Regulation 10 Back-payment of Education Maintenance Allowance
An application for education maintenance allowance must be submitted to the Welsh Ministers by 31 March.
Paragraph (1) does not apply where—
an eligible person applies for an education maintenance allowance after the start of the academic year; and
the application is received by the Welsh Ministers on or before 31 October,
in which case payment may be backdated to the start of the academic year.
Paragraph (1) does not apply where—
an eligible person applies for an education maintenance allowance after the start of the academic year; and
the application is received by the Welsh Ministers after 31 October,
in which case payment may be backdated to the date on which the Welsh Ministers received the application form, or the start date of the course, whichever is later.
Any back-payment made under this regulation is subject to the rules about weekly awards of maintenance allowance in regulation 7.