Regulation 12 Students eligible for student loans for tuition fees for RUK institutionsI1
Scotland
The Scottish Ministers may pay a loan, in accordance with the provisions of section 73(f) (power of Secretary of State to make grants to education authorities and others) of the Act and this Part, to or in respect of an eligible student.
A person is eligible for a loan for tuition fees in connection with their undertaking a designated course if the person—
is a person mentioned in Part 1 of schedule 1,
is not in breach of any obligation to repay any loan, and
has not, in the opinion of the Scottish Ministers, shown themselves by their conduct to be unfit to receive a loan.
For the purposes of paragraph (2)(b) “loan” means a loan made under the Act, the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998, the Education (Student Loans) (Northern Ireland) Order 1990, the Education (Student Support) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 or under any regulations made under any of the foregoing.
For the purposes of this Part, in assessing a person’s eligibility under Part 1 of schedule 1 for a loan in respect of a course, that course will be deemed to have started on the date that the first constituent part of any programme which contributes to the final award for that course commenced.
In assessing a person’s eligibility under Part 1 of schedule 1 for a loan in respect of a course—
a programme leading to—
a degree,
a Higher National Diploma, or
a Higher National Certificate, and
such other programmes as the Scottish Ministers may determine,
are to be treated as separate and distinct courses of education.
Schedule 3 is to have effect as regards determining whether a person is to be treated, for the purposes of Part 1 of schedule 1, as being, or having been, ordinarily resident in a place at, or for, a particular time.