The Assembly Learning Grants and Loans (Higher Education) (Wales) Regulations 2007

Applications for support

67.—(1) A person (the “applicant”) must apply for support in connection with each academic year of a designated part-time course by completing and submitting to the National Assembly an application in such form as the National Assembly may require.

(2) The application must be accompanied by—

(a) a declaration completed by the academic authority; and

(b) such additional documentation as the National Assembly may require.

(3) The general rule is that the application must reach the National Assembly within a period of six months beginning with the first day of the academic year of the course in respect of which it is submitted.

(4) The general rule in paragraph (2) does not apply where —

(a) one of the events listed in paragraph (15) of regulation 62 occurs after the first day of the academic year in respect of which the applicant is applying for support, in which case the application must reach the National Assembly within a period of six months beginning with the date on which the event occurs.

(b) the applicant is applying for support under regulation 66 , in which case the application must reach the National Assembly as soon as is reasonably practicable; or

(c) the National Assembly considers that having regard to the circumstances of the particular case the time limit should be relaxed, in which case the application must reach the National Assembly not later than such date as it specifies.

(5) The National Assembly may take such steps and make such inquiries as it considers necessary to determine whether the applicant is an eligible part-time student, whether he or she qualifies for support and the amount of support payable, if any.

(6) The National Assembly must notify the applicant of whether or not he or she qualifies for support and, if the applicant does qualify, the amount of support payable in respect of the academic year, if any.