# The Education (Student Support) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2026, Regulation 5: Amendments to regulation 40


In regulation 40 (amount of tuition fee loan)—
(a) in paragraph (2), at the beginning insert “Subject to paragraph (4),”;
(b) 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;”;
(c) 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”;
(d) 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.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2026/108/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-wales-amendment-regulations-2026/regulation-5
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