Regulation 23 General qualifying conditions for grants for living costsI1

An eligible student qualifies for a grant under this Part provided that—

An eligible student does not qualify for a grant under this Part if the only paragraph F1or paragraphs in Part 2 of Schedule 1 into which the eligible student falls is one or more of paragraphs 2A, 9, 9A, F29BA, 9C or 9D.

An eligible student does not qualify for a grant under this Part in respect of an academic year which is a bursary year.

Subject to paragraph (5), a 2012 accelerated graduate entry student does not qualify for a grant under this Part.

Paragraph (4) does not apply for the purposes of regulations 24 to 30, to a 2012 accelerated graduate entry student who is undertaking their first year of study on an accelerated graduate entry course.

An eligible student does not qualify for a grant under this Part in respect of any academic year of a sandwich course where the periods of full-time study are in aggregate less than 10 weeks unless the periods of work experience constitute unpaid service.

For the purposes of paragraph (6), “unpaid service” (“gwasanaeth di-dâl”) means—

Subject to paragraph (9), an eligible student does not qualify for a grant under regulations 35 to 40 in respect of an academic year of a designated course if the student does not qualify for relevant support in respect of that academic year.

Paragraph (8) does not apply if the reason that the student does not qualify for relevant support in respect of an academic year of a designated course is because that academic year is an Erasmus year in accordance with regulation 17(2).

In paragraph (8) “relevant support” (“cymorth perthnasol”) means, in the case of a grant under regulations 35 to 40, a fee loan.

Where one of the events listed in paragraph (12) occurs in the course of an academic year, a student may qualify for a particular grant in accordance with this Part in respect of part of that academic year but that student does not qualify for a grant in respect of any academic year beginning before the academic year in which the relevant event occurred.

The events are—

Subject to paragraph (14), an eligible student does not qualify for a grant under this Part if the eligible student is a prisoner.

Paragraph (13) does not apply in respect of a grant for disabled students’ living costs which is payable in connection with a designated course beginning before 1 September 2012.

A student to whom this paragraph applies is treated as being in attendance on the designated course for the purpose of qualifying for the following grants—

Paragraph (15) applies to—

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