13.—(1) The amendments made by regulations 6 to 9 of these Regulations do not apply in relation to a person—
(a)where the first day of the first academic year of that person’s course is on or before 31st March 2011;
(b)where sub-paragraph (a) applies, and the person subsequently transfers to another course; or
(c)who, disregarding any intervening vacation, immediately after the course referred to in paragraph (a), begins an end-on course.
(2) The amendments made by regulations 10, 11 and 12 of these Regulations do not apply in relation to a person—
(a)whose application for support is received by the Secretary of State before the date on which these Regulations come into force;
(b)who, before the date on which these Regulations come into force was determined by the Secretary of State to be an eligible student falling within paragraph 5 of Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the SSR 2009; or
(c)who, having satisfied the conditions set out in sub-paragraph (a) or sub-paragraph (b), commences an end-on course.
(3) In this regulation, “end-on course” has the meaning given in paragraph (d) of the definition of “end-on course” in regulation 2 of the SSR 2009.