Further restriction on support for part-time students
27.—(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 1998(1);
(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 1980(2).
S.I.1998/1760 (N.I. 14) to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.
1980 c.44; section 73B was inserted by section 29(2) of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 (c.30) and was amended by the Education (Graduate Endowment and Student Support) (Scotland) Act 2001 (asp 6), Schedule 6 to the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c.1), section 34(1) of the Bankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 3) and Schedule 8 to the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 21).