When I connect to a personal hotspot via bluetooth it disconnects the wifi on the serving device, why?

I know this has been working before, and I really need to connect my iPad via Bluetooth to my iPhone so that I can then use the Wireless via my iPhone. Unfortunately, every time I connect to the iPhone via Bluetooth the WiFi on the iPhone disconnects.
What's up with that?

I've used it before. Turn on hotspot on iPhone. Turn on Bluetooth on both devices. Connect to hotspot via Bluetooth. iPad can now use wireless via iPhone.
Now it's stopped working and makes the wireless cut off on the iPhone when the Bluetooth is in use. It makes no sense.
In case you're wondering why I want to do this, there are mac address limitations in place on my network, and only one device is authorised.

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