Regulation 25 Amendments to the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2017I1

in paragraph (5), at the beginning, insert “Subject to paragraph (5A),”;

after paragraph (5) insert—

“(5A)

Paragraph (5) does not apply where—

(a)

the student (“S”) or a close relative of S is a member of the armed forces,

(b)

S is not undertaking the course in Wales on the first day of the first academic year, and

(c)

S is not undertaking the course in Wales on that day because S or the close relative is serving as a member of the armed forces outside Wales.”; and

after paragraph (6) insert—

“(7)

But paragraph (6) does not apply where the student is undertaking the course outside the United Kingdom because the student or a close relative of the student is serving as a member of the armed forces.”