Regulation 9 Eligible studentsI1

England and Wales

F1(1)

A person is an eligible student in connection with a designated course that the person is undertaking if—

(a)

the person falls within one of the categories set out—

(i)

in paragraph 1, 2, 2A, 2B, F22C, 4, 6A, 7A, 8A, 8B, F38BA, F48BB, 8C, 8D, 9A or 10A of Schedule 2, or

(ii)

in paragraph 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 of Schedule 2 where paragraph (1A) applies, and

(b)

none of the exceptions in regulation 10 apply to the person.

(1A)

This paragraph applies where—

(a)

in connection with a designated course beginning before 1 August 2021 the Welsh Ministers—

(i)

in assessing an application for support by a person (“A”) determined that A fell within one of the categories set out in paragraph 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 of Schedule 2 in relation to an academic year of the course beginning before 1 August 2021, or

(ii)

would have so determined had A made an application for support in accordance with these Regulations in relation to an academic year of the course beginning before that date, and

(b)

A applies for support in connection with—

(i)

that course, or

(ii)

a designated course to which A’s status as an eligible student is transferred in accordance with these Regulations.

(2)

A person may, at any given time, be an eligible student only in connection with one designated course.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reg. 9(1)(1A) substituted for reg. 9(1) (25.4.2021) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/481), regs. 1(2), 177 (with reg. 2)
F2: Word in reg. 9(1)(a)(i) inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 3 of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Ukrainian Nationals and Family Members) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/764), regs. 2, 52
F3: Word in reg. 9(1)(a)(i) inserted (31.12.2021) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1365), regs. 1(2), 54
F4: Word in reg. 9(1)(a)(i) inserted (22.2.2023) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/87), regs. 1(2), 68 (with reg. 2)

Commencement

I1: Reg. 9 in force at 27.5.2019, see reg. 1(2)