Transfers of eligibility
6.—(1) An eligible student may request that the Department transfer his eligibility in any case where—
(a)on the recommendation of the academic authority the eligible student starts to undertake another course at the institution; or
(b)with the written consent of the academic authorities of both institutions concerned, given on educational grounds, the eligible student starts to undertake a course at another institution.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3) the Department, on being satisfied of the matters referred to in paragraph (1) and that the second course is a designated course, shall transfer the eligible student’s eligibility, and henceforth the eligible student shall for all purposes be an eligible student in connection with his undertaking the second course, whether or not he may have been eligible for a grant if he had applied under regulation 5.
(3) The Department may, after consulting the academic authority concerned, refuse to transfer eligibility under this regulation if it is satisfied that when the student applied for a grant he did not intend to complete the course to which his application related.
(4) An eligible student’s eligibility for a grant may not be transferred after it has expired or has been terminated under regulation 7.