{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-wales-regulations-2013/regulation-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-wales-regulations-2013/regulation-20.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2013/3177",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-wales-regulations-2013",
  "path": "regulation/20",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "New fee grant",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a new system eligible student who is a 2012 cohort student qualifies in accordance with this regulation for a new fee grant in respect of, or otherwise in connection with, the 2012 cohort student’s attendance on a designated course provided by a publicly funded institution.\n(2) A new fee grant is not available in respect of an academic year if that year is—\n(a) a bursary year;\n(b) an Erasmus year of a course provided by an institution in Scotland or Northern Ireland; or\n(c) an Erasmus year of a course provided by an institution in England or Wales where the course began before 1 September 2012.\n(3) The maximum amount of new fee grant available under this regulation to a 2012 cohort student in respect of an academic year of a designated course where none of the circumstances in regulation 17(4) or paragraphs (7), (8) or (9) applies is the lesser of—\n(a) £5,315; or\n(b) the amount by which the fees payable by the applicant exceed £3,685.\n(4) The maximum amount of new fee grant available under this regulation to a 2012 cohort student in respect of an academic year of a designated course where one of the circumstances in regulation 17(4) or paragraph (7) applies is the lesser of—\n(a) £2,665; or\n(b) the amount by which the fees payable by the applicant exceed £1,835.\n(5) The maximum amount of new fee grant available under this regulation to a 2012 cohort student in respect of an academic year of a designated course where paragraph (8) applies is the lesser of—\n(a) £900; or\n(b) the amount by which the fees payable by the applicant exceed £900.\n(6) The maximum amount of new fee grant available under this regulation to a 2012 cohort student in respect of an academic year of a designated course where paragraph (9) applies is the lesser of—\n(a) £675; or\n(b) the amount by which the fees payable by the applicant exceed £675.\n(7) This paragraph applies—\n(a) in respect of an academic year of a sandwich course provided by an institution in Scotland or Northern Ireland which began on or after 1 September 2012 and—\n(i) during which any periods of full-time study are in aggregate less than 10 weeks; or\n(ii) if in respect of that academic year and any previous academic years of the course the aggregate of any one or more periods of attendance which are not periods of full-time study at the institution (disregarding intervening vacations) exceeds 30 weeks; or\n(b) in respect of an academic year of a course provided by an institution in Scotland or Northern Ireland in conjunction with an overseas institution which began on or after 1 September 2012 and—\n(i) during which the periods of full-time study at the institution in the United Kingdom are in aggregate less than 10 weeks; or\n(ii) if in respect of that academic year and any previous academic years of the course the aggregate of any one or more periods of attendance which are not periods of full-time study at the institution in the United Kingdom (disregarding intervening vacations) exceeds 30 weeks.\n(8) This paragraph applies in respect of an academic year of a sandwich course provided by an institution in England or Wales which began on or after 1 September 2012 and—\n(a) during which any periods of full-time study are in aggregate less than 10 weeks; or\n(b) if in respect of that academic year and any previous academic years of the course the aggregate of any one or more periods of attendance which are not periods of full-time study at the institution (disregarding intervening vacations) exceeds 30 weeks.\n(9) This paragraph applies—\n(a) in respect of an academic year of a course provided by an institution in England or Wales in conjunction with an overseas institution which began on or after 1 September 2012 and;\n(i) during which the periods of full-time study at the institution in the United Kingdom are in aggregate less than 10 weeks; or\n(ii) if in respect of that academic year and any previous academic years of the course the aggregate of any one or more periods of attendance which are not periods of full-time study at the institution in the United Kingdom (disregarding intervening vacations) exceeds 30 weeks; or\n(b) in respect of an Erasmus year of a course provided by an institution in England or Wales which began on or after 1 September 2012.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regulations revoked (19.2.2015) by The Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/54), regs. 1(2), 3(1) (with savings in reg. 3(13)(15))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 20 in force at 10.1.2014, see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2013/3177/regulation/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:40:24.622148+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}