Legislation – The Education (Student Support) (Postgraduate Master’s Degrees) (Wales) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020

These Regulations are made under the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 and they amend the Education (Student Support) (Postgraduate Master’s Degrees) (Wales) Regulations 2019 (“the 2019 Regulations”).

The 2019 Regulations provide for financial support for eligible students taking postgraduate master’s degree courses which begin on or after 1 August 2019.

Regulation 2 amends regulation 10(1) of the 2019 Regulations (eligible students – exceptions), to remove the requirement for a student undertaking a distance learning course to be in Wales on the first day of the first academic year of that course, in cases where the absence relates to coronavirus.

The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to these Regulations. As a result a regulatory impact assessment has been prepared as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with these Regulations. A copy can be obtained from the Higher Education Division, Welsh Government, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NQ.