The Education (Student Fees and Support) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021

Amendment of regulation 5

15.  In regulation 5(1) (prescribed description of a qualifying person)—

(a) in paragraph (1)(c) for “7, 10 or 11” substitute “6A, 6B, 7, 7A, 10, 10A, 11 or 12”;

(b) after paragraph (1), insert—

“(1A) In this regulation, subject to paragraph (1C), “prescribed category” means any category of person described—

(a) in paragraphs 2, 2A, 3, 4, 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D, 4E, 4F, 5, 6A, 6B, 7A, 8A, 9ZA, 9ZB, 9ZC, 9ZD, 9B, 10A, 12 or 13 in Part 2 of the Schedule; or

(b) in paragraphs 6, 7, 8, 9, 9A, 10 or 11 in Part 2 of the Schedule where paragraph (1B) applies.

(1B) This paragraph applies—

(a) where in connection with a qualifying course beginning before 1st August 2021, a person (“A”) was a qualifying person by virtue of falling within any category of persons described in paragraphs 6, 7, 8, 9, 9A, 10 or 11 in Part 2 of the Schedule in relation to an academic year beginning before 1st August 2021; and

(b) A is undertaking an academic year of that qualifying course, or of a qualifying course to which A transfers from that qualifying course.

(1C) In relation to a qualifying course which begins on or after 1st January 2028, paragraph (1A)(a) has effect as if paragraphs 8A and 9B were omitted.”

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Regulation 5 was amended by S.Rs 2011 No. 376 and 2019 No. 35