Paragraph 12 Further provision on ordinary residence: care leaversI1

England and Wales

(1)

A care leaver is treated as being ordinarily resident in Wales on the first day of the first academic year of the designated course even if, on that day, the care leaver—

(a)

is looked after outside Wales (in a case where regulation 29(c)(i) applies to the student), or

(b)

is residing outside Wales under a special guardianship order (in a case where regulation 29(c)(ii) applies to the student),

under arrangements made by a Welsh local authority.

(2)

In paragraph (1)—

“care leaver” (“person sy'n ymadael â gofal”) has the meaning given in regulation 29;
“looked after” (“derbyn gofal”) has the meaning given in section 74 of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014;
“Welsh local authority” (“awdurdod lleol Cymreig”) means a local authority within the meaning given by section 197(1) of that Act.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 2 para. 12 in force at 27.5.2019, see reg. 1(2)