3.—(1) An eligible student qualifies for an Assembly Learning Grant in connection with a period of full-time study or a period of part-time study subject to and in accordance with these Regulations.
(2) A person is an eligible student in connection with a designated course if:
(a)in assessing his or her application for support the Welsh Ministers determine that the person falls within one of the categories set out in Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the 2007 Regulations;
(b)the person is not excluded by paragraph (3); and
(c)the person has reached the age of 19 on or before 1 September 2008.
(3) A person shall not be an eligible student if:
(a)the only paragraph in Part 2 of Schedule 1 of the 2007 Regulations into which he or she falls is paragraph 9;
(b)the student has, in the opinion of the Welsh Ministers, shown himself or herself by his or her conduct to be unfitted to receive an Assembly Learning Grant;
(c)the student has already received an Assembly Learning Grant in relation to his or her attendance on any course during an Academic Year 2008/2009; or
(d)there has been bestowed on, or paid to the person in relation to the person’s attendance on the course—
(i)a healthcare bursary;
(ii)a Coleg Harlech bursary or an equivalent long course bursary provided by the Residential Colleges Committee or Scottish Further Education Funding Council;
(iii)separate funding by the Welsh Assembly Government in respect of a Work Based Learning Programme; or
(iv)such other financial support from public funds as determined by the Welsh Ministers.