Part IIAwards
Terms and conditions11
1
Awards to be made by boards shall be subject to the terms and conditions set out in Schedule 4.
2
Awards to be made by boards shall be either—
a
a full award in respect of a person’s attendance at a specified course during an academic year beginning after 31st August 1997 if the person concerned is ordinarily resident in the board’s area; or
b
where sub-paragraph (a) does not apply, a fees only award in respect of a person’s attendance at a specified course at an institution in Northern Ireland during an academic year beginning after 31st August 1997 if the person is a European student.
3
Where paragraph (2)(a) applies a person shall not be regarded as ordinarily resident in the area of the board as a result of having moved from England, Scotland, Wales, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man to become ordinarily resident in the area of a board for the purpose of attending his current course or a previous course and shall be treated as being ordinarily resident in the place from which he has moved.
4
Where paragraph (2)(b) applies the fees only award shall be made by the board in whose area the main facility of the institution is situated.
5
The reference in paragraph (3) to a previous course is a reference to a course of further education or higher education which, disregarding an intervening vacation, the student was attending immediately before commencing his current course.