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Paragraph 14 Becoming eligible during an academic year

England and Wales

(1)

Where one of the events in paragraph (3) occurs, the student may become eligible for a disabled postgraduate student's grant.

(2)

But the amount of grant payable to the eligible postgraduate student will only be in respect of F1the academic year from the date that the relevant event occurs.

(3)

The events are—

(a)

the student's course becomes a designated postgraduate course;

(b)

the student becomes an eligible postgraduate student on the grounds that–

F2(i)

the student or the student’s spouse, civil partner or parent is recognised as a refugee, becomes a person granted stateless leave, becomes a person with leave to enter or remain or becomes a person granted humanitarian protection under paragraph 339C of the immigration rules;

F3(ia)

the student or the student’s parent becomes a person with section 67 leave to remain F4or a F5person with leave to enter or remain as a protected partner;

F6(ib)

the student becomes a person with Calais leave;

F7(ic)

the student becomes a person with leave to enter or remain as a relevant Afghan citizen F8or the spouse, civil partner, child or stepchild of such a person;

F9(id)

the student becomes a protected Ukrainian national F10or the spouse, civil partner, child or stepchild of such a person;

F11(ii)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F12(iii)

the student becomes a person described in F13paragraph 1(1)(a) or (2)(a) of Schedule 2;

F14(iv)

where paragraph 4(1A)(a) of this Schedule applies, F15the student becomes a person described in paragraph 8(1)(a) of Schedule 2;

(v)

the student becomes a person described in F16paragraph 4A(1)(a) of Schedule 2 or, where paragraph 4(1A)(a) of this Schedule applies, in paragraph 4(1)(a) of Schedule 2;

F17(vi)

the student becomes a person described in paragraph 7A(a) of Schedule 2 or, where paragraph 4(1A)(a) of this Schedule applies, in paragraph 7(1)(a) of Schedule 2;

F18(vii)

the student becomes a person described in paragraph 6B(1)(a)(ii) of Schedule 2.

(4)

In sub-paragraph (3), the following terms have the same meaning as in Schedule 2—

  • F19...

  • F20“immigration rules” (“rheolau mewfudo”);

  • “parent” (“rhiant”);

  • F21“person granted leave to enter or remain as a protected partner” (“person y rhoddwyd caniatâd iddo ddod i mewn neu aros fel partner a ddiogelir”);

  • F22“person granted stateless leave” (“person y rhoddwyd caniatâd iddo aros fel person diwladwriaeth”);

  • F23“person with Calais leave” (“person sydd â chaniatâd Calais”);

  • “person with leave to enter or remain” (“person sydd â chaniatâd i ddod i mewn neu i aros”);

  • F24"person with leave to enter or remain as a relevant Afghan citizen" (“person sydd â chaniatâd i ddod i mewn neu i aros fel dinesydd perthnasol o Affganistan”);

  • F25“person with section 67 leave to remain” (“person sydd â chaniatâd i aros o dan adran 67”);

  • F26“protected Ukrainian national” (“gwladolyn Wcreinaidd a ddiogelir”);

  • “refugee” (“ffoadur”);

  • F27...

  • F28...

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in Sch. 4 para. 14(2) substituted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Support) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/73), regs. 1(2), 11(a)

F2

Sch. 4 para. 14(3)(b)(i) substituted (28.1.2021) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Ordinary Residence) (Wales) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/9), regs. 1(2), 50(a)

F3

Sch. 4 para. 14(3)(b)(ia) inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(3)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/235), regs. 1(3)(a), 57(e)

F4

Words in Sch. 4 para. 14(3)(b)(ia) inserted (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), 150(a)(i)

F5

Words in Sch. 4 para. 14(3)(b)(ia) substituted (9.8.2024) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/810), regs. 1(2), 27(b)(i)

F6

Sch. 4 para. 14(3)(b)(ib) inserted (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), 150(a)(ii)

F7

Sch. 4 para. 14(3)(b)(ic) inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/79), regs. 1(2), 39(b)

F8

Words in Sch. 4 para. 14(3)(b)(ic) inserted (4.1.2024) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1349), regs. 1(2), 37(b) (with regs. 2, 80(2))

F9

Sch. 4 para. 14(3)(b)(id) 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, 44(c)(i)

F10

Words in Sch. 4 para. 14(3)(b)(id) inserted (4.1.2024) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1349), regs. 1(2), 41(b) (with reg. 2)

F11

Sch. 4 para. 14(3)(b)(ii) omitted (with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/481), regs. 1(2), 150(a)(iii)

F12

Sch. 4 para. 14(3)(b)(iii) substituted (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), 150(a)(iv)

F13

Words in Sch. 4 para. 14(3)(b)(iii) substituted (3.2.2025 with application in accordance with reg. 2(1)(a) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/16), regs. 1(2), 28

F14

Sch. 4 para. 14(3)(b)(iv) substituted (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), 150(a)(v)

F15

Words in Sch. 4 para. 14(3)(b)(iv) substituted (1.8.2021) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/813), regs. 1(2), 10(c)

F16

Words in Sch. 4 para. 14(3)(b)(v) inserted (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), 150(a)(vi)

F17

Sch. 4 para. 14(3)(b)(vi) substituted (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), 150(a)(vii)

F18

Sch. 4 para. 14(3)(b)(vii) inserted (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), 150(a)(viii)

F19

Words in Sch. 4 para. 14(4) omitted (with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/481), regs. 1(2), 150(b)(i)

F20

Words in Sch. 4 para. 14(4) inserted (28.1.2021) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Ordinary Residence) (Wales) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/9), regs. 1(2), 50(b)

F21

Words in Sch. 4 para. 14(4) substituted (9.8.2024) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/810), regs. 1(2), 27(b)(ii)

F22

Words in Sch. 4 para. 14(4) inserted (30.7.2018) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/814), regs. 1(2), 17(d)

F23

Words in Sch. 4 para. 14(4) inserted (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), 150(b)(iv)

F24

Words in Sch. 4 para. 14(4) inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/79), regs. 1(2), 39(c)

F25

Words in Sch. 4 para. 14(4) inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(3)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/235), regs. 1(3)(a), 57(f)

F26

Words in Sch. 4 para. 14(4) 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, 44(c)(ii)

F27

Words in Sch. 4 para. 14(4) omitted (with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/481), regs. 1(2), 150(b)(ii)

F28

Words in Sch. 4 para. 14(4) omitted (with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/481), regs. 1(2), 150(b)(iii)