The Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2018

Eligible studentsE+W

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