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91. For regulation 7 (other than the heading) (students becoming eligible in the course of an academic year) substitute—
“7.—(1) Where—
(a)during the currency of a course, the course becomes a designated course—
(i)under regulation 4(6);
(ii)by virtue of the course being provided by or on behalf of an English higher education provider which becomes a registered provider; or
(iii)by virtue of the course becoming a Northern Irish designated master’s degree course, a Scottish designated master’s degree course or a Welsh designated master’s degree course;
(b)the student commences a designated course after the start date of the designated course as the relevant academic authority has permitted the student to commence the course at this later start date; or
(c)an event specified in paragraph (2) occurs during the currency of a student’s course which results in the student becoming an eligible student,
the student may qualify for a postgraduate master’s degree loan, provided that the student complies with the application provisions set out in Chapter 3 of Part 1.
(2) The events mentioned in paragraph (1)(c) are—
(a)the student or the student’s spouse, civil partner or parent is recognised as a refugee, or becomes a person granted stateless leave or a person granted humanitarian protection;
(b)the student becomes a family member as described in paragraph 9A(1)(a), 9B(1)(a), 9C(1)(a) or 9D(1)(a) or (2)(a) of Schedule 1;
(c)the student becomes a person described in paragraph 3(a) of Schedule 1;
(d)the student becomes a person described in paragraph 6A(1)(a) of Schedule 1;
(e)the student becomes a person described in paragraph 11A(1)(a) of Schedule 1;
(f)the student becomes a person granted section 67 leave;
(g)the student becomes a person granted indefinite leave to remain as a victim of domestic violence or domestic abuse;
(h)the student becomes a person granted Calais leave;
(i)the student becomes a person granted indefinite leave to remain as a bereaved partner;
(j)the student becomes a person granted leave under one of the Afghan Schemes;
(k)the student becomes a person granted leave under one of the Ukraine Schemes.
(3) Where an event specified in paragraph (2)(a), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j) or (k) occurs in relation to a student after course start date, paragraph (4) applies for the purposes of determining whether the event results in the student becoming an eligible student.
(4) The student is to be treated, for the purposes of determining whether the student satisfies any requirement in Schedule 1 to be ordinarily resident in England on the course start date, as if the student was, on the course start date, lawfully residing in the place where the student was residing on that date.”.