15. In regulation 45 (treatment of student loans)(1) –
(a)for paragraph (1A) substitute –
“(1A) For the purposes of paragraph (1) “hardship loan” means a loan made under regulation 22 of the Education (Student Support) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001, regulation 21 of the Education (Student Support) (No. 2) Regulations 2002(2) or regulation 12 of the Education (Student Loans) (Scotland) Regulations 2000(3).”;
(b)in paragraph (2)(4), after paragraph (a) insert –
“(aa)in respect of an academic year of a course which starts other than on 1st September, a loan which is payable in respect of that academic year shall be apportioned equally between the weeks in the period beginning with the benefit week immediately following that which includes the first day of that academic year and ending with the benefit week which includes the last day of that academic year but excluding any benefit weeks falling entirely within the quarter during which the longest of any vacation is taken and for the purposes of this sub-paragraph, “quarter” shall have the same meaning as that given by the definition in regulation 2 of the Education (Student Support) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001;”;
(c)in paragraph (5)(a)(5), for “£255” substitute “£260”;
(d)for paragraph (5)(b) substitute –
“(b)the sum of £319 towards the costs of books and equipment,”.
Regulation 45 was amended by S.R. 2000 No. 325 and S.R. 2001 No. 315
Paragraph (2) was substituted by S.R. 2001 No. 315
Paragraph (5) was inserted by S.R. 2000 No. 325 and amended by S.R. 2001 No. 315