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149.—(1) An eligible Master’s, etc. student qualifies for a Master’s, etc. fee loan in connection with a designated Master’s, etc. course subject to and in accordance with this Part.
(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) to (16), a person is an eligible Master’s, etc. student in connection with a designated Master’s, etc. course if in assessing that person’s application for a Master’s, etc. fee loan the Department determines that the person falls within one of the categories set out in Part 2 of Schedule 2.
(3) A person (“A”) is not an eligible Master’s, etc. student if—
(a)A is in breach of any obligation to repay any loan;
(b)A has reached the age of 18 and has not ratified any agreement for a loan A made when A was under the age of 18;
(c)A has, in the opinion of the Department, shown by A’s conduct that A is unfitted to receive support;
(d)subject to paragraph (7), A is a prisoner;
(e)A is already enrolled on a designated Master’s, etc. course and is in receipt of a Master’s, etc. fee loan under this Part for such a course;
(f)subject to paragraph (16), A has previously received a Master’s, etc. fee loan under this Part.
(4) A person (“A”) is not an eligible Master’s, etc. student if A is enrolled on a course which is—
(a)a designated course under regulation 6,
(b)a designated distance learning course under regulation 107, or
(c)a designated part-time course under regulation 124,
and is receiving support under these Regulations for such a course.
(5) For the purposes of paragraphs (3)(a) and (3)(b), “loan” means a loan made under any provision of the student loans legislation.
(6) In a case where the agreement for a loan is subject to the law of Scotland, paragraph (3)(b) only applies if the agreement was made—
(a)before 25th September 1991; and
(b)with the concurrence of the borrower’s curator or at a time when the borrower had no curator.
(7) Paragraph (3)(d) does not apply in respect of an academic year during which the student enters prison or is released from prison.
(8) Subject to paragraphs (11) and (12), if a person satisfies the conditions in paragraph (9) or (10)—
(a)paragraphs (2) and (3) do not apply to that person; and
(b)the person is an eligible Master’s, etc. student for the purposes of this Part.
(9) The conditions in this paragraph are—
(a)the person qualified as an eligible Master’s, etc. student in connection with an earlier academic year of the current designated Master’s, etc. course pursuant to regulations made by the Department under Article 3 of the Order; and
(b)the person’s status as an eligible Master’s, etc. student has not terminated.
(10) The conditions in this paragraph are—
(a)the Department has previously determined that the person is an eligible Master’s, etc. student in connection with a designated Master’s, etc. course other than the current designated Master’s, etc. course;
(b)the student’s status as an eligible Master’s, etc. student in connection with the course referred to in sub-paragraph (a) has been transferred from that course to the current designated Master’s, etc. course as a result of one or more transfers in accordance with regulations made by the Department under Article 3 of the Order; and
(c)the person’s status as an eligible Master’s, etc. student has not terminated.
(11) Where—
(a)the Department determined that, by virtue of being a refugee or the spouse, civil partner, child or step-child of a refugee, a person (“A”) was an eligible Master’s, etc. student in connection with an application for support for an earlier year of the current Master’s, etc. course or an application for support in connection with another designated Master’s, etc. course from which A’s status as an eligible Master’s, etc. student has been transferred to the current Master’s, etc. course; and
(b)as at the day before the academic year in respect of which A is applying for support begins, the refugee status of A or of A’s spouse, civil partner, parent or step-parent, as the case may be, has expired and no further leave to remain has been granted and no appeal is pending (within the meaning of section 104 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002),
A’s status as an eligible Master’s, etc. student terminates immediately before the first day of the academic year in respect of which A is applying for support.
(12) Where—
(a)the Department determined that, by virtue of being a person with leave to enter or remain or the spouse, civil partner, child or step-child of such a person, a person (“A”) was an eligible Master’s, etc. student in connection with an application for support for an earlier year of the current Master’s, etc. course or an application for support in connection with another designated Master’s, etc. course from which A’s status as an eligible Master’s, etc. student has been transferred to the current Master’s, etc. course; and
(b)as at the day before the academic year in respect of which A is applying for support begins, the period for which the person with leave to enter or remain is allowed to stay in the United Kingdom has expired and no further leave to remain has been granted and no appeal is pending (within the meaning of section 104 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002),
A’s status as an eligible Master’s, etc. student terminates immediately before the first day of the academic year in respect of which A is applying for support.
(13) Where the eligible Master’s, etc. student is undertaking a designated Master’s, etc. course which is a distance learning course, the student does not qualify for a Master’s, etc. fee loan in respect of that course unless the Department considers that the student is undertaking the course in Northern Ireland on the first day of the designated Master’s, etc. course, whether the course is a designated Master’s, etc. course at that date or is designated on a later date during the academic school year.
(14) A student who is an eligible Master’s, etc. student for a Master’s, etc. fee loan in respect of a distance learning course will no longer be eligible for a Master’s, etc. fee loan in respect of that course, if the Department considers that the student is undertaking the course outside the United Kingdom.
[F2(14A) Paragraphs (13) and (14) do not apply to a person who is treated as being ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom by virtue of paragraph 1(4) of Schedule 2 on the basis of temporary employment falling within paragraph 1(5)(a) of that Schedule.]
(15) The Department may deem a person who has previously received a Master’s, etc. fee loan under these Regulations in relation to a designated Master’s, etc. course, to be an eligible Master’s, etc. student where the Department is of the view that the person had not been able to complete the designated Master’s, etc. course to which the previous Master’s, etc. fee loan related due to compelling personal reasons.
(16) The Department may only exercise its discretion to award a subsequent Master’s, etc. fee loan to a particular person under paragraph (15) once in respect of a particular student.]
Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 13 inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending Rule) by The Education (Student Support) (No.2) (Amendment) and Education (Student Loan) (Repayment) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 (S.R. 2017/7), regs. 1(1), 43, Sch. 1
F2Reg. 149(14A) inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(4) of the amending Rule) by The Education (Student Support) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 (S.R. 2017/43), regs. 1(2), 12
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