3.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) to (4), the following regulations are revoked in relation to Wales on 1 September 2006—
(a)the Education (Student Support) Regulations 2005;
(b)the Education (Student Support) (Amendment) Regulations 2005; and
(c)the Education (Student Support) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2005.
(2) The 2003 Regulations continue to apply to the provision of support to students in relation to an academic year which begins on or after 1 September 2003 but before 1 September 2004.
(3) The 2004 Regulations continue to apply to the provision of support to students in relation to an academic year which begins on or after 1 September 2004 but before 1 September 2005.
(4) The 2005 Regulations continue to apply to the provision of support to students in relation to an academic year which begins on or after 1 September 2005 but before 1 September 2006.
(5) These Regulations apply in relation to the provision of support to students in relation to an academic year which begins on or after 1 September 2006 whether anything done under these Regulations is done before, on or after 1 September 2006.
(6) Notwithstanding any other provision in these Regulations where—
(a)a person attends a course in respect of which a transitional award was bestowed on him or her; or
(b)no award under the 1962 Act was bestowed in respect of the course but a transitional award would have been bestowed on him or her if the person had applied for an award under the 1962 Act and his or her resources had not exceeded his or her requirements,
he or she is an old system eligible student for the purposes of Parts 4, 5 and 6 in connection with the course, or in connection with any subsequent course to which the award (either bestowed or which would have been bestowed under the 1962 Act) would have been transferred if transitional awards provided for payments after the first year of a course, but unless paragraph (7) applies he or she qualifies for support by way of loan under Part 7 only if he or she is an eligible student under these regulations and if he or she satisfies the qualifying conditions for support under Part 7.
(7) Notwithstanding any other provision in these Regulations, where any person received or was eligible to receive a loan in relation to an academic year of a course under the 1998 Regulations he or she is an old system eligible student for the purposes of Part 7 in connection with the course, or any subsequent designated course which (disregarding any intervening vacation) he or she starts immediately after ceasing that course, but unless paragraph (6) applies he or she qualifies for support by way of grant under Parts 4 and 6 only if he or she is an eligible student under these Regulations and if he or she satisfies the relevant qualifying conditions for support under Parts 4, 5 and 6.