6.—(1) A person (“P”)—
(a)who has a disability, and
(b)whose circumstances fall within one of the following cases,
is an eligible postgraduate student (accordingly P need not fall within any of the categories of eligible student set out in Schedule 2 and the exceptions set out in paragraph 5 do not apply to P).
(2) The cases are—
Case 1
(a)P qualified as an eligible postgraduate student in connection with an earlier academic year of the present postgraduate course, and
(b)P was ordinarily resident in Wales on the first day of the first academic year of the present postgraduate course.
Case 2
(a)P was an eligible postgraduate student in connection with a designated postgraduate course (the “earlier course”) other than the present postgraduate course,
(b)P’s status as an eligible postgraduate student in connection with the earlier course has been transferred to the present postgraduate course (see paragraph 15), and
(c)P was ordinarily resident in Wales on the first day of the first academic year of the earlier course.