# The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2018, Regulation 22: Amendments to the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2017

Extent: E+W

In regulation 2 (interpretation), in paragraph (1)—
(a) in the appropriate places insert—
““close relative” (“perthynas agos”) (in relation to a person (“P”)) means—
(a)P’s spouse or civil partner;
(b)a person ordinarily living with P as if the person were P’s spouse or civil partner;
(c)P’s parent, where P is under the age of 25;
(d)P’s child, where P is dependent on that child;”;
““immigration rules” (“rheolau mewnfudo”) means the rules laid before Parliament by the Secretary of State under section 3(2) of the Immigration Act 1971;”;
““member of the armed forces” (“aelod o’r lluoedd arfog”) means a member of the regular naval, military or air forces of the Crown;”; and
““person granted stateless leave” (“person y rhoddwyd caniatâd iddo aros fel person diwladwriaeth”) means a person who—
(a)has extant leave to remain as a stateless person under the immigration rules; and
(b)has been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands throughout the period since the person was granted such leave;”; and
(b) for paragraphs (a) and (b) of the definition of “person with leave to enter or remain”, substitute—
“(a) who has—
(i) applied for refugee status but has, as a result of that application, been informed in writing by a person acting under the authority of the Secretary of State for the Home Department that, although A is considered not to qualify for recognition as a refugee, it is thought right to allow A to enter or remain in the United Kingdom on the grounds of humanitarian protection or discretionary leave, and who has been granted leave to enter or remain accordingly;
(ii) not applied for refugee status but has been informed in writing by a person acting under the authority of the Secretary of State for the Home Department that it is thought right to allow A to enter or remain in the United Kingdom on the grounds of discretionary leave, and who has been granted leave to enter or remain accordingly;
(iii) been granted leave to remain on the grounds of private life under the immigration rules; or
(iv) been informed in writing by a person acting under the authority of the Secretary of State for the Home Department that, although A is not considered to qualify for leave to remain on the grounds of private life under the immigration rules, A has been granted leave to remain outside the rules on the grounds of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights;”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2018/814/regulation/22 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-finance-miscellaneous-amendments-wales-regulations-2018/regulation-22
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