{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-wales-regulations-2017/regulation-16",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2017/47",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-wales-regulations-2017",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "New fee grant",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), an 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 body listed in regulation 5(1)(e) or (ea).\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 Northern Ireland; or\n(c) an Erasmus year of a course provided by an institution in England, Scotland 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 paragraphs (7), (8), (9) or (10) applies is the lesser of—\n(a) £4,175; or\n(b) the amount by which the fees payable by the applicant exceed £4,825.\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 paragraph (7) or (8) applies is the lesser of—\n(a) £2,150; or\n(b) the amount by which the fees payable by the applicant exceed £2,350.\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 (9) 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 (10) 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 where—\n(a) the final academic year of the designated course where that year is ordinarily required to be completed after less than 15 weeks’ attendance;\n(b) in respect of an academic year of a sandwich course beginning before 1 September 2012—\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;\n(c) in respect of an academic year of a course beginning before 1 September 2012 provided in conjunction with an overseas institution—\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—\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(9) 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(10) 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, Scotland or Wales which began on or after 1 September 2012.\n(11) For the purpose of this regulation a course is to be treated as being provided by or on behalf of a recognised educational institution where—\n(a) an institution was a recognised educational institution on the first day of the first academic year of a course;\n(b) that institution has ceased to be a recognised educational institution; and\n(c) the Welsh Ministers have designated that course under regulation 5(8).",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 16(1) inserted (8.3.2024) by The Education (Student Finance) (Fee Limit and Loan Amounts) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/144), regs. 1(2), 7"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sum in reg. 16(3)(a) substituted (with application in accordance with reg. 2(1)(a) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Amounts) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/86), regs. 1(2), 4(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sum in reg. 16(3)(b) substituted (with application in accordance with reg. 2(1)(a) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Amounts) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/86), regs. 1(2), 4(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sum in reg. 16(4)(a) substituted (with application in accordance with reg. 2(1)(a) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Amounts) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/86), regs. 1(2), 4(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Sum in reg. 16(4)(b) substituted (with application in accordance with reg. 2(1)(a) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Amounts) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/86), regs. 1(2), 4(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 16 in force at 17.2.2017, see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2017/47/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:27:59.837199+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."
}