# The Assembly Learning Grants and Loans (Higher Education) (Wales) Regulations 2006, Regulation 64: Period of eligibility


(1) An eligible postgraduate student retains his or her status as an eligible postgraduate student for the duration of the period of eligibility.
(2) Subject to the following paragraphs, the “period of eligibility” (“cyfnod cymhwystra”) nin paragraph (1) is equal to the period ordinarily required for the completion of the designated postgraduate course.
(3) The National Assembly may, at any time, renew or extend the period of eligibility for such further period as it determines.
(4) The period of eligibility terminates when the eligible postgraduate student—
(a) withdraws from his or her designated postgraduate course in circumstances where the National Assembly has not transferred or will not transfer his or her status as an eligible postgraduate student to another course under regulation 65; or
(b) abandons or is expelled from his or her designated postgraduate course.
(5) The National Assembly may terminate the period of eligibility where the eligible postgraduate student has shown himself or herself by his or her conduct to be unfitted to receive support.
(6) If the National Assembly is satisfied that an eligible postgraduate student has failed to comply with any requirement to provide information under this Part or has provided information which is inaccurate in a material particular, the National Assembly may take such of the following actions as it considers appropriate in the circumstances—
(a) terminate the period of eligibility;
(b) determine that the student no longer qualifies for a grant or any particular amount of grant;
(c) treat any support paid to the student as an overpayment which may be recovered under regulation 70.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2006/126/regulation/64 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/assembly-learning-grants-and-loans-higher-education-wales-regulations-2006/regulation-64
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