Regulation 2 Amendments to the Housing Renewal Grants Regulations 1996

(1)

The Housing Renewal Grants Regulations 1996^f1 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (5).

(2)

In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “self-employment route”, in paragraph (b)(ii)^f2, for “National Assembly for Wales” substitute “the Welsh Ministers or the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research”.

(3)

In regulation 41 (interpretation)—

(a)

in the definition of “access funds”^f3—

(i)

for paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a)

grants made under section 85 of the Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022 for the purposes of providing funds on a discretionary basis to be paid to students;”;

(ii)

for paragraph (d) substitute—

“(d)

discretionary payments made from funds known as “Financial Contingency Funds” paid to students by the Welsh Ministers under section 14 of the Education Act 2002;”;

(b)

in the definition of “full-time course of study”^f4—

(i)

in paragraph (a), for “or by the National Assembly for Wales” substitute “, by the Welsh Ministers or by the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research,”;

(ii)

in paragraph (b), for “or by the National Assembly for Wales” substitute “, by the Welsh Ministers or by the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research”;

(iii)

in paragraph (b)(ii)—

(aa)

for “National Assembly for Wales” substitute “Welsh Ministers or by the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research”;

(bb)

for “that Council” substitute “the Welsh Ministers or the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research”.

(4)

In regulation 43 (determination of grant income), omit paragraph (3A)^f5.

(5)

In regulation 46 (treatment of student loans)—

(a)

in paragraph (1)^f6, omit “unless it is a hardship loan, in which case it shall be disregarded”;

(b)

omit paragraph (1A)^f7;

(c)

in paragraph (2)(aa)^f8, for “regulation 2 of the Education (Student Support) Regulations 2002” substitute “Schedule 7 to the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2018”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1996/2890; relevant amendments are S.I. 2001/2073 (W. 145), S.I. 2002/2798 (W. 266), S.I. 2004/253 (W. 28), S.I. 2005/3238 (W. 243), S.I. 2010/297 (W. 39). There are other amending instruments but none are relevant.
f2: The definition of “self-employment route” in regulation 2(1) was inserted by S.I. 2001/2073 (W. 145), regulation 3(c). There are other amendments but none are relevant.
f3: The definition of “access funds” in regulation 41 was inserted by S.I. 2001/2073 (W. 145), regulation 12(a). Relevant amendments are S.I. 2002/2798 (W. 266), S.I. 2005/3238 (W. 243) and S.I. 2010/297 (W. 39). There are other amendments not relevant to these Regulations.
f4: Relevant amendments are S.I. 2002/2798 (W. 266) and S.I. 2005/3238 (W. 243).
f5: Paragraph (3A) was inserted by S.I. 2002/2798 (W. 266), regulation 13(c), and amended by S.I. 2004/253 (W. 28).
f6: Paragraph (1) was substituted by S.I. 2001/2073 (W. 145), regulation 15(a).
f7: Paragraph (1A) was inserted by S.I. 2001/2073 (W. 145), regulation 15(a).
f8: Paragraph (2)(aa) was inserted by S.I. 2002/2798 (W. 266), regulation 14(a).