S.L. 605.6 Art. 13Students pursuing a second or subsequent course.

Students pursuing a second or subsequent course at a lower recognised level or after having completed or partially followed another course of studies at the same level shall not be entitled to receive the students’ maintenance grants for that period of time that is equivalent to the period spent in the previous course of studies, if for that previous course of studies they were in receipt of the students’ maintenance grants. These students shall during their second or subsequent course only be entitled to the students’ maintenance grants for the remaining period of time after termination of the period of the previous course or for the difference in the amount of students’ maintenance grants if, for the second or subsequent course, the amount of students’ maintenance grants due is higher:

Provided that the following instances shall not be deemed to fall within the ambit of this regulation, namely:

(a) a one time shift from one educational course to another for every student who fails to complete a course of studies and opts to start another course at the same level or lower;

(b) progression for a course of a recognized higher level than that previously completed or partially followed;

(c) a postgraduate course required as a pre-requisite for the purpose of obtaining a warrant to practise a profession, which may include, as part of it, an unrated preparatory programme, if the student was not in receipt of the students’ maintenance grants at the same level;

(d) students who pursue the Doctor of Medicine course after having completed or partially followed a degree course: Provided also that students who pursue the Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Medical Sciences (Intercalated Year) and students who, after following this course, continue their studies as third year students in the Doctor of Medicine course shall be eligible to receive the maintenance grant: Provided further that students pursuing a second course, determined as a vocational course, at the Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology and which course is classified up to Level 4, after having completed or partially completed another course at that same level or higher at any other education institution, and thus going down the level, will be considered eligible for the initial grant only: Provided further that the Minister may, after recommendation by the Board, order the remuneration of the students’ maintenance grants to a student who is, according to these regulations, not eligible to receive the students’ maintenance grants due to special exceptional circumstances. Part III - Establishment of the Students’ Maintenance Grants Board.