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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS


2006 No. 1863 (W.196)

EDUCATION, WALES

The Assembly Learning Grants and Loans (Higher Education) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2006

  Made 12 July 2006 
  Coming into force 14 July 2006 

The National Assembly for Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred upon it by sections 22, 42(6) and 43(1) of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998[1], makes the following Regulations:

Title, commencement and application
     1. —(1) The title of these Regulations is the Assembly Learning Grants and Loans (Higher Education) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2006.

    (2) These Regulations come into force on 14 July 2006 and apply in relation to Wales.

Interpretation
    
2. In these Regulations—

Amendment of Principal Regulations
     3. The Principal Regulations are amended as follows.

    
4. In regulation 2(1)—

     5. In regulation 2, omit paragraphs (2) to (5).

    
6. Insert after paragraph (4) of regulation 3, the following paragraph—

     7. In regulation 4(2)(a), before the words "Schedule 1" insert the words "Part 2 of".

    
8. In regulation 6(4), after the words "Despite paragraph (1)" insert the words "and subject to paragraph 6(4B).".

    
9. After regulation 6(4) insert—

     10. After regulation 6(4A) (as inserted by regulation 9 above), insert—

     11. In regulation 6(9) insert—

     12. In regulation 7(1), for "paragraph (3)" substitute "paragraphs (3) and (3A)" and omit the words "or a grant for living costs".

    
13. In regulation 7(2) for the words "paragraphs (3) and (4)" substitute the words "paragraphs (3A) and (4)".

    
14. After regulation 7(3) insert—

     15. For regulation 7(4) substitute—

     16. After regulation 7(7) insert—

     17. For regulation 10(2)(a), substitute the following—

     18. Omit regulation 10(2)(b) and (c).

    
19. After regulation 11 insert the following new Part—



     20. In the headings for Part 6 and regulation 18 after the words "for living" insert the words "and other".

    
21. In regulations 18(1), 18(2), 18(3), 18(5) and 18(7) omit the words "for living costs" wherever they appear.

    
22. In regulation 18(2) substitute for the words "from 1 to 8 of Schedule 1 into which the student falls is paragraph 7", the words "in Part 2 of Schedule 1 into which the student falls is paragraph 9".

    
23. After regulation 18(6) insert—

     24. In regulation 18(8)(b) substitute for the words "mentioned in paragraph 3 of Schedule 1", the words "defined in Part 1 of Schedule 1", and omit the "or" preceding that sub-paragraph.

    
25. After regulation 18(8)(b) insert—

     26. In regulation 30(2) after "1992" insert the words ", or if he or she is treated as being liable to make payments in respect of a dwelling prescribed by regulations made under section 130(2) of that Act".

    
27. In regulation 30(5)(c), after "£26,500," insert "or the student opts when applying for the grant not to provide the information needed to calculate the household income,".

    
28. In regulation 30(6)(d) for the word "maintenance" substitute the words "special support".

    
29. In regulation 31(3) substitute for the words "from 1 to 8 of Schedule 1 into which the student falls is paragraph 7", the words "in Part 2 of Schedule 1 into which the student falls is paragraph 9".

    
30. In regulation 39(2)(b) substitute for the words "mentioned in paragraph 3 of Schedule 1", "defined in Part 1 of Schedule 1".

    
31. After regulation 39(2)(b) insert—

     32. After regulation 44, insert—



     33. After regulation 50(1), insert—

     34. In regulation 50(2)(a), before the words "Schedule 1" insert the words "Part 2 of".

    
35. In regulation 50(7) substitute for the words "from 1 to 8 of Schedule 1 into which he falls is paragraph 7", the words "in Part 2 of Schedule 1 into which the student falls is paragraph 9".

    
36. For paragraphs (13) and (14) of regulation 50, substitute—

     37. In regulation 53(5)(g) for the figure "£9.50" substitute the figure of "£2.00".

    
38. In regulation 53(6)(a), for the figures "£9.50", "£7.63" and "£5.93", substitute the figures "£15.92", "£12.79" and "£9.94", respectively.

    
39. Omit regulation 55(3)(a) and for regulation 55 (3)(b) substitute the following—

     40. In regulation 62(3)(a), before the words "Schedule 1" insert the words "Part 2 of".

    
41. In regulation 62(7), substitute for the words "from 1 to 8 of Schedule 1 into which he or she falls is paragraph 7", the words "in Part 2 of Schedule 1 into which the student falls is paragraph 9".

    
42. For Schedule 1, substitute the Schedule set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.

    
43. After Schedule 3, insert Schedule 3A as set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations.

    
44. For paragraph 3(4) of Schedule 4 substitute—

     45. For paragraph 4(2) of Schedule 4 substitute—

     46. In paragraphs 10(4)(b) and (c) of Schedule 4 insert after the words "exceeds £22,560" the words "where the student is an old system student or exceeds £37,900 where the student is a new system student.".

