Amendments to regulation 4
16. In regulation 4 (eligible students)—
(a)after paragraph (10) insert—
“(10A) Where—
(a)the Welsh Ministers have determined that by virtue of being a person with section 67 leave to remain or the child of such a person, a person (“A” in this paragraph) was—
(i)an eligible student in connection with an application for support for an earlier year of the present course, an application for support for a course in relation to which the present course is an end-on course or an application for support in connection with a designated part-time course, designated distance learning course, or other designated course from which A’s status as an eligible part-time student, eligible distance learning student or eligible student has been transferred to the present course; or
(ii)a qualifying student in connection with an application for support for an earlier year of the qualifying course or other qualifying course from which A’s status as a qualifying student has been transferred to the qualifying course in respect of which the student is applying for support; and
(b)as at the day before the academic year in respect of which A is applying for support starts, the period for which a person granted section 67 leave to remain is allowed to stay in the United Kingdom has expired and no further leave to remain has been granted and no appeal is pending (within the meaning of section 104 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002),
A’s status as an eligible or qualifying student terminates immediately before the first day of the academic year in respect of which A is applying for support.”;
(b)in paragraph (11), for “Paragraphs (9), (9A) and (10)” substitute “Paragraphs (9), (9A), (10) and (10A)”.