19.—(1) An eligible postgraduate student must, as soon as reasonably practicable after being requested to do so, provide the Welsh Ministers with such information or documentation as the Welsh Ministers may require for the purposes of this Schedule.
(2) Where an event mentioned in paragraph (3) occurs in respect of an eligible postgraduate student, the student must inform the Welsh Ministers as soon as is reasonably practicable after the event occurs.
(3) The events are—
(a)the student withdraws from, abandons or is expelled from the present postgraduate course;
(b)the student transfers to another postgraduate course (whether at the same or at a different institution);
(c)the student otherwise ceases to undertake the present postgraduate course and does not intend to or is not permitted to continue it for the remainder of the academic year;
(d)the student is absent from the present postgraduate course—
(i)for more than 60 days due to illness, or
(ii)for any period for any other reason;
(e)the month for the start or completion of the present postgraduate course changes;
(f)the student’s home or term-time—
(i)address,
(ii)telephone number, or
(iii)email address,
changes.
(4) Information or documentation that is required to be provided to the Welsh Ministers under this Schedule must be provided in such form as the Welsh Ministers may specify.
(5) The Welsh Ministers may require that—
(a)an application under paragraph 17;
(b)any other documentation provided to them under this Schedule,
must be signed in such manner (including electronically) as they may specify.
(6) The reference to an eligible postgraduate student in sub-paragraph (1) is to be treated as including a person who makes an application under paragraph 17 even if the Welsh Ministers’ decision on the application is that the person is not an eligible postgraduate student.
(7) See paragraph 10 for provision about the consequences of failing to comply with a requirement imposed by this paragraph.