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Status:This is the original version (as it was originally made). Wales Statutory Instruments are not carried in their revised form on this site.Welsh Statutory Instruments2009 No. 3359 (W.295)EDUCATION, WALESThe Assembly Learning Grants (European University Institute) (Wales) Regulations 2009Made17 December 2009Laid before the National Assembly for Wales21 December 2009Coming into force21 January 2010The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred upon the Secretary of State by sections 22, 42(6) and 43(1) of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998(1), and now exercisable by them(2) make the following Regulations:
PART 1 GENERALTitle, commencement, application and interpretation1. The title of these Regulations is the Assembly Learning Grants (European University Institute) (Wales) Regulations 2009 and they come into force on 21 January 2010.
“the 2008 Regulations” (“Rheoliadau 2008”) means the Assembly Learning Grants (European Institutions) (Wales) Regulations 2008(3);
(a)who has been informed by a person acting under the authority of the Secretary of State for the Home Department that, although he or she is considered not to qualify for recognition as a refugee, it is thought right to allow him or her to enter or remain in the United Kingdom;
(c)whose period of leave to enter or remain has not expired or has been renewed and the period for which it was renewed has not expired or in respect of whose leave to enter or remain an appeal is pending (within the meaning of section 104 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002(4); and
(d)who has been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands throughout the period since he or she was granted leave to enter or remain;
(i)a postgraduate or comparable course; and
(ii)of at least two academic years' duration; and
(b)in respect of which the student received, for at least two academic years of the course, a statutory award other than an award intended to assist with additional expenditure that the student was obliged to incur in connection with his or her attendance on the course by reason of a disability to which he or she is or was subject;
“refugee” (“ffoadur”) means a person who is recognised by Her Majesty’s government as a refugee within the meaning of the United Nations Convention relating to the Status of Refugees done at Geneva on 28 July 1951(5) as extended by the Protocol thereto which entered into force on 4 October 1967(6);
“statutory award” (“dyfarniad statudol”) means any award bestowed, grant paid or other support provided by virtue of the 1998 Act or the Education Act 1962(7), or any comparable award, grant or other support in respect of undertaking a course which is paid out of public funds;
“student loans legislation” (“y ddeddfwriaeth ar fenthyciadau i fyfyrwy” ) means the Education (Student Loans) Act 1990(8), the Education (Student Loans) (Northern Ireland) Order 1990(9), the Education (Scotland) Act 1980(10) and regulations made thereunder, the Education (Student Support) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998(11) and regulations made thereunder or the 1998 Act and regulations made thereunder;
Revocation and saving provisions4. Subject to regulation 5, the following regulations are revoked on 1 September 2010—
(b)the Assembly Learning Grants (European Institutions) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2008(12);
(c)the Assembly Learning Grants (European Institutions) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2008(13);
(d)the Assembly Learning Grants (European Institutions) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2009(14).
PART 2 APPLYING FOR SUPPORTAND ELIGIBILITYApplications7.—(1) Unless a person seeking support under these Regulations is already an eligible student by virtue of regulation 8(9), he or she must submit an application to be considered as an eligible student and an application for support in such form as the Welsh Ministers may require to the Institute by the application deadline.
(2) Where a person seeking support under these Regulations is already an eligible student by virtue of regulation 8(9), he or she must notify the Welsh Ministers in writing by the application deadline that he or she wishes to apply for support under these Regulations.
(3) The application deadline in relation to an academic year beginning on or after 1 September 2010 is 31 January 2010.
Eligible students8.—(1) An eligible student qualifies for financial support in connection with his or her attendance on a designated course subject to and in accordance with these Regulations.
(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (7), a person is an eligible student in connection with a designated course at the Institute if—
(b)the Welsh Ministers determine in connection with an application for support under these Regulations that he or she falls within one of the categories in Part 2 of Schedule 1.
(a)subject to paragraph (4), he or she has attended a qualifying course;
(c)he or she has reached the age of 18 and not ratified any agreement for a loan made with him or her when he or she was under the age of 18; or
(d)he or she has, in the opinion of the Welsh Ministers, shown himself or herself by his or her conduct to be unfitted to receive support.
(4) Paragraph (3)(a) does not apply where the person has attended a qualifying course but the Welsh Ministers have determined that having regard to the particular circumstances of that person’s case it is appropriate to pay him or her support in connection with the current course.
(5) For the purposes of paragraph (3)(b) and (c),
“loan” means a loan made under the student loans legislation.
