Explanatory note

These Regulations amend the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2018 (“the 2018 Regulations”).

The 2018 Regulations provide for financial support for eligible students taking designated courses of higher education which begin on or after 1 August 2018.

These Regulations amend the 2018 Regulations to specify particular courses as designated courses in those Regulations, and for the purposes of section 22 of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998, so that students undertaking such courses are eligible for student support under those Regulations.

These Regulations also treat the providers of such courses as “ordinary providers” under regulation 40 of the 2018 Regulations, so that students undertaking such courses qualify for the higher amounts of tuition fee loan available.

The 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 Strategy and Funding Division, Welsh Government, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NQ.