2

Subject to the following provisions of this regulation, a person is an eligible student in connection with a designated course if in assessing that person’s application for a postgraduate master’s degree loan the Secretary of State determines that the person falls within one of the categories set out—

a

in paragraphs 2, 2A, 3, 4, 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D, 4E, 5, 6A, 7A, 8A, 9A, 9B, 9C, 9D, 10A, 11A, 12A and 13 in Part 2 of Schedule 1; or

b

in paragraphs 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 in Part 2 of Schedule 1, where paragraph (2A) applies.

2A

This paragraph applies where—

a

in connection with a designated course beginning before 1st August 2021, the Secretary of State—

i

in assessing an application for a postgraduate master’s degree loan by a person (“A”) determined that A fell within one of the categories set out in paragraphs 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 in Part 2 of Schedule 1 in relation to an academic year of the course beginning before 1st August 2021; or

ii

would have so determined had A made an application for a postgraduate master’s degree loan in accordance with this Part in relation to an academic year of the course beginning before that date; and

b

A applies for a postgraduate master’s degree loan in connection with that course or a designated course to which A’s status as an eligible student is transferred from that course in accordance with this Part.

2B

In connection with a designated course beginning on or after 1st January 2028, paragraph (2) has effect as if it did not mention paragraphs 8A, 9B and 9D.

9

Where—

a

the Secretary of State has determined that, by virtue of—

i

falling within paragraph (a)(iii) or (iv) of the definition of “person with protected rights”; or

ii

meeting the conditions in paragraph 3(1)(a)(iii) or (iv) in Part 2 of Schedule 1,

a person (“A”) is an eligible student in connection with an application for a postgraduate master’s degree loan for a designated course; and

b

as at the day before the first day of the first academic year of that designated course, A is not a person with protected rights,

A’s status as an eligible student terminates immediately before the first day of the first academic year of that designated course.