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PART 11E+W[F1Eligibility in connection with designated part-time courses and transfers of status etc.]

Textual Amendments

F1Pt. 11 heading substituted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Support) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/472), regs. 1(2)(a), 8

[F2Transfer of statusE+W

139A.—(1) Where an eligible part-time student transfers to another part-time course, the Secretary of State must transfer the student’s status as an eligible part-time student to that course where—

(a)the Secretary of State receives a request from the eligible part-time student to do so;

(b)the Secretary of State is satisfied that one or more of the grounds for transfer in paragraph (2) applies; and

(c)the period of eligibility has not terminated.

[F3(1A) Paragraph (1) applies to a person who is an eligible part-time student by virtue of regulation 137(2)(b) only where that person’s status as an eligible part-time student has not been transferred on or after 1st August 2021 from the designated part-time course referred to in regulation 137(2A)(a) to another designated part-time course.]

(2) The grounds for transfer are—

(a)the eligible part-time student starts to undertake another designated part-time course at the institution;

(b)the eligible part-time student starts to undertake a designated part-time course at another institution; or

(c)after beginning a designated part-time course for a first degree (other than an honours degree) the eligible part-time student is, before the completion of that course, admitted to a designated part-time course for an honours degree in the same subject or subjects at the institution.

F4(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F5(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(5) An eligible student who transfers under paragraph (1) after the Secretary of State has determined the student’s support in connection with the academic year of the course from which the student is transferring but before the student completes that year may not apply for [F6another grant under regulation 147 in connection with the academic year of the course to which the student transfers,]

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Textual Amendments

F2Regs. 139A-139D inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2)(b) of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Support) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/472), regs. 1(2)(a), 14