Transfers of eligibility
34.—(1) An eligible part-time student may request the Secretary of State to transfer his eligibility in any case where—
(a)on the recommendation of the academic authority the student starts to undertake another part-time course at the institution;
(b)with the written consent of the academic authorities of both institutions concerned, given on educational grounds, the student starts to undertake a part-time course at another institution; or
(c)after commencing a part-time course for a first degree (other than an honours degree) the student is, before the completion of that course admitted to a part-time course for an honours degree in the same subject or subjects at the institution.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3) the Secretary of State, on being satisfied of the matters referred to in paragraph (1) and that the second course is a designated part-time course, shall transfer the eligible part-time student’s eligibility, and thenceforth the student shall for all purposes be an eligible part-time student in connection with his undertaking the second course, whether or not he may have been so eligible if he had applied under regulation 32.
(3) The Secretary of State may, after consulting the academic authority concerned, refuse to transfer eligibility where paragraph (1)(a) or (b) apply if he is satisfied that when the student applied for support he did not intend to complete the course to which his application related.
(4) An eligible part-time student’s eligibility as such may not be transferred after it has expired or been terminated under regulation 36.