{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/higher-education-qualifying-courses-qualifying-persons-and-supplementary-provision-wales-regulations-2015/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/higher-education-qualifying-courses-qualifying-persons-and-supplementary-provision-wales-regulations-2015/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2015/1484",
  "legislation_title": "The Higher Education (Qualifying Courses, Qualifying Persons and Supplementary Provision) (Wales) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/higher-education-qualifying-courses-qualifying-persons-and-supplementary-provision-wales-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations—\n“the 1998 Act” (“Deddf 1998”) means the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998;\n“the 2004 Act” (“Deddf 2004”) means the Higher Education Act 2004;\n“the 2015 Act” (“Deddf 2015”) means the Higher Education (Wales) Act 2015;\n“the 2015 Regulations” (“Rheoliadau 2015”) means the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2015;\n“the 2017 Regulations” (“Rheoliadau 2017”) means the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2017;\n“the 2018 Regulations” (“Rheoliadau 2018”) means the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2018;\n“course for the initial training of teachers” (“cwrs ar gyfer hyfforddiant cychwynnol athrawon”) includes such a course leading to a first degree;\n“course of higher education” (“cwrs addysg uwch”) means a course falling within paragraph 1 of Schedule 6 to the Education Reform Act 1988;\n“end-on course” (“cwrs penben”) has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the 2015 Regulations or regulation 2(1) of the 2017 Regulations;\n“equivalent or lower qualification” (“cymhwyster cyfwerth neu is”) means a qualification determined by the Welsh Ministers in accordance with paragraph (2) to be an equivalent or lower qualification;\n“preceding course” (“cwrs blaenorol”) means a course mentioned in paragraph 2 or 3 of Schedule 2 to the 2015 Regulations , a course mentioned in paragraph 2 or 3 of Schedule 2 to the 2017 Regulations or a course for a foundation degree or a course for the initial training of teachers which (disregarding any intervening vacation) a person ceases to attend immediately before beginning to attend an end-on course;\n“publicly-funded” (“yn cael ei gyllido’n gyhoeddus”) means maintained or assisted by recurrent grants out of public funds;\n“qualified teacher” (“athro cymwysedig neu athrawes gymwysedig”) has the meaning given in section 132(1) of the Education Act 2002; and\n“single course” (“cwrs sengl”) means a course to which—\n(a)regulation 5(6) of the 2015 Regulations applies and which falls within the description of a course in that regulation;\n(b)regulation 5(6) of the 2017 Regulations applies and which falls within the description of a course in that regulation; or\n(c)regulation 6(4) of the 2018 Regulations applies and which falls within the description of a course in regulation 6(3) of the 2018 Regulations.\n(2) The Welsh Ministers may determine that a qualification is an equivalent or lower qualification if—\n(a) the person holds a higher education qualification from an institution in the United Kingdom; and\n(b) the qualification referred to in sub-paragraph (a) is of an academic level which is equivalent to or higher than a qualification to which the current course leads.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (26.3.2016) by The Higher Education (Qualifying Courses, Qualifying Persons and Supplementary Provision) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/276), regs. 1(1), 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (30.7.2018) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/814), regs. 1(2), 47(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (30.7.2018) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/814), regs. 1(2), 47(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (30.7.2018) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/814), regs. 1(2), 47(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (30.7.2018) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/814), regs. 1(2), 47(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in force at 31.7.2015, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2004 c. 8."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2015/54 (W. 5)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1988 c. 40."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "2002 c. 32."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2015/1484/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:33:51.472693+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."
}