Regulation 10 Eligible students - exceptions

A person (“P”) is not an eligible student if any of the following exceptions applies—

where the course is a full-time course, a healthcare bursary, the amount of which is not calculated by reference to P’s income (unless it is a bursary grant for living costs);

where the course is a part-time course, a healthcare bursary (whether or not calculated by reference to P’s income).

P's application for support is in respect of the academic year during which P enters or is released from prison,

P's present course is a full-time end-on course, or

P has been authorised by the prison Governor or Director or other appropriate authority to study the present course and P's earliest release date is within 6 years of the first day of the first academic year of the course.

In Exception 3, “bursary grant for living costs” is a grant for living costs made available under the NHS Wales Bursary Scheme.

In Exceptions 4 and 5, “student loan” means a loan made under—

In these Regulations—

• “healthcare bursary” (“bwrsari iechyd”) means a bursary or award of similar description under—

  1. (a)

     section 63(6) of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 M6, but not a payment made out of the Learning Support Fund;

  2. (b)

     Article 44 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 M7;

• “Learning Support Fund” (“Cronfa Cymorth Dysgu”) means the fund made available by NHS England to certain students in respect of qualifying healthcare courses;

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