    
47. After paragraph 10 of Schedule 4 insert the following new paragraph—



Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998[5]


D. Elis-Thomas
The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly

12 July 2006



SCHEDULE 1
Regulation 42


Schedule substituted for Schedule 1 to the Principal Regulations








SCHEDULE 2
Regulation 43







EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)


These Regulations amend the Assembly Learning Grants and Loans (Higher Education) (Wales) Regulations 2006 ("the Principal Regulations"). The effect of the principal changes is summarised below.

Changes made to implement EU requirements

(Regulations 4(a), 5, 7, 17 — 22, 24, 25, 29 — 31, 34 — 36, 39 — 42 and Schedule 1).

Students must satisfy certain eligibility criteria to be potentially eligible for support towards either their tuition fees only or their tuition fees and maintenance support. These criteria have been revised and include changes made in implementing EU Directive 2004/38 on the rights of EC nationals and their families to move and reside in other Member States. The new criteria are set out in the revised Schedule 1 to the Principal Regulations as substituted by these Regulations.

The changes introduce new categories of students who may potentially be eligible for support. These include:

    • EC nationals and their family members who acquire the right of permanent residence in the UK (after a continuous period of five years residence in the UK) (tuition fee and living costs support);

    • Family members of economically inactive EC nationals who have yet to acquire the right of permanent residence (tuition fee support only);

    • European Economic Area (EEA) or Swiss self-employed persons and their family members (tuition fee and living costs support);

    • Dependent direct relatives in the ascending line of EEA or Swiss migrant workers (tuition fee and living costs support);

    • "Frontier" workers and "frontier" self-employed persons (tuition fee and living costs support);

    • Children of Swiss nationals/spouses or civil partners of Swiss nationals (tuition fee and maintenance support).

Change also enables payments of support where students acquire the right of permanent residence or become an EEA or Swiss: worker; self-employed person; frontier worker or frontier self-employed person or are a family member of such a person or the child of a Swiss national during the course of an academic year.

The Regulations also make a number of other changes which are consequential upon the changes in the new Schedule 1.

College fee loans

(Regulations 4(b), 32, 43 and Schedule 2).

Amendments to the Principal Regulations introduce a new form of support namely a loan in respect of the college fees payable by a qualifying student to a college or permanent private hall of the University of Oxford or to a college of the University of Cambridge in connection with his or her attendance on a qualifying course.

Other changes

The following provisions of the Principal Regulations are amended, and new provisions, added as follows—

    • Regulation 3 (Transitional provisions); amended to make it clear that references in the earlier regulations to the Secretary of State are to be read as (or as including) references to the National Assembly for Wales (regulation 6);

    • Regulation 6 (duration of period of eligibility): amended in relation to certain categories of eligible students (regulations 8 — 11);

    • Regulation 7: some changes to the previous study rules (regulations 12 —16 and 23);

    • New regulation 11A: provides that a grant or loan for fees may not exceed the fees payable by the student, and that to receive a loan the student must enter into a contract with the National Assembly (regulation 19);

    • Regulation 30: changes made to rules about eligibility for special support grant (regulations 26 — 28);

    • Regulation 50: changes made to rules about eligibility of part-time students so that the National Assembly now has a reserve power to confer eligibility in a case not otherwise expressly covered (bringing the rules in this respect in line with those for full-time students) (regulation 33);

    • Regulation 53: changes to certain amounts to be deducted when calculating support for part-time courses (regulations 37 — 38);

    • Schedule 4: changes to the rules governing financial assessment of students' contributions to financial support (regulations 44 —47).


Notes:

[1] 1998 c. 30; section 22 was amended by the Learning and Skills Act 2000 (c. 21), section 146 and Schedule 11, the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1), Schedule 6, the Finance Act 2003 (c. 14), section 147 and the Higher Education Act 2004 (c. 8), section 42. Section 42 and section 43 were amended by the Education Act 2002 (c. 32), Schedule 12. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by section 44 of the Higher Education Act 2004 (Higher Education Act 2004 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provision) (Wales) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1833 (W.149)(c.79)).back

[2] S.I. 2006/126 (W.19).back

[3] S.I. 2003/1994.back

[4] 1968 c. 46.back

[5] 1998 c.38.back

[6] OJ L158, 30.04.2004, p.77— 123.back

[7] Cm. 2073.back

[8] Cm. 2183.back

[9] 1971 c. 77; section 33(2A) was inserted by paragraph 7 of Schedule 4 to the British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61).back

[10] Cm. 4904.back

[11] OJ No L257, 19.10.1968, p.2 (OJ/SE 1968 (II) p.475).back



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