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(1) The title of these Regulations is the Housing Renewal Grants (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2024 and they come into force on 1 August 2024.
(2) These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.
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(1) The Housing Renewal Grants Regulations 1996 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), 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”—
(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”—
(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).
(5) In regulation 46 (treatment of student loans)—
(a) in paragraph (1), omit “unless it is a hardship loan, in which case it shall be disregarded”;
(b) omit paragraph (1A);
(c) in paragraph (2)(aa), for “regulation 2 of the Education (Student Support) Regulations 2002” substitute “Schedule 7 to the Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2018”.
Julie James
Cabinet Secretary for Housing, Local Government and Planning, one of the Welsh Ministers
12 June 2024