Regulation 21 Amendments relating to students becoming eligible for student support in the course of an academic yearI1

For regulation 49A (quarters in respect of which grant for travel is payable)^f1 substitute—

“49A.

(1)

Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), a grant for travel is payable in respect of the four quarters of the academic year.

(2)

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 grant for travel in respect of the four quarters of the first academic year of the course.

(3)

Where—

(a)

a course designation event which results in a 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 grant for travel in respect of such quarters of the academic year as begin after the event in question occurs.”.