Regulation 3 Eligibility

(1)

An eligible student qualifies for an Assembly Learning Grant in connection with a period of full-time study or a period of part-time study subject to and in accordance with these Regulations.

(2)

A person is an eligible student in connection with a designated course if:

(a)

in assessing his or her application for support the Welsh Ministers determine that the person falls within one of the categories set out in Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the 2007 Regulations;

(b)

the person is not excluded by paragraph (3); and

(c)

the person has reached the age of 19 on or before 1 September 2008.

(3)

A person shall not be an eligible student if:

(a)

the only paragraph in Part 2 of Schedule 1 of the 2007 Regulations into which he or she falls is paragraph 9;

(b)

the student has, in the opinion of the Welsh Ministers, shown himself or herself by his or her conduct to be unfitted to receive an Assembly Learning Grant;

(c)

the student has already received an Assembly Learning Grant in relation to his or her attendance on any course during an Academic Year 2008/2009; or

(d)

there has been bestowed on, or paid to the person in relation to the person’s attendance on the course—

(i)

a healthcare bursary;

(ii)

a Coleg Harlech bursary or an equivalent long course bursary provided by the Residential Colleges Committee or Scottish Further Education Funding Council;

(iii)

separate funding by the Welsh Assembly Government in respect of a Work Based Learning Programme; or

(iv)

such other financial support from public funds as determined by the Welsh Ministers.