Regulation 69 Qualifying conditions for grants for dependants

An eligible student qualifies for any particular GfD in respect of an academic year of the present course if the student—

The exceptions are— Exception 1 The eligible student is a prisoner, unless—

F2Exception 2 The only paragraph or paragraphs of Schedule 2 into which the eligible student falls is one or more of F3paragraphs 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 F4The academic year is a year in respect of which the 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 4 The eligible student is undertaking an academic year of an accelerated graduate entry course, other than the first year of the course. F5... Exception 6 The eligible student is undertaking an academic year of a sandwich course during which the periods of full-time study are in aggregate less than 10 weeks (unless it is a year to which Regulation 44(2) applies). Exception 7 The person in respect of whom the eligible student is applying—

F6Exception 8

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.

F7But 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.