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The Education (Postgraduate Master's Degree Loans) (Wales) Regulations 2017

W.S.I. 2017/523 · Made 4 April 2017 · Extends to Wales

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Education, Wales

Made 4 April 2017

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales 6 April 2017

Coming into force 28 April 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 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 and S.I. 2013/1881. 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 to the National Assembly for Wales by section 44 of the Higher Education Act 2004 and the Higher Education Act 2004 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provision) (Wales) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1833 (W. 149) (C. 79)) as amended by the Higher Education Act 2004 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provision) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1660 (W. 159) (C. 56)). 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 master's degree loan
  13. 10Time limits
  14. 11Requirement to enter into a contract for a loan
  15. Part 4: THE LOAN
  16. 12Amount of postgraduate master's degree loan
  17. 13Payment of postgraduate master's degree loan
  18. 14Provision of United Kingdom national insurance number
  19. 15Absence from course
  20. 16Effect of becoming, or ceasing to be, an eligible prisoner
  21. 17Overpayments of a postgraduate master's degree loan
  22. 18Repayment
  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. 4ZAProtected persons and their family members
  35. 4ZBPersons granted leave to remain as a protected partner and their children
  36. 4APersons granted stateless leave and their family members Repealed
  37. 5Persons with leave to enter or remain and their family members
  38. 5APersons with section 67 leave to remain Repealed
  39. 6Workers, employed persons, self-employed persons and their family members
  40. 6AParagraph 6A
  41. 7Paragraph 7
  42. 7AParagraph 7A
  43. 8Persons who are settled in the United Kingdom and have exercised a right of residence elsewhere
  44. 8AParagraph 8A
  45. 9EU nationals etc.
  46. 9AParagraph 9A
  47. 9BUnited Kingdom nationals
  48. 9BAIrish citizens in the EEA and Switzerland
  49. 9CParagraph 9C
  50. 9DPersons resident in Gibraltar
  51. 10EU nationals ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands
  52. 10AParagraph 10A
  53. 11Children of Swiss nationals
  54. 11AParagraph 11A
  55. 12Children of Turkish workers
  56. 12AParagraph 12A
  57. Schedule 2: INFORMATION
  58. 1Paragraph 1
  59. 2Paragraph 2
  60. 3Paragraph 3
  61. Explanatory note