Regulation 5 Amendments to regulation 40

in paragraph (2), at the beginning insert “Subject to paragraph (4),”;

for paragraph (2)(c)(i) substitute—

“(i)

“ordinary provider” means a provider—

(aa)

falling within Condition 4 of regulation 6(1),

(bb)

specified in column 2 of Table 14A in Schedule 1A, in so far as they provide the course described in the corresponding entry in column 3, or

(cc)

treated as such by virtue of a designation made by the Welsh Ministers under regulation 8;”;

in paragraph (2)(c)(ii), at the end insert “, where the institution is not treated as an ordinary provider within the meaning of paragraph (i) under the terms of that designation”;

after paragraph (3) insert—

“(4)

The maximum loan amount to which a protected student is entitled is calculated as if their course were provided by an ordinary provider within the meaning of paragraph (2)(c)(i).

(5)

In paragraph (4), “protected student” means a student undertaking a course that satisfies the requirements set out in Schedule 2A.”