Regulation 48 Amendments to the 2009 Regulations

in paragraph (3)(a) for “and 13” substitute “, 13 and 14”;

after paragraph (12D), insert—

“(12E)

Where—

(a)

the Department determined that, by virtue of being a person granted leave under one of the Afghan Schemes, a person (“A”) was an eligible postgraduate student in connection with—

(i)

an application for support for an earlier year of the current postgraduate course, or

(ii)

an application for support in connection with another designated postgraduate course from which A’s status as an eligible postgraduate student has been transferred to the current postgraduate course; and

(b)

as at the day before the academic year in respect of which A is applying for support begins, the period for which the person granted leave under one of the Afghan Schemes is allowed to stay in the United Kingdom has expired,

A’s status as an eligible postgraduate student terminates immediately before the first day of the academic year in respect of which A is applying for support.”