Period of eligibility
7.—(1) A student retains his status as an eligible student in connection with a designated course until the status terminates in accordance with this regulation or regulation 5.
(2) The period for which an eligible student retains the status is the “period of eligibility”.
(3) Subject to the following paragraphs and regulation 5, the period of eligibility terminates at the end of the academic year in which the student completes the designated course.
(4) The period of eligibility terminates when the eligible student—
(a)withdraws from his designated course in circumstances where the Department has not transferred or converted or will not transfer or convert his status as an eligible student under regulation 8, 120 or 138; or
(b)abandons or is expelled from his designated course.
(5) The Department may terminate the period of eligibility where the eligible student has shown himself by his conduct to be unfitted to receive support.
(6) If the Department is satisfied that an eligible student has failed to comply with any requirement to provide information under these Regulations or has provided information which is inaccurate in a material particular, the Department may take such of the following actions as he considers appropriate in the circumstances—
(a)terminate the period of eligibility;
(b)determine that the student no longer qualifies for any particular support or particular amount of support;
(c)treat any support paid to the student as an overpayment which may be recovered under Chapter 4 of Part 10.
(7) Where the period of eligibility terminates before the end of the academic year in which the student completes the designated course, the Department may, at any time, renew the period of eligibility for such period as he determines.