Transfers of eligibility
6.—(1) An eligible student may request that the Scottish Ministers transfer his or her eligibility in any case where–
(a)on the recommendation of the academic authority of the institution concerned the eligible student starts to undertake another course at the institution;
(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;
(c)after commencing a course for the Certificate in Education, the eligible student is, on or before the completion of that course, admitted to a course for the degree of Bachelor of Education either at the same institution or at another institution;
(d)after commencing a course for the degree (other than an honours degree) of Bachelor of Education the eligible student is, on or before the completion of that course, admitted to a course for the honours degree of Bachelor of Education either at the same institution or at another institution; or
(e)after commencing a course for a first degree (other than an honours degree) the eligible student is, before the completion of that course, admitted to a course for an honours degree in the same subject or subjects at the institution.
(2) The Scottish Ministers, 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 thenceforth the eligible student shall for all purposes be an eligible student in connection with his or her undertaking the second course, whether or not he or she might have been eligible for a loan if he or she had applied under regulation 5.
(3) An eligible student’s eligibility for a loan may not be transferred after it has expired or been terminated under regulation 7.
(4) An eligible student who transfers his or her eligibility under this regulation after the Scottish Ministers have assessed his or her loan in connection with the academic year of the course from which he or she is transferring but before he or she completes that year may not, in connection with the academic year of the course to which he or she transfers, apply for another loan of a kind that he or she has already applied for under these Regulations in connection with the academic year of the course from which he or she is transferring.