PART 12SUPPORT FOR PART-TIME COURSES
Period of eligibilityI196
1
A student’s status as an eligible part-time student is retained in connection with a designated part-time course until that status terminates in accordance with this regulation or regulation 93.
2
The period for which an eligible part-time student retains the status referred to in paragraph (1) is the “period of eligibility” (“cyfnod cymhwystra”).
3
Subject to the following paragraphs and regulation 93, the period of eligibility terminates at the end of the academic year in which the eligible part-time student completes the eligible part-time student’s designated part-time course.
4
The period of eligibility terminates when the eligible part-time student (“A” in this paragraph)—
a
withdraws from A’s designated part-time course in circumstances where the Welsh Ministers have not transferred or converted or will not transfer or convert A’s status under regulation 112 or 113; or
b
abandons or is expelled from A’s designated part-time course.
5
The period of eligibility terminates at the end of the academic year during or at the end of which it becomes impossible for the eligible part-time student to complete the designated part-time course within the period specified in regulation 95(1)(c) even if the eligible part-time student increases the eligible part-time student’s intensity of study.
6
The Welsh Ministers may terminate the period of eligibility where the eligible part-time student (“A” in this paragraph) has in the opinion of the Welsh Ministers shown by A’s conduct that A is unfitted to receive support under this Part.
7
If the Welsh Ministers are satisfied that an eligible part-time student has failed to comply with any requirement to provide information under this Part or has provided information which is inaccurate in a material particular, the Welsh Ministers may take such of the following actions as they consider appropriate in the circumstances—
a
terminate the period of eligibility;
b
determine that the student no longer qualifies for any particular support or particular amount of support under this Part;
c
treat any support paid to the student as an overpayment which may be recovered under regulation 118.
8
Where the period of eligibility terminates—
a
before the end of the academic year in which the eligible part-time student completes the designated part-time course; and
b
otherwise than under paragraph (5),
the Welsh Ministers may, at any time, renew, or extend the period of eligibility for such period as they determine.