Paragraph 4 Eligible postgraduate students

F1(1)

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

(a)

in connection with a designated postgraduate course the person falls within one of the categories set out—

(i)

in paragraph 1(1), 1(2), 2, 2ZA, 2ZB, F22ZC, 3, 4A, 5A, F36A(2)(d)(i), 6B, F4... 7A or 8A of Schedule 2, or

(ii)

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

and none of the exceptions in paragraph 5 of this Schedule apply to the person, or

(b)

the person’s circumstances fall within one of the cases set out in paragraph 6.

(1A)

This sub-paragraph applies where—

(a)

in connection with a designated postgraduate 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(2), 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 this Schedule 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, or

(ii)

a designated postgraduate course to which A’s status as an eligible postgraduate student is transferred in accordance with this Schedule.

(2)

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

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 4 para. 4(1)(1A) substituted for Sch. 4 para. 4(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), 145
F2: Word in Sch. 4 para. 4(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, 44(a)
F3: Word in Sch. 4 para. 4(1)(a)(i) substituted (22.2.2023) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/87), regs. 1(2), 45(a) (with reg. 2)
F4: Word in Sch. 4 para. 4(1)(a)(i) omitted (22.2.2023) by virtue of The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/87), regs. 1(2), 45(b) (with reg. 2)