Regulation 3 Eligibility
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.
A person is an eligible student in connection with a designated course if:
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 2008 Regulations;
the person is not excluded by paragraph (3); and
the person has reached the age of 19 on or before 1 September 2009.
A person shall not be an eligible student if:
the only paragraph in Part 2 of Schedule 1 of the 2008 Regulations into which he or she falls is paragraph 9;
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;
the student has already received an Assembly Learning Grant in relation to his or her attendance on any course during the Academic Year 2009/2010; or
there has been bestowed on, or paid to the person in relation to the person’s attendance on the course—
a healthcare bursary;
a Coleg Harlech bursary or an equivalent long course bursary provided by the Residential Colleges Committee or Scottish Further Education Funding Council;
separate funding by the Welsh Assembly Government in respect of a Work Based Learning Programmef1; or
such other financial support from public funds as determined by the Welsh Ministers.
Annotations
Footnotes
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Work Based Learning Programmes are delivered under sections 31 to 35 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000 (c. 21). Those sections have been amended by S.I. 2005/3238 (W.243) and section 35 has also been amended by the Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001 (c. 10), sections 34(8), 42(6) and Schedule 9; and by the Education and Skills Act 2008 (c. 25), Schedule 1, paragraphs 75 and 76.