Eligibility for grants for living costs
12.—(1) An eligible student shall not be eligible for grant for living costs under this Part if he is a person mentioned in paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 and not in any other paragraph of that Schedule.
(2) An eligible student shall not be eligible for grant for living costs under this Part in respect of any academic year—
(a)during which he is eligible to receive any payment under a bursary or award of similar description bestowed on him under section 63 of the Health Services and Public Health Act 1968() or article 44 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972() the amount of which is calculated by reference to his income; or
(b)of a course leading to a qualification in a healthcare profession, other than as a medical doctor or dentist, during which he is eligible to receive an allowance paid to him under sections 73(f) and 74(1) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 the amount of which is calculated by reference to his income; or
(c)of a course for the initial training of teachers referred to in paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 during which the periods of full-time attendance, including attendance for the purpose of teaching practice, are in aggregate less than 6 weeks, but this sub-paragraph does not apply to an eligible student to whom regulation 13 applies.
(3) With the exception of grant under regulation 14 an eligible student shall not be eligible for grant for living costs under this Part in respect of any academic year of a sandwich course during which the periods of full-time study are in aggregate less than 10 weeks and the periods of work experience are not—
(a)unpaid service in a hospital or in a public health service laboratory or with a primary care trust in the United Kingdom;
(b)unpaid service with a local authority in the United Kingdom acting in the exercise of their functions relating to health, welfare or the care of children and young persons or with a voluntary organisation providing facilities or carrying out activities of a like nature in the United Kingdom;
(c)unpaid service in the prison or probation and aftercare service in the United Kingdom;
(d)unpaid research in an institution in the United Kingdom or, in the case of a student attending an overseas institution as a necessary part of his course, in an overseas institution; or
(e)unpaid service with—
(i)a Health Authority established pursuant to section 8 of the National Health Service Act 1977() or a Special Health Authority established pursuant to section 11 of that Act();
(ii)a Health Board or a Special Health Board constituted under section 2 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978(); or
(iii)a health and social services board established under article 16 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972().
(4) An eligible student shall be eligible for a grant for living costs in respect of—
(a)an academic year during which—
(i)his course becomes a designated course,
(ii)he or his spouse or parent is recognised as a refugee or is granted leave to enter or remain as mentioned in paragraph 3 of Schedule 1, or
(b)any academic year which begins after the events referred to in paragraph (a)
but shall not be eligible for a grant for living costs in respect of any other academic year.