6.—(1) Where an eligible student (“A”) transfers from a designated course (“the old course”) to another designated course (“the new course”), the Welsh Ministers must transfer A’s status as an eligible student to the new course where—
(a)the Welsh Ministers receive a request from the eligible student to do so;
(b)the Welsh Ministers are satisfied that one or more of the grounds for transfer in paragraph (2) applies; and
(c)the period of eligibility has not terminated.
(2) The grounds for transfer are—
(a)on the recommendation of the academic authority A ceases the old course and starts to undertake the new course at the same institution; or
(b)A starts to undertake the new course at another institution.
(3) Where A transfers under paragraph (1), A is entitled to receive in connection with the new course, the remainder of the postgraduate doctoral degree loan, if any, in accordance with regulation 14 and, where relevant, regulation 17, in respect of the old course.