# The Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2018, Regulation 39: Qualifying conditions for tuition fee loan

Extent: E+W

An eligible student qualifies for a tuition fee loan in respect of an academic year of the present course unless one of the following exceptions applies—
Exception 1
Where the present course is not an accelerated graduate entry course, the academic year is an Erasmus year of a course provided by an institution in Northern Ireland.
Exception 2
Where the present course is not an accelerated graduate entry course, the academic year is a year in respect of which a student is eligible to apply for a healthcare bursary calculated by reference to the student’s income (whether or not the calculation results in a nil amount).
Exception 3
Where the present course is a part-time course or an accelerated graduate entry course, the academic year is an Erasmus year of the course provided by an institution anywhere in the United Kingdom.
Exception 4
The present course is a distance learning course and the student (“S”) is not in Wales on the first day of the first academic year of the course.
But this exception does not apply where S is not in Wales on the first day of the first academic year of the course because S, or a close relative of S, is serving as a member of the armed forces outside Wales.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2018/191/regulation/39 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-wales-regulations-2018/regulation-39
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