(7) The number of eligible students must not exceed one.
(8) An eligible student in respect of whom the first academic year of the course begins on or after 1 September 2000 shall not, at any one time, qualify for support for more than one designated course.
(9) Despite paragraphs (2) and (3) and subject to paragraphs (7), (10) and (11), a person is an eligible student in connection with a designated course at the Institute if—
(a)he or she qualified as an eligible student in connection with—
(ii)a designated course that he or she attended at the Institute and from which his or her status as an eligible student was transferred to the current course; and
(b)his or her status as an eligible student has not terminated.
(a)the Welsh Ministers determined that, by virtue of being a refugee or the spouse, civil partner, child or step-child of a refugee, a person (“A”) was an eligible student in connection with an application for support for an earlier year of the current course or in connection with an application for support for a designated course at the Institute from which his or her status as an eligible student has been transferred to the current course; and
(b)the refugee status of A or of his or her spouse, civil partner, parent or step-parent, as the case may be, is due to expire before the first day of the academic year in respect of which A is applying for support and, as at the day before that academic year begins, no further leave to remain has been granted and no appeal is pending (within the meaning of section 104 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002),
A’s status as an eligible student terminates on the day before the first day of the academic year in respect of which he or she is applying for support.
(a)the Welsh Ministers determined that, by virtue of being a person with leave to enter or remain or the spouse, civil partner, child or step-child of such a person, a person (“A”) was an eligible student in connection with an application for support for an earlier year of the current course or in connection with an application for support for a designated course at the Institute from which his or her status as an eligible student has been transferred to the current course; and
(12) Paragraphs (10) and (11) do not apply where the student began the course in connection with which the Welsh Ministers determined that he or she was an eligible student before 1 September 2007.
(13) The Welsh Ministers may take such steps and make such inquiries as they consider necessary to determine whether a person is an eligible student.
(14) The Welsh Ministers must inform a person who has been notified to them under paragraph (2)(a) whether he or she qualifies as an eligible student.
(15) Aperson who has received notification from the Welsh Ministers under paragraph (14) that he or she is an eligible student in connection with a course at the Institute and a person who is an eligible student at the Institute by virtue of paragraph (9) must, by the deadline for receipt of financial information, provide the Welsh Ministers with any information or documentation that they request in order to determine the amount of support payable under these Regulations in respect of the academic year.
(16) The deadline for receipt of financial information in relation to an academic year beginning on or after 1 September 2010, is 31 January 2010 or, in the case of grants payable under regulation 16(6), 31 January 2011.
(17) The Welsh Ministers must notify an eligible student of the amount of support payable in respect the academic year, if any.
Designated courses9. A course is designated for the purposes of section 22(1) of the 1998 Act and regulation 8 if it is—
(d)provided by the Institute.
Period of eligibility10.—(1) Subject to the following paragraphs and regulation 8, a student’s status as an eligible student in connection with a designated course will terminate at the end of the academic year in which the Institute would ordinarily expect the student to complete the course (“period of eligibility”).
(2) The student’s period of eligibility t erminates when the student—
(a)withdraws from his or her designated course in circumstances in which the Welsh Ministers will not transfer his or her status as an eligible student in accordance with regulation 11; or
(3) The Welsh Ministers may terminate the student’s period of eligibility if they are satisfied that the conduct of the student has shown that he or she is unfitted to receive support.
(c)treat any support already paid to the student as an overpayment which may be recovered in accordance with regulation 31.
Transfer of eligibility11.—(1) Where an eligible student transfers to another designated course at the Institute, the Welsh Ministers must transfer the student’s status as an eligible student where—
PART 3 PROVISION OF INFORMATIONInformation12. Every applicant and eligible student must, as soon as reasonably practicable after he or she is requested to do so, provide the Welsh Ministers with such information as the Welsh Ministers consider they require for the purposes of these Regulations.
13. Every applicant and eligible student must immediately inform the Welsh Ministers and provide the Welsh Ministers with particulars if—
(a)he or she withdraws from, abandons or is expelled from the course;
(b)he or she transfers to another course at the Institute;
(c)he or she ceases to attend the course and does not intend to or is not permitted to continue it for the remainder of the academic year;
(d)he or she is absent from the course for more than 60 days due to illness or for any period for any other reason;
(f)his or her home or term-time address changes.
14. Information provided to the Welsh Ministers pursuant to these Regulations must be in the format required by the Welsh Ministers and, if the Welsh Ministers require the information to be signed by the person providing it, an electronic signature in such form as they may specify satisfies this requirement.
