The Assembly Learning Grants (European Institutions) (Wales) Regulations 2011

Eligible Students

6.—(1) An eligible student may be awarded support for one academic year in connection with undertaking a designated course subject to and in accordance with these Regulations.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3) and regulation 7, a person is an eligible student in connection with a designated course if in assessing the person’s application for support, the Welsh Ministers determine that the person falls within one of the categories in Part 2 of Schedule 1 and either—

(a) the academic authority of the College of Europe notifies the Welsh Ministers in writing that the person has a reasonable chance of being offered a place on that course by the College of Europe; or

(b) the academic authority of the Bologna Center nominates that person for support in writing to the Welsh Ministers.

(3) A person (“S”) is not an eligible student if—

(a) subject to paragraph (4), S has attended a qualifying course;

(b) S is in breach of an obligation to repay any loan;

(c) S has reached the age of 18 and not ratified any agreement for a loan made with S when S was under the age of 18; or

(d) S has, in the opinion of the Welsh Ministers, shown by S’s conduct that S is unfit to receive support.

(4) Paragraph (3)(a) does not apply where the Welsh Ministers determine that having regard to the particular circumstances of S’s case it is appropriate to award S support in connection with the current course despite S having attended a qualifying course.

(5) For the purposes of paragraph (3)(b) and (c), “loan” (“benthyciad”) means a loan made under the student loans legislation.

(6) In a case where the agreement for a loan is subject to the law of Scotland, paragraph (3)(c) only applies if the agreement was made–

(a) before 25 September 1991;

(b) with the concurrence of S’s curator or at a time when S had no curator.