PART 4KEY CONCEPTS

CHAPTER 2ELIGIBILITY

SECTION 1Eligible students

Eligible students9

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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, F12ZC, 3, 4A, 5A, 6A, 6B, F26BA,F36BB, 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.