PART 4 FINANCIAL SUPPORTGeneral15.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the general rule is that an eligible student who is attending a designated course provided by the Institute qualifies in connection with an academic year for—
CHAPTER 1 GRANTS FOR LIVING AND OTHER COSTSGrants for living and other costs16.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), an eligible student qualifies in respect of an academic year for the grants for living and other costs specified in and calculated in accordance with paragraphs (3) to (7).
CHAPTER 2 SUPPLEMENTARY GRANTSDisabled student’s allowance18.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), an eligible student qualifies for a disabled student’s allowance to assist with the additional expenditure which the Welsh Ministers are satisfied that the student is obliged to incur by reason of a disability to which he or she is subject in respect of his or her attendance at a designated course.
Amount of disabled student’s allowance19.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the amount of the disabled student’s allowance is the amount that the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate in accordance with the student’s circumstances to assist with one or more types of eligible expenditure.
Grant for dependants20.—(1) The grant for dependants consists of the following elements—
Adult dependants' grant21.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3), an eligible student qualifies for an adult dependants' grant in connection with his or her attendance on a designated course in accordance with this regulation.
Schedule into which the student falls.22. The amount of adult dependants' grant payable in respect of an academic year is calculated in accordance with regulation 24, the basic amount being—
Parents' learning allowance23.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), an eligible student qualifies in connection with his or her attendance on a designated course for the parents' learning allowance if he or she has one or more dependent children.
Calculations24.—(1) Subject to the following paragraphs, the amount payable in respect of a particular element of the grant for dependants for which an eligible student qualifies under regulations 21 to 23 is the amount of that element remaining after applying, until it is extinguished or no element remains payable under regulations 21 to 23, an amount equal to (A − B) as follows and in the following order—
(a)£1,159 where the student has no dependent child;
(b)£3,473 where the student is not a lone parent and has one dependent child;
(c)£4,632 where the student is not a lone parent and has more than one dependent child;
(d)£4,632 where the student is a lone parent and has one dependent child;
(e)£5,797 where the student is a lone parent and has more than one dependent child.
Interpretation26.—(1) For the purposes of regulations 21 to 25—
(e)in the case of a dependant with whom a child being looked after by a local authority is boarded out, any payment made to that dependant for the purposes of section 23 of the Children Act 1989(17);
(f)any payment made to the dependant under section 23C(5A) of the Children Act 1989(18);
(g)any payments made to the dependant under section 15 of and Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989 in respect of a person who is not the dependant’s child or any assistance given by a local authority pursuant to section 24 of that Act(19); and
(h)any child tax credit to which the dependant is entitled under Part 1 of the Tax Credits Act 2002(20).
PART 5 CONTRIBUTIONSStudent’s contribution27.—(1) An eligible student’s contribution in respect of an academic year is the amount, if any, calculated under Schedule 2.
Application of the student’s contribution28. The contribution calculated in accordance with regulation 27 must be applied in accordance with regulation 29.
PART 6 PAYMENTSPayment of grants for living and other costs and supplementary grants30.—(1) The Welsh Ministers may pay the grants for living and other costs and the supplementary grants for which an eligible student qualifies in such instalments and at such times as they consider appropriate.
Overpayments31. An eligible student must, if required to do so by the Welsh Ministers, repay any amount paid to that student under Part 4 which for whatever reason exceeds the amount of support to which he or she is entitled under Part 4.
