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Regulation 31ZA Amount of contribution to costs loan — courses beginning on or after 1 August 2024F1

(1)

This regulation applies in relation to a designated course beginning on or after 1 August 2024.

(2)

Subject to paragraph (3), F2Table A1 sets out the amount of contribution to costs loan available to an eligible student in respect of a designated course where—

(a)

Column 1 specifies the course in relation to which the amount of contribution to costs loan specified in Column 2 applies, and

(b)

Column 2 specifies the amount of loan available in respect of the corresponding entry in Column 1.

Table A1

Column 1

Course

Column 2

Amount of contribution to costs loan

Beginning on or after 1 August 2024 but before 1 August 2025£18,950
Beginning on or after 1 August 2025 F3but before 1 August 2026£19,255
F4Beginning on or after 1 August 2026 £19,635
(3)

Where an eligible prisoner applies for a contribution to costs loan, the amount of loan must not exceed the lesser of—

(a)

the fees payable in respect of the designated course, and

(b)

F5the amount of contribution to costs loan available to an eligible student under paragraph (2) in respect of the designated course.

(4)

Except where regulation 36A(6) and (7) applies, an eligible student may apply to the Welsh Ministers to amend the amount of contribution to costs loan for which the student has applied, provided that—

(a)

in aggregate, the amounts of contribution to costs loan applied for do not exceed the applicable amounts set out in paragraphs (2) and (3);

(b)

such application is made in accordance with regulation 18(2).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Reg. 31ZA inserted (8.5.2024) by The Education (Student Support) (Postgraduate Master’s Degrees) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/501), regs. 1(2), 9 (with reg. 1(3))

F2

Words in reg. 31ZA(2) substituted (17.3.2025) by The Education (Student Finance) (Amounts) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/193), regs. 1(2), 39(a)

F3

Words in reg. 31ZA(2) Table A1 inserted (12.2.2026 with application in accordance with reg. 2(2)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Amounts) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/11), regs. 1(2), 50(a)

F4

Words in reg. 31ZA(2) Table A1 inserted (12.2.2026 with application in accordance with reg. 2(2)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Amounts) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/11), regs. 1(2), 50(b)

F5

Words in reg. 31ZA(3)(b) substituted (17.3.2025) by The Education (Student Finance) (Amounts) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/193), regs. 1(2), 39(b)