# The Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2015 (revoked) W.S.I. 2015/54 · made 27 January 2015 · revised to 3 April 2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-wales-regulations-2015-revoked/pdf/wsi_20150054_mi.pdf ## Introductory text Education, Wales Made 27 January 2015 Laid before the National Assembly for Wales 28 January 2015 Coming into force 19 February 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 1: GENERAL ## 1 Title, commencement and application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Revocation, savings and transitional provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 2: ELIGIBILITY ## 4 Eligible students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Designated courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Period of eligibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Previous study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Transfer of status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 3: APPLYING FOR SUPPORT AND PROVISION OF INFORMATION ## 9 Applications for support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Time limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Requirement to enter into a contract for a loan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 4: GRANTS AND LOANS FOR FEES ### Chapter 1: GENERAL PROVISION ## 13 Fee Support Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Students becoming eligible during the course of an academic year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 2: FEE GRANTS ## 16 Fee grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 New fee grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 3: FEE LOANS ## 18 General qualifying conditions for fee loans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Fee loans in respect of courses beginning before 1 September 2012: new system eligible students not qualifying for a fee grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Fee loans in respect of courses beginning before 1 September 2012: new system eligible students qualifying for a fee grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 New fee loan in respect of courses beginning on or after 1 September 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 New private institution fee loan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Accelerated graduate entry fee loan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 5: GRANTS FOR LIVING COSTS ## 24 General qualifying conditions for grants for living costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Grants for disabled students’ living costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Grants for dependants - general . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Grants for dependants - adult dependants’ grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Grants for dependants - childcare grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Grants for dependants - parents’ learning allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Grants for dependants - calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Grants for dependants - interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Interpretation of regulations 33 to 35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Qualifying conditions for the grant for travel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Amount of the grant for travel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Deductions from the grant for travel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Maintenance grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Maintenance grant – new system eligible students who are not new cohort students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Maintenance grant – new system eligible students who are 2010 cohort students or 2012 cohort students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Maintenance grant – new system eligible students who are 2011 cohort students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Special support grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Special support grant – new system eligible students who are not new cohort students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 42 Special support grant – new system eligible students who are 2010 cohort students or 2012 cohort students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 43 Special support grant – new system eligible students who are 2011 cohort students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 6: LOANS FOR LIVING COSTS ## 44 Qualifying conditions for loans for living costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 46 Maximum amount of loans for new system eligible students with full entitlement who are not new cohort students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 47 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 48 Maximum amount of loans for new system eligible students with full entitlement who are 2010 cohort students, 2012 cohort students or 2012 accelerated graduate entry students undertaking their first year of study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 49 Maximum amount of loans for new system eligible students with full entitlement who are 2011 cohort students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 50 Students with reduced entitlement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 51 Students residing with parents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 52 Loans for living costs payable in respect of three quarters of the academic year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 53 Students falling into more than one category . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 54 Students becoming eligible during the course of an academic year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 55 Increases in maximum amount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 56 Deductions from loans for living costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 57 Interpretation of Part 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 7: GENERAL LOAN PROVISIONS ## 58 Additional amount of loans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 8: COLLEGE FEE LOANS ## 59 College fee loans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 9: FINANCIAL ASSESSMENT ## 60 Calculation of contribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 61 Application of contribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 10: PAYMENTS ## 62 Payment of grants or loans for fees for new system eligible students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 63 Payment of grants for living costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 64 Provision of United Kingdom national insurance number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 65 Information requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 66 Payment of loans for living costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 67 Overpayments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 68 Payments - interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 11: SUPPORT FOR FULL-TIME DISTANCE LEARNING COURSES ## 69 Eligible distance learning students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 70 Students becoming eligible during the course of the academic year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 71 Designated distance learning courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 72 Period of eligibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 73 Support for distance learning courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 74 Amount of support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 75 Interpretation of regulation 74 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 76 Grant for disabled distance learning students’ living costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 77 Applications for support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 78 Declarations provided by academic authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 79 Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 80 Transfer of status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 81 Conversion of status – eligible students transferring to designated distance learning courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 82 Conversion of status – eligible distance learning students transferring to designated courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 83 Payment of grants for fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 84 Payment of grants for books, travel and other expenditure and grants for disabled distance learning students’ living costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 85 Overpayments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 12: SUPPORT FOR PART-TIME COURSES ## 86 Eligible part-time students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 87 Students becoming eligible during the course of the academic year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 88 Designated part-time courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 89 Period of eligibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 90 Support for part-time courses beginning before 1 September 2014 (fee grant and grant for books, travel and other expenditure) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 91 New part-time fee loan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 92 New part-time course grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 93 Grants for disabled part-time students’ living costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 94 Part-time grants for dependants – general . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 96 Part-time adult dependants’ grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 97 Part-time childcare grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 98 Part-time parents’ learning allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 99 Part-time grants for dependants – initial calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 100 Part-time grants for dependants - interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 101 Part-time grants for dependants - calculation of contribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 102 Part-time grants for dependants - application of contribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 103 Part-time grants for dependants – final calculation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 104 Applications for support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 105 Assistance with fees in respect of attendance on part-time courses in England, Northern Ireland or Scotland beginning before 1 September 2014 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 106 Information and other matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 107 Transfer of status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 108 Conversion of status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 109 Payment of support to eligible part-time students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 110 Payment of support to eligible part-time students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 111 Interpretation of regulation 110 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 112 Payment of grants for fees in respect of designated part-time courses beginning before 1 September 2014 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 113 Payment of new part-time fee loan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 114 Overpayments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 13: SUPPORT FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES ## 115 Eligible postgraduate students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 116 Students becoming eligible during the course of the academic year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 117 Designated postgraduate courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 118 Period of eligibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 119 Transfer of status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 120 Applications for support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 121 Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 122 Amount of grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 123 Payment of grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 124 Overpayments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 14: AMENDMENT OF THE 2013 REGULATIONS ## 125 Amendment of the 2013 Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1: Eligible Students ### Part 1: Interpretation ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 2: Categories ## 2 Persons who are settled in the United Kingdom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Refugees and their family members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Persons with leave to enter or remain and their family members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Workers, employed persons, self-employed persons and their family members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Persons who are settled in the United Kingdom and have exercised a right of residence elsewhere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 EU nationals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Children of Swiss nationals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Children of Turkish workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2: DESIGNATED COURSES ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3: INFORMATION ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 4: COLLEGE FEE LOANS ## 1 Availability of college fee loans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Disabled students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Students becoming eligible during the course of an academic year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Amount of the college fee loan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Transfers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Conditions of entitlement to payment of college fee loan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Information requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Overpayment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 5: FINANCIAL ASSESSMENT ## 1 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Independent eligible student . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Household income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Calculation of eligible student’s residual income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Calculation of parent’s residual income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Calculation of eligible student’s partner’s residual income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Calculation of parent’s partner’s residual income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Calculation of contribution – new system eligible students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Split contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 6: FINANCIAL ASSESSMENT – PART-TIME GRANTS FOR DEPENDANTS ## 1 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Household income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Calculation of eligible part-time student’s residual income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Calculation of eligible part-time student’s partner’s residual income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Calculation of contribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Split contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2015/54 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-wales-regulations-2015-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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