Regulation 19 Amendments relating to students becoming eligible for student support in the course of an academic yearI1

In regulation 45 (childcare grant)^f1, for paragraph (11) substitute—

“(11)

Where a protected category event which results in a student becoming an eligible student occurs—

(a)

in the course of the first academic year of a course; and

(b)

on or before the course start date,

the student may qualify for a childcare grant in respect of the four quarters of that academic year.

(11A)

Where—

(a)

a course designation event which results in student’s course becoming a designated course occurs in the course of an academic year; or

(b)

an in-year qualifying event (other than a settled status event) which results in a student becoming an eligible student occurs in the course of an academic year,

the student may qualify for a childcare grant in respect of such quarters of the academic year as begin after the event in question occurs.”.