Amendments to the 2009 Regulations
34. In regulation 5(1) (eligible students)—
(a)in paragraph (2)(a) for “and 13” substitute “, 13 and 14”;
(b)after paragraph (11D), insert—
“(11E) Where—
(a)the Department determined that, by virtue of being a person granted leave under one of the Afghan Schemes, a person (“A”) was—
(i)an eligible student in connection with an application for support for an earlier year of the current course, an application for support for a course in relation to which the current course is an end-on course or an application for support in connection with a designated part-time course, designated distance learning course or other designated course from which A’s status as an eligible student, eligible part-time student or eligible distance learning student has been transferred to the current course; or
(ii)a qualifying student in connection with an application for support for an earlier year of the qualifying course or other qualifying course from which A’s status as a qualifying student has been transferred to the qualifying course in respect of which the student is applying for support; 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 granted leave under one of the Afghan Schemes is allowed to stay in the United Kingdom has expired,
A’s status as an eligible or qualifying student terminates immediately before the first day of the academic year in respect of which A is applying for support.”
Regulation 5 was amended by S.R. 2013 No. 128, S.R. 2017 No. 7, S.R. 2019 No.135 and S.R. 2021 Nos. 50 and 85.