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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-finance-miscellaneous-amendments-wales-regulations-2022/note",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2022/79",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-finance-miscellaneous-amendments-wales-regulations-2022",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend—\n(a) the Education (Fees and Awards) (Wales) Regulations 2007 (“the 2007 Regulations”) (see Part 2 of the Regulations),\n(b) the Education (European University Institute) (Wales) Regulations 2014 (“the 2014 Regulations”) (see Part 3 of the Regulations),\n(c) the Higher Education (Qualifying Courses, Qualifying Persons and Supplementary Provision) (Wales) Regulations 2015 (“the 2015 Regulations”) (see Part 4 of the Regulations),\n(d) the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2017 (“the 2017 Regulations”) (see Part 5 of the Regulations), and\n(e) the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2018 (“the 2018 Regulations”) (see Part 6 of the Regulations).\nChapter 2 of Parts 2 and 4 of the Regulations amend the 2007 Regulations and the 2015 Regulations. Those amendments provide for Afghan citizens granted leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy Scheme or the Afghan Citizens’ Resettlement Scheme to be treated as home students for the purpose of fees charged by higher education institutions and for allied purposes. Those persons will also be qualifying students for the purpose of the fee cap provisions of the Higher Education (Wales) Act 2015.\nChapter 2 of Parts 3 and 6 of the Regulations amend the 2014 Regulations and the 2018 Regulations. The amendments provide for Afghan citizens who are granted leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom under Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy Scheme or Afghan Citizens’ Resettlement Scheme to be eligible for student support provided they satisfy all other criteria.\nChapter 3 of Parts 2 and 4 of the Regulations amend the 2007 Regulations and the 2015 Regulations. Those amendments include residents of the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man in the Schedule of the 2007 Regulations and the 2015 Regulations. Residents of the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man will be treated as home students for the purpose of fees charged by higher education institutions and for allied purposes and as qualifying students for the purpose of the fee cap under the Higher Education (Wales) Act 2015.\nChapter 2 of Part 5 and Chapter 3 of Part 6 of the Regulations make various changes to the 2017 Regulations and the 2018 Regulations relating to the amount of grants and loans that an eligible student may receive for an academic year beginning on or after 1 August 2022.\nChapter 3 of Part 5 and Chapter 4 of Part 6 of the Regulations amends the definition of ERASMUS year in the 2017 Regulations and the 2018 Regulations to include the International Learning Exchange Programme established by the Welsh Ministers.\nChapter 4 of Part 5 and Chapter 5 of Part 6 of the Regulations make amendments to the 2017 Regulations and the 2018 Regulations relating to eligibility arising from the EU Settlement Scheme. The amendments remove reference to the “grace period” as a result of that period now having elapsed.\nChapter 6 of Part 6 of the Regulations amends Schedule 4 to the 2018 Regulations (disabled postgraduate student’s grant) in relation to courses that begin on or after 1 August 2022. Students who are awarded a grant or allowance under section 116(2)(a) of the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 will be eligible for a disabled student’s grant.\nThe 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 Higher Education Division, Welsh Government, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NQ.",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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