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9.—[F1(1) A person is an eligible student in connection with a designated course that the person is undertaking if—
(a)the person falls within one of the categories set out—
(i)in paragraph 1, 2, 2ZA, 2ZB, [F22ZC,] 3, 4A, 5A, 6A, 6B, [F36BA,] [F46BB,] 6C, 6D, 7A or 8A of Schedule 2, or
(ii)in paragraph 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 of Schedule 2 where paragraph (1A) applies,
and none of the exceptions in regulation 10 apply to the person, or
(b)the person’s circumstances fall within one of the cases set out in regulation 11.
(1A) This paragraph applies where—
(a)in connection with a designated course beginning before 1 August 2021 the Welsh Ministers—
(i)in assessing an application for support by a person (“A”) determined that A fell within one of the categories set out in paragraph 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 of Schedule 2 in relation to an academic year of the course beginning before 1 August 2021, or
(ii)would have so determined had A made an application for support in accordance with these Regulations in relation to an academic year of the course beginning before that date, and
(b)A applies for support in connection with—
(i)that course,
(ii)an end-on course following on from that course, or
(iii)a designated course to which A’s status as an eligible student is transferred in accordance with these Regulations.]
(2) A person may, at any given time, be an eligible student only in connection with one designated course.
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 9(1)(1A) substituted for reg. 9(1) (with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/481), regs. 1(2), 115
F2Word in reg. 9(1)(a)(i) inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 3 of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Ukrainian Nationals and Family Members) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/764), regs. 2, 37
F3Word in reg. 9(1)(a)(i) inserted (31.12.2021) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1365), regs. 1(2), 39
F4Word in reg. 9(1)(a)(i) inserted (22.2.2023) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/87), regs. 1(2), 38 (with reg. 2)
10.—(1) A person (“P”) is not an eligible student if any of the following exceptions applies—
Where the designated course is a full-time course, an award within the meaning of the Education (Mandatory Awards) Regulations 2003 M1 has been bestowed on P in respect of the course.
Where the designated course is a full-time course, P is eligible for a loan in relation to an academic year of the designated course under the Education (Student Loans) (Northern Ireland) Order 1990 M2.
In respect of P undertaking the designated course, P has been bestowed or paid—
[F5(a) where the course is a full-time course, a healthcare bursary, the amount of which is not calculated by reference to P’s income (unless it is a bursary grant for living costs);]
[F6(b) where the course is a part-time course, a healthcare bursary (whether or not calculated by reference to P’s income).]
P is in breach of an obligation to repay a student loan.
P has reached the age of 18 and has not ratified an agreement for a student loan made with P when P was under 18.
The Welsh Ministers think that P's conduct is such that P is not fit to receive support.
P is a prisoner.
But P may be an eligible student despite being a prisoner if—
(a)P's application for support is in respect of the academic year during which P enters or is released from prison,
(b)P's present course is a full-time end-on course, or
(c)P has been authorised by the prison Governor or Director or other appropriate authority to study the present course and P's earliest release date is within 6 years of the first day of the first academic year of the course.
(2) In Exception 3, “bursary grant for living costs” is a grant for living costs made available under the NHS Wales Bursary Scheme.
(3) In Exceptions 4 and 5, “student loan” means a loan made under—
(a)the Education (Student Loans) Act 1990 M3;
(b)the Education (Scotland) Act 1980;
(c)the Education (Student Loans) (Northern Ireland) Order 1990 M4;
(d)the Education (Student Support) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 M5;
(e)regulations made under any of those Acts or Orders;
(f)these Regulations or any other regulations made under the 1998 Act.
(4) In these Regulations—
“healthcare bursary” (“bwrsari iechyd”) means a bursary or award of similar description under—
“Learning Support Fund” (“Cronfa Cymorth Dysgu”) means the fund made available by NHS England to certain students in respect of qualifying healthcare courses;
F7...
The designated course begins on or after 1 January 2028 and the only paragraph or paragraphs in Schedule 2 into which P falls is one or more of paragraphs 5A, 6B [F9, 6BA], or 6D.]
Textual Amendments
F5Words in reg. 10(1) substituted (4.1.2024) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1349), regs. 1(2), 42(a)(i)
F6Words in reg. 10(1) substituted (4.1.2024) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1349), regs. 1(2), 42(a)(ii)
F7Words in reg. 10(4) omitted (4.1.2024) by virtue of The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) (Wales) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1349), regs. 1(2), 42(b)
F8Words in reg. 10(1) inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Student Finance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/481), regs. 1(2), 116
F9Word in reg. 10(1) inserted (31.12.2021) by The Education (Student Fees, Awards and Support) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1365), regs. 1(2), 40
Marginal Citations
M1S.I. 2003/1994, amended by SI 2004/1038, S.I. 2004/1792, S.I. 2005/2083, S.I. 2005/3137, S.I. 2005/3482, S.I. 2006/930, S.I. 2007/1629, S.I. 2008/1477, S.I. 2010/1142 (W.101), S.I. 2010/1172, S.I. 2011/1043, S.I. 2014/107, S.I. 2016/211 and the Education Act 2005 section 74.
M2S.I. 1990/1506 (N.I. 11), amended by S.I. 1996/274 (N.I.1), Article 43 and Schedule 5 Part II, S.I. 1996/1918 (N.I. 15), Article 3 and the Schedule and S.I. 1998/258 (N.I. 1), Articles 3 to 6 and revoked, with savings, by SR (NI) 1998 No 306.
M31990 c. 6; repealed by the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 (c. 30), Schedule 4, with savings see the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/2004) (C. 46).
M4S.I. 1990/1506 (N.I. 11) amended by S.I. 1996/274 (N.I. 1), Article 43 and Schedule 5 Part II, S.I. 1996/1918 (N.I. 15), Article 3 and the Schedule and S.I. 1998/258 (N.I. 1), Articles 3 to 6 and revoked, with savings, by SR (NI) 1998 No 306.
11.—(1) Paragraph (2) applies to a person (“P”) if—
(a)P's circumstances fall within one of the cases in paragraph (3), and
(b)Exception 3 in Regulation 10 does not apply in respect of the year for which P is applying for support.
(2) Where this paragraph applies, P is an eligible student and accordingly—
(a)P need not fall within any of the categories of student set out in Schedule 2, and
(b)none of the exceptions set out in Regulation 10 (other than Exception 3) prevent P from being an eligible student.
(3) The cases are—
(a)P was an eligible student in connection with an earlier academic year of P's present course, and
(b)P was ordinarily resident in Wales on the first day of the first academic year of that course.
(a)P's present course is an end-on course,
(b)P was an eligible student in connection with the course (the “earlier course”) in relation to which P's present course is an end-on course,
(c)P's period of eligibility for the earlier course ended only because P had completed that earlier course, and
(d)P was ordinarily resident in Wales on the first day of the first academic year of the earlier course.
(a)P was an eligible student in connection with a designated course (the “earlier course”) other than the present course,
(b)P's status as an eligible student in connection with the earlier course has been transferred to the present course (see Section 5), and
(c)P was ordinarily resident in Wales on the first day of the first academic year of the earlier course.
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