SL(5)114 - The Education (Postgraduate Master’s Degree Loans) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2017

Background and Purpose

The Education (Postgraduate Master’s Degree Loans) (Wales) Regulations 2017 (“the 2017 Regulations”) provide for the making of loans to students who are ordinarily resident in Wales for postgraduate master’s degree courses which begin on or after 1 August 2017.

Regulation 3 amends regulation 3 of the 2017 Regulations to enable the Welsh Ministers, in certain circumstances, to deem a person who has received a postgraduate master’s degree loan under the 2017 Regulations or a loan (other than under the 2017 Regulations) in respect of a postgraduate master’s degree course from a government authority in the United Kingdom to be eligible for support under the 2017 Regulations.

Procedure

Negative

Technical Scrutiny

No points are identified for reporting under Standing Order 21.2 in respect of this instrument.

Merits Scrutiny

No points are identified for reporting under Standing Order 21.3 in respect of this instrument.

Implications arising from exiting the European Union

To apply for a postgraduate master’s degree loan, students must be eligible students. The 2017 Regulations list all categories of eligible students; one category includes “EU nationals”.

It is unclear what financial support will be available to students who are EU nationals after the UK exits the EU.

Government Response

No government response is required.

Legal Advisers

Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee

4 July 2017