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The Education (Postgraduate Doctoral Degree Loans) (Wales) Regulations 2018

W.S.I. 2018/656 · Made 23 May 2018 · Extends to England and Wales

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Education, Wales

Made 23 May 2018

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales 1 June 2018

Coming into force 25 June 2018

The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred upon the Secretary of State by sections 22 and 42(6) of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 M1 and now exercisable by them M2, make the following Regulations:

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M1

1998 c. 30; section 22 was amended by the Learning and Skills Act 2000 (c. 21), section 146 and Schedule 11, the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1), Schedule 6, the Finance Act 2003 (c. 14), section 147, the Higher Education Act 2004 (c. 8), sections 42 and 43 and Schedule 7, the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (c . 22), section 257, the Education Act 2011 (c. 21), section 76, S.I. 2013/1881 and the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (c. 29), section 88. See section 43(1) of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 for the definition of “prescribed” and “regulations”.

M2

The functions of the Secretary of State under section 22 of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 (except so far as they relate to the making of any provision authorised by subsection (2)(a), (c), (j) or (k), (3)(e) or (f) or (5) of section 22) were transferred, in relation to Wales, to the National Assembly for Wales by section 44 of the Higher Education Act 2004. Functions under subsection (2)(a), (c) and (k) became exercisable in relation to Wales by the National Assembly for Wales concurrently with the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State's function in section 42 was transferred, in so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, to the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999, article 2, Schedule 1 (S.I. 1999/672). The functions of the National Assembly for Wales were transferred to the Welsh Ministers by virtue of paragraphs 30(1) and 30(2)(c) of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32).

Contents

  1. Part 1: GENERAL
  2. 1Title, commencement and application
  3. 2Interpretation
  4. Part 2: ELIGIBILITY
  5. 3Eligible students
  6. 4Designated courses
  7. 5Period of eligibility
  8. 6Transfer of status
  9. 7Students becoming eligible during a course
  10. 8Events
  11. Part 3: APPLYING FOR SUPPORT
  12. 9Applications for a postgraduate doctoral degree loan
  13. 10Welsh Ministers' decision on an application
  14. 11Time limits
  15. 12Requirement to enter into a contract for a loan
  16. Part 4: THE LOAN
  17. 13Amount of postgraduate doctoral degree loan
  18. 14Payment of postgraduate doctoral degree loan
  19. 15Provision of United Kingdom national insurance number
  20. 16Absence from or inability to complete course
  21. 17Effect of becoming, or ceasing to be, an eligible prisoner
  22. 18Overpayments of a postgraduate doctoral degree loan
  23. Part 5: INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS
  24. 19Information requirements
  25. Signature
  26. Schedule 1: ELIGIBLE STUDENTS
  27. Part 1: Interpretation
  28. 1Paragraph 1
  29. Part 2: Categories
  30. 2Persons who are settled in the United Kingdom
  31. 2AParagraph 2A
  32. 3Paragraph 3
  33. 4Refugees and their family members
  34. 4AProtected persons and their family members
  35. 4BPersons granted leave to enter or remain as a protected partner and their children
  36. 4CProtected Ukrainian nationals
  37. 5Persons granted stateless leave and their family members Repealed
  38. 6Persons with leave to enter or remain and their family members
  39. 6APersons with section 67 leave to remain Repealed
  40. 7Workers, employed persons, self-employed persons and their family members
  41. 7AParagraph 7A
  42. 8Paragraph 8
  43. 8AParagraph 8A
  44. 9Persons who are settled in the United Kingdom and have exercised a right of residence elsewhere
  45. 9AParagraph 9A
  46. 10EU nationals etc.
  47. 10AParagraph 10A
  48. 10BUnited Kingdom nationals
  49. 10BAUnited Kingdom nationals
  50. 10BBUnited Kingdom nationals
  51. 10CUnited Kingdom nationals
  52. 10DPersons resident in Gibraltar
  53. 11EU nationals ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands
  54. 11AParagraph 11A
  55. 12Children of Swiss nationals
  56. 12AChildren of Swiss nationals
  57. 13Children of Turkish workers
  58. 13AParagraph 13A
  59. Schedule 2: INFORMATION
  60. 1Paragraph 1
  61. 2Paragraph 2
  62. 3Paragraph 3
  63. Explanatory note