The Education (Student Support) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004

Amendment of the 2003 Regulations

11.—(1) Regulation 16 (Grants for dependants) shall be amended as provided by paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2) For paragraph (4) there shall be substituted –

(4) An eligible student shall be eligible under paragraphs (1) to (3) –

(a)for the maximum amount of grant payable only if he maintains a dependent who ordinarily resides in the United Kingdom for six months or more of the academic year in respect of which the eligible student applies for assistance under paragraph (1); and

(b)for no grant in any other case.

(3) In paragraph (11), for the words “paragraph 3(1)(a) of Part II” there shall be substituted the words “paragraph 2(1)(a)”.