Regulation 54 Qualifying conditions for a maintenance loan

An eligible student qualifies for a maintenance loan in respect of an academic year of the present course unless one of the following exceptions applies—

Exception 1 The eligible student is a prisoner, unless—

F1Exception 2 The only paragraph or paragraphs of Schedule 2 into which the eligible student falls is one or more of F2paragraphs 1(2)(d)(ii), 1(3), 4A(1)(b)(ii), 4A(2)(b)(ii), 6(1), 6A(1), 6A(2)(d)(ii), 6BA, 6BB, 6C, 6D, 7A(c)(ii) or 8A(1)(d)(ii).

Exception 3 The eligible student is aged 60 or over on the first day of the first academic year of the present course.

F3Exception 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.

F4But 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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