PART 7BASE GRANT AND MAINTENANCE GRANT
CHAPTER 1QUALIFYING CONDITIONS
Qualifying conditions for base grant and maintenance grant44
1
An eligible student qualifies for a base grant and a maintenance grant in respect of an academic year of the present course unless the eligible student falls within one of the following exceptions—
Exception 1 The eligible student is a prisoner, unless—
a
the present course is a part-time course, and
b
the eligible student enters or is released from prison in the academic year in question.
F2Exception 2 The only paragraph or paragraphs of Schedule 2 into which the eligible student falls is one or more of paragraphs 1(3), 6(1), 6A(1), F36BA, 6C or 6D.
Exception 3 The academic year is a year in respect of which the student is eligible to apply for—
a
a healthcare bursary, or
b
a Scottish healthcare allowance,
calculated by reference to the student's income (whether or not the calculation results in a nil amount).
Exception 4 The present course is an accelerated graduate entry course.
F1Exception 5 The present course is a distance learning course and the student (“S”) is not in Wales on the first day of the first academic year of the course.
But this exception does not apply where—
a
S is not in Wales on the first day of the first academic year of the course because S, or a close relative of S, is serving as a member of the armed forces outside Wales, or
b
S is unable to be in Wales on the first day of the first academic year of the course for a reason related to coronavirus.
Exception 6 The eligible student is undertaking an academic year of a sandwich course during which the periods of full-time study are in aggregate less than 10 weeks (unless it is a year to which paragraph (2) applies).
2
This paragraph applies to an academic year of a sandwich course if, as part of the course, the eligible student undertakes—
a
a period of work experience with a body in the United Kingdom specified in paragraph (3), or
b
unpaid research—
i
in an institution in the United Kingdom, or
ii
outside the United Kingdom if the eligible student is attending an institution outside the United Kingdom as part of the course.
3
The bodies referred to in paragraph (2)(a) are—
a
a hospital;
b
a public health service laboratory;
c
a local authority or voluntary organisation exercising a function or carrying out activities relating to the care of children and young persons, health or welfare;
d
a body providing prison or probation services in the United Kingdom;
e
a health body listed in paragraph (4).
4
The health bodies are—
a
b
an NHS trust established under section 25 of the National Health Service Act 2006 or section 18 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006;
c
an NHS foundation trust;
d
a Local Health Board established under section 11 of the National Health Service (Wales) Act 2006;
e
a Health Board or Special Health Board constituted under section 2 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 M3;
f
the Regional Health and Social Care Board established under section 7 of the Health and Social Care (Reform) Act (Northern Ireland) 2009 M4;
g
the Regional Agency for Public Health and Social Well-being established under section 12 of that Act;
h
a health and social care trust (formerly called a health and social services trust) established under the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 M5;
i
a special health and social care agency (formerly called a special health and social services agency) established under the Health and Personal Social Services (Special Agencies) (Northern Ireland) Order 1990 M6;
j
the National Health Service Commissioning Board established under section 1H of the National Health Service Act 2006 or a clinical commissioning group established under section 11 of that Act M7;
k
the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence established under section 232 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 M8;
l
the Health and Social Care Information Centre established under section 252 of that Act.