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
154.—(1) Where an eligible Master’s, etc. student, “A”, transfers to another Master’s, etc. course, the Department must transfer the student’s status as an eligible Master’s, etc. student to that course where—
(a)the Department receives a request from A to do so;
(b)the Department is satisfied that one or more of the grounds for transfer in paragraph (2) applies; and
(c)the period of eligibility has not terminated.
(2) The grounds for transfer are—
(a)on the recommendation of the academic authority A ceases one designated Master’s, etc. course and starts to study another designated Master’s, etc. course at the same institution; or
(b)A starts to study a designated Master’s, etc. course at another institution.
(3) Subject to paragraph (4) , where A transfers under paragraph (1), A is entitled to receive in connection with the academic year of the course to which A transfers the remainder of Master’s, etc. fee loan in respect of the academic year of the course from which A transfers.
(4) The Department may re-assess the amount of Master’s, etc. fee loan after the transfer.
(5) Where A transfers under paragraph (1) after the Department has determined A’s Master’s, etc. fee loan in connection with the academic year of the course from which the student is transferring but before the student completes that year, A may not, in connection with the academic year of the course to which A transfers, apply for another loan of a kind that A has already applied for under this Part in connection with the academic year of the course to which A is transferring, unless otherwise provided.]