Regulation 37 Amendment of regulation 84 of the 2006 Regulations

For paragraphs (12) and (13) of regulation 84 of the 2006 Regulations, substitute—

“(12)

Where one of the events listed in sub-paragraphs (a), (b), (e), (f), (g) or (h) of paragraph (13) occurs in the course of an academic year—

(a)

a student may qualify for a grant for books, travel and other expenditure in respect of that academic year in accordance with this Part; and

(b)

a grant for books, travel and other expenditure is not available in respect of any academic year beginning before the academic year in which the relevant event occurred.

(13)

The events are—

(a)

the student’s course becomes a designated part-time course;

(b)

the student, his spouse, his civil partner or his parent is recognised as a refugee or becomes a person with leave to enter or remain (as defined in Part 1 of Schedule 1);

(c)

a state accedes to the European Community where the student is a national of that state or a family member (as defined in Part 1 of Schedule 1) of a national of that state;

(d)

the student becomes a family member (as defined in Part 1 of Schedule 1) of an EC national;

(e)

the state of which the student is a national accedes to the European Community where the student has been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands throughout the three year-period immediately preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course;

(f)

the student acquires the right of permanent residence (as defined in Part 1 of Schedule 1);

(g)

the student becomes a person described in paragraph 6(1)(a) of Schedule 1; or

(h)

the student becomes the child of a Swiss national.”.