# The Education (Student Support) (Postgraduate Master's Degrees) (Wales) Regulations 2019, Regulation 10: Eligible students – exceptions

Extent: E+W

(1) A person (“P”) is not an eligible student if any of the following exceptions applies—
Exception 1
P is in breach of any obligation to repay any loan.
Exception 2
P has reached the age of 18 and has not ratified any agreement for a loan made with P when P was under the age of 18.
Exception 3
The Welsh Ministers think that P's conduct is such that P is not fit to receive support.
Exception 4
P is a prisoner, unless P is an eligible prisoner.
Exception 5
P is enrolled on a course which is a designated course under—
(a)regulation 5, 66 or 83 of the 2017 Student Support Regulations and is receiving support under those Regulations for that course;
(b)regulation 5 of the 2018 Student Support Regulations and is receiving support under those Regulations for that course;
(c)regulation 4 of the 2017 Master's Degree Loans Regulations and is receiving support under those Regulations for that course;
(d)regulation 4 of the 2018 Doctoral Degree Loans Regulations and is receiving support under those Regulations for that course.
Exception 6
P has already obtained an equivalent or higher qualification.
Exception 7
P has already enrolled on a designated course and is in receipt of support under these Regulations for that course.
Exception 8
P has previously received support in respect of a course—
(a)under these Regulations,
(b)under the 2017 Master's Degree Loans Regulations, or
(c)in the form of a loan provided out of funds provided by a government authority within the United Kingdom.
But P may be an eligible student despite this exception if the Welsh Ministers are of the view that P had not been able to complete the course to which the previous loan related due to compelling personal reasons.
Exception 9
In respect of P undertaking the designated course, there has been bestowed on or paid to P—
(a)a healthcare bursary;
(b)...
(c)any allowance, bursary or award of similar description made under section 67(4)(a) of the Care Standards Act 2000 , or under section 46 of the Children and Social Work Act 2017, save to the extent that P is eligible for such a payment in respect of travel expenses;
(d)...
(e)...
Exception 9A
In respect of P undertaking the designated course, there has been bestowed on or paid to P any allowance, bursary or award of a similar description made under section 116(2)(a) of the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 ...
Exception 10
The designated course is a distance learning course and P is not in Wales on the first day of the first academic year of the course.
But this exception does not apply where—
...
(a)P or a close relative of P is a member of the armed forces,
(b)P is not in Wales on the first day of the first academic year, and
(c)P is not in Wales on that day because P or the close relative is serving as a member of the armed forces outside Wales; or
...
Exception 11
P is aged 60 or over on the first day of the first academic year of the designated course.
Exception 12
The designated course begins on or after 1 January 2028 and the only paragraph or paragraphs of Schedule 2 into which P falls is one or more of paragraphs 7A, 8B , 8BA or 8D.
(2) In Exceptions 1 and 2, “loan” means a loan made under any provision of the student loans legislation.
(3) The Welsh Ministers may only exercise their discretion under Exception 8 once in respect of a particular student.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2019/895/regulation/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-postgraduate-masters-degrees-wales-regulations-2019/regulation-10
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