# The Education (Fees and Awards) (Wales) Regulations 2008 W.S.I. 2008/1259 · made 5 May 2008 These Regulations amend the Education (Fees and Awards) (Wales) Regulations 2007 (“the 2007 Regulations”). Made under: Education (Fees and Awards) Act 1983 (Section 1, Section 2) PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/education-fees-and-awards-wales-regulations-2008/pdf/wsi_20081259_mi.pdf ## Introductory text EDUCATION, WALES Made 5 May 2008 Laid before the National Assembly for Wales 6 May 2008 Coming into force 29 May 2008 The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State and now vested in them by sections 1 and 2 of the Education (Fees and Awards) Act 1983, make the following Regulations: ## 1 Title, commencement and application (1) The title of these Regulations is the Education (Fees and Awards) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2008. (2) These Regulations come into force on 29 May 2008 and apply in relation to Wales. ## 2 Interpretation In these Regulations “the 2007 Regulations” (“Rheoliadau 2007”) means the Education (Fees and Awards) (Wales) Regulations 2007. ## 3 Amendment of the 2007 Regulations The 2007 Regulations are amended as follows. ## 4 Amendment of the 2007 Regulations In regulation 2 — (a) in paragraph (4) for “European Economic Area, Switzerland and Turkey”, substitute “European Economic Area, Switzerland, Turkey and the overseas territories”; (b) in paragraph (4)(ch) of the Welsh text, for the words “blentyn ei briod neu ei bartner sifil ;”, substitute the words, “ briod neu bartner sifil ei blentyn ;”; (c) in paragraph (6)(ch) of the Welsh text, for the words “blentyn ei briod neu ei bartner sifil ;”, substitute the words, “ briod neu bartner sifil ei blentyn ;”; (d) after paragraph (7), insert — “(8) For the purposes of these Regulations a person who is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom as a result of having moved from the Islands for the purpose of undertaking a course is to be considered to be ordinarily resident in the Islands.”. ## 5 Amendment of the 2007 Regulations In the Schedule — (a) in paragraph 3(d) for “European Economic Area and Switzerland”, substitute “European Economic Area, Switzerland and the overseas territories”; (b) for paragraph 6, substitute— “6 (1) A person who— (a) is— (i) an EEA migrant worker or an EEA self-employed person; (ii) a Swiss employed person or a Swiss self-employed person; (iii) a family member of a person mentioned in paragraph (i) or (ii); (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; or (vi) a family member of a person mentioned in paragraph (iv) or (v); (b) subject to sub-paragraph (2), is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom on the first day of the first academic year of the course; and (c) has been ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the overseas territories throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course. (2) Paragraph (b) of sub-paragraph (1) does not apply where the person falls within paragraph (a)(iv), (v) or (vi) of that sub-paragraph.”; (c) in paragraph 7 (b) for “European Economic Area and Switzerland” substitute “European Economic Area, Switzerland and the overseas territories”; (d) in paragraph 8 (1)(d) for “European Economic Area and Switzerland”, substitute “European Economic Area, Switzerland and the overseas territories”; (e) in paragraph 9 (1)— (i) in paragraph (a) (i) for “the first academic year”, substitute “an academic year”; (ii) for paragraph (c), substitute— “(c) has been ordinarily resident in the territory comprising the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the overseas territories throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course; and”; (iii) omit paragraph (d); (iv) in paragraph (e) for “paragraphs (c) or (d)”, substitute “paragraph (c )”; (f) in paragraph 10(1)(d) for “European Economic Area and Switzerland”, substitute “European Economic Area, Switzerland and the overseas territories”; (g) in paragraph 11(c) for “European Economic Area and Switzerland”, substitute “European Economic Area, Switzerland and the overseas territories”; (h) in paragraph 12(c) for “European Economic Area, Switzerland and Turkey”, substitute “European Economic Area, Switzerland, Turkey and the overseas territories”. ## Signature Jane E Hutt Minister for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills, one of the Welsh Ministers. 5 May 2008 ## Explanatory note (This note is not part of the Regulations) These Regulations amend the Education (Fees and Awards) (Wales) Regulations 2007 (“the 2007 Regulations”). Regulations 4 and 5 make amendments to regulation 2 of and the Schedule to the 2007 Regulations so as to enable residence in the overseas territories to be treated as qualifying residence in certain cases and to make clear that students who move from the Islands to the United Kingdom for the purposes of undertaking their course will be treated as ordinarily resident in the Islands. Typographical errors in regulation 2(4)(ch) and 2 (6) (ch) of the Welsh text of the 2007 Regulations are dealt with in regulation 4. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2008/1259 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-fees-and-awards-wales-regulations-2008 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.