The Education (Student Support) (Wales) Regulations 2017

Students becoming eligible during the course of an academic year

14.  Where any of the events listed in regulation 15 occurs in the course of an academic year—

(a)a student may qualify for grants and loans under this Part in respect of that academic year provided that the relevant event occurred within the first three months of the academic year; and

(b)such grants and loans are not available to the student in respect of any academic year beginning before the academic year in which the relevant event occurred.