Revocation, saving and transitional provisions
8.—(1) Where before 7 July 2006—
(a)a current student or a prospective student applied for support under the 2000 Regulations in respect of the next academic year; and
(b)no determination had been made, if relevant, as to whether the student was eligible for support in connection with his or her attendance on the current course or as to the amount of support payable, if any, to that student,
the application is to be treated as if it had been made under and in accordance with these Regulations.
(2) Any payment of support made or to be made under the 2000 Regulations to a current student or a new student in respect of the next academic year before 7 July 2006 is to be treated as a payment made or to be made under these Regulations.
(3) Subject to paragraph (4), the National Assembly may reassess, in accordance with these Regulations, the amount of support determined before 7 July 2006 to be payable to a current student or a new student in respect of the next academic year.
(4) Where the National Assembly reassesses the amount of support payable to a current student in accordance with paragraph (2) and the amount of support payable to the student decreases, the amount of support payable to the student is the amount determined to be payable to him or her under the 2000 Regulations.
(5) For the purposes of paragraph (1), “prospective student” means a person—
(a)who starts the current course in the next academic year; and
(b)applied for support under the 2000 Regulations in respect of that course before 7 July 2006; but
(c)in respect of whom no decision as to his or her eligibility for support in connection with the current course had been made before 7 July 2006.