Leighton AndrewsMinister for Children, Education and Lifelong Learning, one of the Welsh Ministers.17 December 2009Regulation 8SCHEDULE 1ELIGIBLE STUDENTS PART 1 Interpretation1.—(1) For the purposes of this Schedule—
“Directive 2004/38” (“Cyfarwyddeb 2004/38”) means Directive 2004/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29th April 2004 on the rights of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely in the territory of the Member States(21);
“EEA Agreement” (“Cytundeb yr AEE”) means the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992(22) as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993(23);
(a)in relation to an EEA frontier worker, an EEA migrant worker, an EEA frontier self-employed person or an EEA self-employed person—
(i)his or her spouse or civil partner;
(ii)his or her child or the child of his or her spouse or civil partner; or
(iii)dependent direct relatives in his or her ascending line or that of his or her spouse or civil partner;
(b)in relation to a Swiss employed person, a Swiss frontier employed person, a Swiss frontier self-employed person or a Swiss self-employed person—
(i)his or her spouse or civil partner; or
(ii)his or her child or the child of his or her spouse or civil partner;
(c)in relation to an EU national who falls within article 7(1)(c ) of Directive 2004/38—
(ii)direct descendants of his or hers or of his or her spouse or civil partner who are—
(bb)dependants of his or hers or of his or her spouse or civil partner;
(d)in relation to an EU national who falls within article 7(1)(b ) of Directive 2004/38—
(e)in relation to a United Kingdom national, for the purposes of paragraph 9—
(a)in relation to an EEA national, a person who is self-employed within the meaning of Article 7 of Directive 2004/38 or the EEA Agreement, as the case may be; or
(b)in relation to a Swiss national, a person who is a self-employed person within the meaning of Annex 1 to the Swiss Agreement;
“settled” (“wedi setlo”) has the meaning given by section 33(2A) of the Immigration Act 1971(24);
“Swiss Agreement” (“Cytundeb y Swistir”) means the Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other, on the Free Movement of Persons signed at Luxembourg on 21 June 1999(25) and which came into force on 1 June 2002;
(a)was ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands; and
(b)was, or had been, lawfully employed in the United Kingdom.
PART 2 CategoriesPersons who are settled in the United Kingdom2.—(1) A person who—
Refugees and persons with leave to enter or remain4.—(1) A person—
Workers, employed persons, self-employed persons and their family members6.—(1) A person who—
(c)is entitled to support by virtue of article 12 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1 12/8 on the freedom of movement of workers(26), as extended by the EEA Agreement.
Persons who are settled in the United Kingdom and have exercised a right of residence elsewhere8.—(1) A person who—
EU nationals9.—(1) A person who—
Children of Swiss nationals11. A person who—
Children of Turkish workers12. A person who—
Regulation 27SCHEDULE 2STUDENT'S CONTRIBUTION PART 1 Interpretation1.—(1) In this Schedule—
(i)the spouse of the eligible student;
(ii)the civil partner of the eligible student;
(iii)a person ordinarily living with the eligible student as if he or she were the spouse of the student where the eligible student is aged 25 or over on the first day of the relevant year and he or she begins the designated course on or after 1 September 2000;
(iv)a person ordinarily living with the student as if that person were the student’s civil partner where the eligible student is aged 25 or over on the first day of the relevant year and he or she begins the designated course on or after 1 September 2005;
(a)the Income Tax Acts;
(b)the income tax legislation of another EEA State or Switzerland which applies to the person’s income;
(c)where the legislation of more than one EEA State or of an EEA State and Switzerland applies to the period, the legislation under which the Welsh Ministers consider the person will pay the largest amount of tax in that period (except as otherwise provided in paragraph 4),
(2) The income referred to in this sub-paragraph is any benefits under a pension arrangement pursuant to an order made under section 23 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973(27)which includes provision made by virtue of sections 25B(4) and 25E(3) of that Act or pension benefits under Part 1 of Schedule 5 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004(28) which includes provision made by virtue of Parts 6 and 7 of that Schedule.
PART 2 Calculation of contributionHousehold income2.—(1) The amount of an eligible student’s contribution depends on the household income.
Calculation of the student’s residual income3.—(1) For the purpose of determining the residual income of an eligible student, there is to be deducted from his or her taxable income (unless already deducted in determining taxable income)the aggregate of any amounts falling within any of the following sub-paragraphs—
(b)the gross amount of any premium or other sum paid by the eligible student in relation to a pension (not being a pension payable under a policy of life assurance) in respect of which relief is given under section 273 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988(29)or under section 188 of the Finance Act 2004(30), or where the student’s income is computed for the purpose of the income tax legislation of another Member State, the gross amount of any such premium or sum in respect of which relief would be given if that legislation made provision equivalent to the Income Tax Acts.
(b)otherwise, the value of the sterling the income would purchase using the rate for the month in which it is received published by the Office for National Statistics(31).
Calculation of eligible student’s partner’s residual income4.—(1) For the purposes of determining the taxable income of an eligible student’s partner, any deductions which fall to be made or exemptions which are permitted—
Calculation of contribution5.—(1) An eligible student’s contribution is to be calculated in accordance with this regulation.
These Regulations provide for support for one eligible student taking a designated higher education course at the European University Institute in respect of an academic year beginning on or after 1 September 2010.
These Regulations revoke the Assembly Learning Grants (European Institutions) (Wales) 2008 to the extent set out in regulations 4 and 5.
