{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-wales-regulations-2018/schedule-2/paragraph-2ZA",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2018/191",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-wales-regulations-2018",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/2ZA",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2ZA",
  "heading": "Category 2ZA - Protected persons and their family members",
  "text": "(1) A person—\n(a) granted leave to enter or remain as a protected person,\n(b) who is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands and has not ceased to be so resident since being granted such leave, and\n(c) who is ordinarily resident in Wales on the first day of the first academic year of the course.\n(2) A person who—\n(a) is a protected spouse or civil partner,\n(b) on the leave application date, was the spouse or civil partner of a person granted leave to enter or remain as a protected person (by virtue of humanitarian protection under paragraph 339C of the immigration rules or as a stateless person under the immigration rules),\n(c) is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands and has not ceased to be so resident since being granted leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom, and\n(d) is ordinarily resident in Wales on the first day of the first academic year of the course.\n(3) A person who—\n(a) is a protected child,\n(b) on the leave application date was—\n(i) under 18 years old, and\n(ii) was the child of a person granted leave to enter or remain as a protected person, or, as the case may be, the child of a person who was the spouse or civil partner of the person granted leave to enter or remain as a protected person on that date (by virtue of humanitarian protection under paragraph 339C of the immigration rules, stateless leave under the immigration rules or section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 and the immigration rules, as the case may be),\n(c) is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands and has not ceased to be so since being granted leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom, and\n(d) is ordinarily resident in Wales on the first day of the first academic year of the course.\n(4) In this paragraph—\n(a) “leave application date” means the date on which a person (“P”) made an application for leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom that results in P becoming a person granted leave to enter or remain as a protected person,\n(b) “leave to enter or remain as a protected person” means—\n(i) a person granted humanitarian protection,\n(ii) a person granted stateless leave,\n(iii) a person with section 67 leave to remain, ...\n(iv) a person with Calais leave, or\n(v) a person with leave to enter or remain as a relevant Afghan citizen,\n(c) “person granted humanitarian protection” means a person with extant leave to enter or remain on the grounds of humanitarian protection under paragraph 339C of the immigration rules,\n(d) “person granted stateless leave” means a person with extant leave to remain on the grounds of stateless leave under the immigration rules,\n(e) “person with Calais leave” means a person with extant leave to remain under paragraphs 352J, 352K, 352L or 352T of the immigration rules (Calais leave and “leave in line” granted by virtue of being a dependent child of a person granted Calais leave),\n(ea) “person with leave to enter or remain as a relevant Afghan citizen” means a person who has—\n(i) indefinite leave to enter the United Kingdom granted under paragraph 276BA2 of the immigration rules or indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom granted under paragraph 276BS2 of the immigration rules,\n(ia) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(ib) indefinite leave to enter the United Kingdom granted under paragraph ARAP 6.1 of Appendix Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy of the immigration rules or indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom granted under paragraph ARAP 6.2 of that Appendix of the immigration rules,\n(ii) leave to enter or indefinite leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom granted outside the immigration rules on the basis of the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy Scheme, ...\n(iii) indefinite leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom granted outside the immigration rules on the basis of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme, ...\n(iv) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .; or\n(v) indefinite leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom granted outside the immigration rules on the basis of the Afghanistan Response Route,\n(f) “person with section 67 leave to remain” means a person with extant leave to remain under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 and in accordance with the immigration rules,\n(g) “protected child” means—\n(i) a child of—\n(aa) a person granted humanitarian protection,\n(ab) a person granted stateless leave, ...\n(ac) a person with section 67 leave to remain, or\n(ad) a person with leave to enter or remain as a relevant Afghan citizen,\n(ii) a child of the spouse or civil partner of—\n(aa) a person granted humanitarian protection, ...\n(ab) a person granted stateless leave, or\n(ac) a person with leave to enter or remain as a relevant Afghan citizen,\n(h) “protected spouse or civil partner” means a spouse or civil partner of—\n(i) a person granted humanitarian protection, ...\n(ii) a person granted stateless leave or\n(iii) a person with leave to enter or remain as a relevant Afghan citizen.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 2ZA substituted (with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/481), regs. 1(2), 130"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 2 para. 2ZA(4)(b)(iii) omitted (with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/79), regs. 1(2), 38(a)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 2 para. 2ZA(4)(b) inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/79), regs. 1(2), 38(a)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 2ZA(4)(b)(v) inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/79), regs. 1(2), 38(a)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 2ZA(4)(ea) inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/79), regs. 1(2), 38(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 2ZA(4)(ea) substituted (4.3.2026 with application in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/19), regs. 1(2), 4(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 2ZA(4)(ea)(i) substituted (6.7.2023) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/633), regs. 1(2), 14(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 2 para. 2ZA(4)(ea)(i) inserted (4.3.2026 with application in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/19), regs. 1(2), 4(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 2ZA(4)(ea)(ia) omitted (4.1.2024) by virtue of The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1349), regs. 1(2), 36(a)(i) (with regs. 2, 80(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 2ZA(4)(ea)(ia)(ib) inserted (6.7.2023) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/633), regs. 1(2), 14(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 2 para. 2ZA(4)(ea), (ib) inserted (4.3.2026 with application in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/19), regs. 1(2), 4(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 2 para. 2ZA(4)(ea)(ii) inserted (4.3.2026 with application in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/19), regs. 1(2), 4(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F13",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 2 para. 2ZA(4)(ea) omitted (4.3.2026 with application in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/19), regs. 1(2), 4(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F14",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 2 para. 2ZA(4)(ea)(iii) inserted (4.3.2026 with application in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/19), regs. 1(2), 4(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F15",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 2ZA(4)(ea)(iv) and word omitted (4.1.2024) by virtue of The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1349), regs. 1(2), 36(a)(iii) (with regs. 2, 80(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F16",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 2ZA(4)(ea)(v) and word inserted (4.3.2026 with application in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) (Wales) Regulations 2026 (W.S.I. 2026/19), regs. 1(2), 4(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F17",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 2 para. 2ZA(4)(g)(i)(ab) omitted (4.1.2024) by virtue of The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1349), regs. 1(2), 36(b)(i) (with regs. 2, 80(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F18",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 2ZA(4)(g)(i)(ad) inserted (4.1.2024) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1349), regs. 1(2), 36(b)(ii) (with regs. 2, 80(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F19",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 2 para. 2ZA(4)(g)(ii)(aa) omitted (4.1.2024) by virtue of The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1349), regs. 1(2), 36(c)(i) (with regs. 2, 80(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F20",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 2ZA(4)(g)(ii)(ac) and word inserted (4.1.2024) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1349), regs. 1(2), 36(c)(ii) (with regs. 2, 80(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F21",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 2 para. 2ZA(4)(h)(i) omitted (4.1.2024) by virtue of The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1349), regs. 1(2), 36(d)(i) (with regs. 2, 80(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F22",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 2 para. 2ZA(4)(h)(ii) subsituted (4.1.2024) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1349), regs. 1(2), 36(d)(ii) (with regs. 2, 80(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F23",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 2ZA(4)(h)(iii) inserted (4.1.2024) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1349), regs. 1(2), 36(d)(iii) (with regs. 2, 80(2))"
    }
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2018/191/schedule/2/paragraph/2ZA",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:24:02.114980+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."
}