Regulation 103 Period of eligibilityF1I1

An eligible postgraduate student retains his status as an eligible postgraduate student in connection with a designated postgraduate course until the status is terminated in accordance with this regulation.

The period for which an eligible postgraduate student retains the status is the “period of eligibility”.

Subject to the following paragraphs, the period of eligibility terminates at the end of the period ordinarily required for the completion of the designated postgraduate course.

The period of eligibility terminates when the eligible postgraduate student—

The Department may terminate the period of eligibility where the eligible postgraduate student has shown himself by his conduct to be unfitted to receive support.

If the Department is satisfied that an eligible postgraduate student has failed to comply with any requirement to provide information under this Part or has provided information which is inaccurate in a material particular, the Department may take such of the following actions as it considers appropriate in the circumstances—

Where the period of eligibility terminates on or before the expiry of the period ordinarily required for the completion of the designated postgraduate course, the Department may, at any time, renew the period of eligibility for such period as it determines.