Transfer of status
8.—(1) Where an eligible student transfers to another course, the Welsh Ministers must transfer the student’s status as an eligible student to that course where—
(a)they receive a request from the eligible student to do so;
(b)they are satisfied that one or more of the grounds of transfer in paragraph (2) applies; and
(c)the period of eligibility has not terminated.
(2) The grounds of transfer are—
(a)on the recommendation of the academic authority the eligible student ceases one course and starts to—
(i)attend another designated course at the institution;
(ii)undertake another compressed degree course at the institution; or
(iii)undertake a compressed degree course at the institution;
(b)the eligible student starts to—
(i)attend a designated course at another institution; or
(ii)undertake a compressed degree course with 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 designated course for the degree (including an honours 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 completion of that course, admitted to a designated 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 designated course for an honours degree in the same subject or subjects at the institution.
(3) Subject to paragraph (4), an eligible student who transfers under paragraph (1) is entitled to receive in connection with the academic year of the course to which he or she transfers the remainder of the support assessed by the Welsh Ministers in respect of the academic year of the course from which he or she transfers.
(4) The Welsh Ministers may re-assess the amount of support payable after the transfer.
(5) An eligible student who transfers under paragraph (1) after the Welsh Ministers have assessed his or her support 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 grant or 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 unless otherwise provided.