PART 4KEY CONCEPTS
CHAPTER 2ELIGIBILITY
SECTION 4Previous study
Further restriction on support for part-time students27
1
An eligible student undertaking a part-time course does not qualify for support under these Regulations other than a disabled student’s grant if the student—
a
has undertaken one or more part-time courses for an aggregate of at least—
i
8 academic years (where that course or the earliest of those courses began before 1 September 2014), or
ii
16 academic years (where that course or the earliest of those courses began on or after 1 September 2014), and
b
has received relevant support in respect of at least 8 or, as the case may be, 16 of those academic years of the part-time course or courses.
2
In paragraph (1)(b), “relevant support” means—
a
a loan, a grant in respect of fees or a grant for books, travel and other expenditure made in respect of an academic year—
i
under these Regulations or any other regulations made under section 22 of the 1998 Act, or
ii
under regulations made under Articles 3 and 8(4) of the Education (Student Support) (Northern Ireland) Order 199821;
b
a loan made in respect of an academic year under regulations made under sections 73(f), 73B and 74(1) of the Education (Scotland) Act 198022.