# The Education (Postgraduate Master’s Degree Loans) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 W.S.I. 2017/712 · made 27 June 2017 The Education (Postgraduate Master’s Degree Loans) (Wales) Regulations 2017 (“the 2017 Regulations”) provide for the making of loans to students who are ordinarily resident in Wales for postgraduate master’s degree courses which begin on or after 1 August 2017. Made under: Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 (Section 22, Section 42) PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/education-postgraduate-masters-degree-loans-wales-amendment-regulations-2017/pdf/wsi_20170712_mi.pdf ## Introductory text Education, Wales Made 27 June 2017 Laid before the National Assembly for Wales 30 June 2017 Coming into force 28 July 2017 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, and now exercisable by them make the following Regulations: ## 1 Title, commencement and application (1) The title of these Regulations is the Education (Postgraduate Master’s Degree Loans) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2017. (2) These Regulations come into force on 28 July 2017 and apply in relation to Wales. ## 2 Amendments The Education (Postgraduate Master’s Degree Loans) (Wales) Regulations 2017 are amended as follows. ## 3 Amendments In regulation 3 (eligible students) — (a) at the beginning of paragraph (3)(k), insert “subject to paragraph (8),”; (b) for paragraph (8), substitute — “(8) The Welsh Ministers may deem a person described in paragraph (3)(i) or (3)(k) to be an eligible student where the Welsh Ministers are of the view that the person had not been able to complete the course to which the previous loan related due to compelling personal reasons.” ## 4 Amendments In regulation 14(3), after “payment of”, omit “the”. ## 5 Amendments In Schedule 1 (Eligible Students), sub-paragraph 9(1)— (a) after “person”, omit “who”; (b) at the beginning of paragraph (a) insert “who”; (c) in paragraph (a), omit “either”; (d) at the beginning of paragraph (b) insert “who”; (e) at the end of paragraph (b) omit “or”; (f) at the beginning of paragraph (c) insert “who”. ## Signature Kirsty Williams Cabinet Secretary for Education , one of the Welsh Ministers 27 June 2017 ## Explanatory note (This note is not part of the Regulations) The Education (Postgraduate Master’s Degree Loans) (Wales) Regulations 2017 (“the 2017 Regulations”) provide for the making of loans to students who are ordinarily resident in Wales for postgraduate master’s degree courses which begin on or after 1 August 2017. Regulation 3 amends regulation 3 of the 2017 Regulations to enable the Welsh Ministers, in certain circumstances, to deem a person who has received a postgraduate master’s degree loan under the 2017 Regulations or a loan (other than under the 2017 Regulations) in respect of a postgraduate master’s degree course from a government authority in the United Kingdom to be eligible for support under the 2017 Regulations. Regulations 4 and 5 correct typographical or grammatical errors. The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2017/712 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-postgraduate-masters-degree-loans-wales-amendment-regulations-2017 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.