91.—(1) An eligible part-time student who is a new eligible part-time student qualifies in accordance with this regulation for a new part-time fee loan in connection with the student’s attendance on, or undertaking of a designated part-time course.
(2) A new-part time fee loan is not available in respect of an academic year of a designated part-time course which is a bursary year or an Erasmus year.
(3) The maximum amount of new part-time fee loan available under this regulation to a new eligible part-time student in respect of an academic year of a designated part-time course provided by an institution in Wales is the lesser of—
(a)£2,625; or
(b)the fee payable by the student in respect of that academic year.
(4) The maximum amount of new part-time fee loan available under this regulation to a new eligible part-time student in respect of an academic year of a designated part-time course provided by a publicly funded institution in England, Scotland or Northern Ireland is the lesser of—
(a)£6,750; or
(b)the fee payable by the student in respect of that academic year.
(5) The maximum amount of new part-time fee loan available under this regulation to a new eligible part-time student in respect of an academic year of a designated part-time course provided by a private institution in England, Scotland or Northern Ireland is the lesser of—
(a)£4,500; or
(b)the fee payable by the student in respect of that academic year.
(6) An eligible part-time student who is not a new eligible part-time student will not qualify for any support under this regulation.
(7) A new eligible part-time student does not qualify for a new part-time fee loan in relation to an academic year of a designated part-time course if the intensity of study during that year is less than 25 per cent.
(8) For the purposes of paragraph (7) the intensity of study during an academic year of a designated part-time course is to be calculated in accordance with regulation 90(2) and (3).