# The Education (Student Support) (Postgraduate Master's Degrees) (Wales) Regulations 2019, Regulation 3: Overview

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(1) The remaining Parts of these Regulations are arranged as follows.
(2) Part 3 introduces 2 Schedules—
(a) Schedule 1, which contains provisions about the interpretation of certain key terms;
(b) Schedule 4, which contains an index of the terms defined in these Regulations.
(3) Part 4 comprises 2 Chapters containing provision about the key concepts which determine eligibility for support under these Regulations—
(a) Chapter 1 makes provision about determining whether a course is designated for the purposes of these Regulations and is therefore a course in respect of which a student may be eligible for support;
(b) Chapter 2 makes provision about how a student undertaking a designated course may be eligible for support under these Regulations.
(4) Part 5 makes administrative provision about—
(a) applications for support under these Regulations;
(b) requirements imposed on applicants and eligible students to provide information;
(c) contracts for loans applied for under these Regulations.
(5) Part 6 makes provision about the grant support available to eligible students including provision about—
(a) the qualifying conditions that a student must meet in order to qualify for a grant;
(b) the amount of grant available.
(6) Part 7 makes provision about the loan support available to eligible students including provision about—
(a) the qualifying conditions that a student must meet in order to qualify for a loan;
(b) the amount of loan available.
(7) Part 8 comprises 3 Chapters about payments, overpayments and the recovery of overpayments, in particular—
(a) Chapter 1 makes provision permitting payments to be made on the basis of provisional decisions;
(b) Chapter 2 makes provision about the payment of grants and loans, including provision about when payments may be made and the requirements to be met before payments are made;
(c) Chapter 3 makes provision about overpayments, including provision specifying what constitutes an overpayment and how an overpayment may be recovered.
(8) Part 9 sets out restrictions on the payment of loans, including provision—
(a) restricting payment of a loan if the student fails to provide a National Insurance number;
(b) withholding payment of a loan if the student fails to provide certain requested information.
(9) Part 10 contains amendments to the 2017 Master's Degree Loans Regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2019/895/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-postgraduate-masters-degrees-wales-regulations-2019/regulation-3
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