PART 2

CHAPTER 5Eligibility of Afghan locally employed staff

Amendments to the 2009 Regulations43

In regulation 10540 (eligible distance learning 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 an eligible distance learning student in connection with—

i

an application for support for an earlier year of the current course, or

ii

an application for support in connection with a designated course, designated part-time 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; 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 distance learning student terminates immediately before the first day of the academic year in respect of which A is applying for support.