(1)1998 c. 30; section 22 was amended by the Learning and Skills Act 2000 (c. 21), section 14 and Schedule 11, the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1), Schedule, the Finance Act 2003 (c. 14), section 147 and the Higher Education Act 2004 (c. 8), sections 42 and 43 and Schedule 7.
(2)The functions of the Secretary of State under section 22 of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 (except so far as they relate to the making of any provision authorised by subsection (2)(a), (c), (j) or (k), (3) (e) or (f) or (5) of section 22) were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by section 44 of the Higher Education Act 2004 and the Higher Education Act 2004 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provision) (Wales) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1833 (W.149) (C.79)) as amended by the Higher Education Act 2004 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provision) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1660 (W.159) (C.56)). The functions of the National Assembly for Wales were transferred to the Welsh Ministers by virtue of paragraphs 30(1) and 30(2) (a) of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32).
(3) S.I. 2008/18 (W.7); amended by S.I. 2008/1324 (W.137); S.I. 2008/3114 (W.276); and S.I. 2009/2157 (W.181).
(4)2002 c. 41. Section 104 was amended by the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants etc) Act 2004 (c. 19), Schedules 2 and 4 and the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 200 (c.13), section 9.
(5)Cmnd. 9171.
(6) Cmnd. 3906 (out of print; photocopies are available, free of charge, from the Student Support Division, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, Mowden Hall, Staindrop Road, Darlington DL3 9BG).
(7)1962 c. 12; sections 1 to 4 and Schedule 1 were substituted by the provisions set out in Schedule 5 to the Education Act 1980 (c. 20). Section 1(3) (d) was amended by the Education (Grants and Awards) Act 1984 (c. 11), section 4. Section 4 was amended by the Education Act 1994 (c. 30), Schedule 2, paragraph 2. The entire Act was repealed by the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 (c. 30), section 44(2) and Schedule 4, subject to the transitional provisions and savings set out in the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 (Commencement No. 4 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/3237), article 3.
(8)1990 c. 6; repealed by the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 (c. 30), Schedule 4.
(9) S.I. 1990/1506 (N.I.11); amended by S.I. 1996/1274 (N.I.1), Article 43 and Schedule 5 Part II, S.I. 1996/1918 (N.I.15), Article 3 and the Schedule and S.I. 1998/258 (N.I.1), Articles 3 to 6 and revoked, with savings, by SR (NI)1998 No. 306.
(10)1980 c. 44; the functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46).
(11) S.I. 1998/1760 (N.I.14), to which there have been amendments not relevant to these Regulations.
(12) S.I. 2008/1324 (W.137).
(13) S.I. 2008/3114 (W.276).
(14) S.I. 2009/2157 (W.181).
(15)1992 c. 4 to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.
(16)2002 c. 38.
(17)1989 c. 41. Section 23 was amended by the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41), Schedule 16, paragraph 12, the Care Standards Act 2000 (c. 14), Schedule 4, paragraph 14, the Children Act 2004 (c. 31), section 49(3) and the Children and Young Persons Act 2008 (c. 23), Schedule 3, paragraphs 1 and 7.
(18)Subsections (5A) to (5C) of section 23C of the Children Act 1989 were inserted, in relation to England, by section 21 of the Children and Young Persons Act 2008 and S.I. 2009/268 and S.I. 2009/2273 refer.
(19)There are amendments to sections 15 and 24 and Schedule 1 which are not relevant to these Regulations.
(20)2002 c. 21 to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.
(21)OJ L158, 30.04.2004, pp.77—123.
(22)Cm. 2073.
(23) Cm. 2183.
(24)1971 c. 77; section 33(2A) was inserted by paragraph 7 of Schedule 4 to the British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61).
(25) Cm. 4904.
(26) OJ No L257, 19.10.1968, p.2 (OJ/SE 1968 (ii) p.475).
(27)1973 c. 18; section 23 was amended by the Administration of Justice Act 1982 (c. 53), section 18. Section 25B was inserted by the Pensions Act 1995 (c. 26), section 116(1) and was amended by the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30), Schedule 4. Section 25E was inserted by the Pensions Act 2004 (c. 35), section 319(1), Schedule 12, paragraph 3.
(28)2004 c. 33, paragraph 25 of Schedule 5 was modified by S.I. 2006/1934.
(29)1988 c. 1.
(30)2004 c. 12.
(31)“Financial Statistics”(ISSN 0015-203X).