Regulation 9 Eligible students

F1(1)

A person is an eligible student in connection with a designated course that the person is undertaking if—

(a)

the person falls within one of the categories set out—

(i)

in paragraph 1, 2, 2ZA, 2ZB, F22ZC, 3, 4A, 5A, 6A, 6B, F36BA, F46BB, 6C, 6D, 7A or 8A of Schedule 2, or

(ii)

in paragraph 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 of Schedule 2 where paragraph (1A) applies,

and none of the exceptions in regulation 10 apply to the person, or

(b)

the person’s circumstances fall within one of the cases set out in regulation 11.

(1A)

This paragraph applies where—

(a)

in connection with a designated course beginning before 1 August 2021 the Welsh Ministers—

(i)

in assessing an application for support by a person (“A”) determined that A fell within one of the categories set out in paragraph 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 of Schedule 2 in relation to an academic year of the course beginning before 1 August 2021, or

(ii)

would have so determined had A made an application for support in accordance with these Regulations in relation to an academic year of the course beginning before that date, and

(b)

A applies for support in connection with—

(i)

that course,

(ii)

an end-on course following on from that course, or

(iii)

a designated course to which A’s status as an eligible student is transferred in accordance with these Regulations.

(2)

A person may, at any given time, be an eligible student only in connection with one designated course.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reg. 9(1)(1A) substituted for reg. 9(1) (with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/481), regs. 1(2), 115
F2: Word in reg. 9(1)(a)(i) inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 3 of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Ukrainian Nationals and Family Members) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/764), regs. 2, 37
F3: Word in reg. 9(1)(a)(i) inserted (31.12.2021) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1365), regs. 1(2), 39
F4: Word in reg. 9(1)(a)(i) inserted (22.2.2023) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/87), regs. 1(2), 38 (with reg. 2)