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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend various Regulations which make provision about, and in connection with, student finance.

Regulation 1 makes provision about the coming into force and application of these Regulations.

Regulations 2 to 6 make amendments to the following Regulations—

  1. (a)

    the Education (Fees and Awards) (Wales) Regulations 2007 (“the 2007 Regulations”),

  2. (b)

    the Higher Education (Qualifying Courses, Qualifying Persons and Supplementary Provision) (Wales) Regulations 2015 (“the 2015 Regulations”),

  3. (c)

    the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2018 (“the 2018 Regulations”),

  4. (d)

    the Education (Postgraduate Doctoral Degree Loans) (Wales) Regulations 2018 (“the Doctoral Degree Loan Regulations”), and

  5. (e)

    the Education (Student Support) (Postgraduate Master’s Degrees) (Wales) Regulations 2019 (“the 2019 Regulations”).

These Regulations amend the definition of a “person with leave to enter or remain as a relevant Afghan citizen” in each of those Regulations to include persons who have indefinite leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom granted under the Afghanistan Response Route, so that such persons are eligible for home fee status, the fee limits and student support.

These Regulations further revise that definition in the 2018 Regulations, the Doctoral Degree Loan Regulations and the 2019 Regulations, so that such persons are required to have existing leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom in order to be eligible for student support under those Regulations, in accordance with equivalent requirements for such persons under the 2007 Regulations and the 2015 Regulations. These Regulations also make related minor changes to that definition in the 2007 Regulations and the 2015 Regulations.

The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result, a regulatory impact assessment has been prepared as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations. A copy can be obtained from the Tertiary Education Directorate, Welsh Government, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NQ.