Applications for support
120.—(1) A person must apply for a grant under this Part in connection with each academic year of a designated postgraduate course by completing and submitting to the Welsh Ministers an application in such form and accompanied by such documentation as the Welsh Ministers may require.
(2) The application must reach the Welsh Ministers as soon as is reasonably practicable.
(3) The Welsh Ministers may take such steps and make such inquiries as they consider necessary to determine whether the applicant is an eligible postgraduate student, whether the applicant qualifies for a grant and the amount of grant payable, if any.
(4) The Welsh Ministers must notify the applicant—
(a)whether the applicant qualifies for a grant;
(b)if the applicant does qualify, the amount payable in respect of the academic year, if any; and
(c)how that amount is allocated between the types of eligible expenditure.