Grants (European Institutions) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2008.