# The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2026, Regulation 34


In regulation 39 (qualifying conditions for tuition fee loan), Exception 4; regulation 44 (qualifying conditions for base grant and maintenance grant), Exception 5; regulation 54 (qualifying conditions for a maintenance loan), Exception 4; regulation 62 (qualifying conditions for disabled student’s grant), Exception 5 and regulation 69 (qualifying conditions for grants for dependants), Exception 8, for the words from “But” to the end of the Exception, substitute—
“But this exception does not apply where S is not in Wales on the first day of the first academic year of the course because S, or a close relative of S, is serving as a member of the armed forces outside Wales.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2026/3/regulation/34 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-finance-miscellaneous-amendments-wales-regulations-2026/regulation-34
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