Regulation 16 Time limitsI1

the application is made by a current student as provided for in regulation 7(4), in which case the application must reach the Secretary of State no later than 30th January 2007;

the application is made by a current Directive student in respect of the current academic year, in which case the application must reach the Secretary of State no later than 30th January 2007;

one of the events described in paragraph (3) occurs, in which case the application must reach the Secretary of State within a period of nine months beginning with the day on which the relevant event occurs;

the applicant is applying for the grant payable under regulation 27, in which case the application must reach the Secretary of State as soon as reasonably practicable; or

the Secretary of State considers that having regard to the circumstances of the particular case the time limit should be relaxed, in which case the application must reach the Secretary of State not later than the date she specifies.

the applicant’s spouse, civil partner or parent—

a state accedes to the European Community and the applicant is a national of that state or a family member of a person who is a national of that state;

the applicant becomes a family member of an EC national;

the applicant becomes a person described in paragraph 6(1)(a)(iii) or (vi) of Part 2 of Schedule 1; or

the applicant becomes the child of a Swiss national.