Regulation 4 Amendment of regulation 4

Regulation 4^f1 (eligible students) is amended as follows.

After paragraph (6), insert—

“(6A)

A person (“A”) is not an eligible student in connection with a postgraduate pre-registration course unless A begins the course on or after 1st August 2018.

(6B)

For the purposes of paragraph (6A), a person (“A”) who transfers from a postgraduate pre-registration course which began before 1st August 2018 to a postgraduate pre-registration course which begins on or after 1st August 2018 (“the second course”) is not an eligible student unless A—

(a)

transfers to the first academic year of the second course; or

(b)

transfers to any other academic year of the second course which is not a bursary year.

(6C)

A person (“A”) is not an eligible student in connection with a pre-registration course or a postgraduate pre-registration course which leads to a qualification for a profession in respect of which A is already registered in the relevant part or parts of the register maintained by the Health and Care Professions Council, the Nursing and Midwifery Council or the General Dental Council.

(6D)

A person (“A”) is not an eligible student in connection with a postgraduate pre-registration course if A has received support under Part 4, 5 or 6 of these Regulations in connection with a previous postgraduate pre-registration course begun on or after 1st August 2018 and has achieved a qualification.

(6E)

A person who—

(a)

has a disability, and

(b)

would be an eligible student in connection with a postgraduate pre-registration course but for paragraph (6D),

is to be treated, for the purposes of Part 12 of these Regulations only, as if that person were an eligible postgraduate student in connection with a designated postgraduate course.”.

After paragraph (7), insert—

“(7A)

A person (“A”) is not an eligible student if A is enrolled on a course which is designated under regulation 4 of the Education (Postgraduate Master’s Degree Loans) Regulations 2016^f2 and is receiving support under those Regulations for that course.”.