# The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2021 W.S.I. 2021/813 · made 7 July 2021 These Regulations amend the Education (Fees and Awards) (Wales) Regulations 2007 (“the 2007 Regulations”), the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2017 (“the 2017 Regulations”), the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2018 (“the 2018 Regulations”) and the Education (Student Support) (Postgraduate Master’s Degrees) (Wales) Regulations 2019 (“the 2019 Regulations”). Made under: Education (Fees and Awards) Act 1983 (Section 1, Section 2); Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 (Section 22, Section 42) PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-finance-miscellaneous-amendments-wales-regulations-2021/pdf/wsi_20210813_mi.pdf ## Introductory text Education, Wales Made 7 July 2021 Laid before Senedd Cymru 9 July 2021 Coming into force 1 August 2021 The Welsh Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred upon the Secretary of State by sections 1 and 2 of the Education (Fees and Awards) Act 1983 and sections 22(2)(a) and (c) and 42(6) of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 and now exercisable by them: ## 1 Title and commencement (1) The title of these Regulations is the Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2021. (2) These Regulations come into force on 1 August 2021. ## 2 Amendment to the Education (Fees and Awards) (Wales) Regulations 2007 In the Welsh text of regulation 2 (interpretation) of the Education (Fees and Awards) (Wales) Regulations 2007, before “mae “addysg”” insert paragraph number “(1)”. ## 3 Amendments to the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2017 The Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2017 are amended as follows. ## 4 Amendments to the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2017 In regulation 46 (students residing with parents)— (a) in paragraph (1) for “(“A” in this paragraph)” substitute “(“A” in this regulation)”; (b) at the end insert— “(3) Subject to paragraph (4), where A resides at A’s parents’ home for a reason only relating to coronavirus, A is treated as if A were not residing at A’s parents’ home. (4) Paragraph (3) does not apply where A requests that the Welsh Ministers treat them as residing at their parents’ home.” ## 5 Amendments to the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2017 In regulation 52 (interpretation of Part 6), after paragraph (f) insert— “(fa) “coronavirus” (“coronafeirws”) means severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2);” ## 6 Amendments to the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2017 In regulations 49(2)(h) and 111(2)(e) for “the person becomes a person” substitute “the student becomes a person”. ## 7 Amendments to the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2017 In Schedule 1— (a) in the Welsh text of paragraph 1(5)(b) for the full stop substitute “; ac”; (b) in the English text of paragraph 11A(a) for “agreements” substitute “agreement”. ## 8 Amendments to the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2018 The Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2018 are amended as follows. ## 9 Amendments to the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2018 In regulation 86 (students living in more than one location), at the end insert— “(4) Subject to paragraph (5), where an eligible student is living at home for a reason only relating to coronavirus, the eligible student is treated as living in the category of location that the Welsh Ministers consider the eligible student would have been living had it not been for that reason. (5) Paragraph (4) does not apply where an eligible student has requested that they are treated as living at home.” ## 10 Amendments to the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2018 For “the person becomes a person” substitute “the student becomes a person” where it occurs in— (a) regulation 80(2)(b)(v); (b) regulation 81(3)(b)(iv); (c) Schedule 4, paragraph 14(3)(b)(iv); and (d) Schedule 5, paragraph 4(2)(e). ## 11 Amendment to the Education (Student Support) (Postgraduate Master’s Degrees) (Wales) Regulations 2019 In the Welsh text of Schedule 2 to the Education (Student Support) (Postgraduate Master’s Degrees) (Wales) Regulations 2019, in paragraph 7A(1)(d) for “fer” substitute “fel”. ## Signature Jeremy Miles Minister for Education and Welsh Language, one of the Welsh Ministers 7 July 2021 ## Explanatory note (This note is not part of the Regulations) These Regulations amend the Education (Fees and Awards) (Wales) Regulations 2007 (“the 2007 Regulations”), the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2017 (“the 2017 Regulations”), the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2018 (“the 2018 Regulations”) and the Education (Student Support) (Postgraduate Master’s Degrees) (Wales) Regulations 2019 (“the 2019 Regulations”). These Regulations amend provisions in the 2017 Regulations and the 2018 Regulations relating to the amount of maintenance support payable to an eligible student by reference to the place where they live during the quarters in which that support is payable. The amendments provide that an eligible student who lives with their parents for a reason only relating to coronavirus is treated as living in the location they would have been living had it not been for that reason, unless the student requests otherwise. These Regulations also correct typographical errors in the 2007 Regulations, the 2017 Regulations, the 2018 Regulations and the 2019 Regulations. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2021/813 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-finance-miscellaneous-amendments-wales-regulations-2021 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.