The Education (Student Loans) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

Amendment of the Principal Regulations

7.—(1) Regulation 4(1) (Conditions of eligibility) shall be amended as provided by paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2) In paragraphs (1A) and (1B) for “6A” wherever it appears, there shall be substituted “9”.

(3) After paragraph (1C), there shall be inserted—

“(1D) Subject to paragraphs (1G) and (2), a person shall be eligible for a 2005 loan in relation to a new academic year if he—

(a) is either attending, or attended throughout the new academic year, a course which is—

(i) a full-time course; or

(ii) a full-time or a part-time course for the initial training of teachers which is designated by the Department

(b) is a Community Right student; and

(c) has entered into an agreement for a loan—

(i) in the case of a person who will—

(aa) complete the course referred to in sub-paragraph (a) during the new academic year; and

(bb) not attend a further course of study in the 2006 academic year,

before the final day of the course referred to in sub-paragraph (a); or

(ii) in the case of a person who will—

(aa) continue to attend the course referred to in sub-paragraph (a) in the 2006 academic year; or

(bb) attend a further course of study in the 2006 academic year,

before 30th April 2007.

(1E) For the purposes of paragraph (1D)(b), the references to “the course” in the relevant paragraphs of Part 2 of Schedule 1 are to be treated as references to the course referred to in paragraph (1D)(a)(i) or (ii).

(1F) For the purposes of paragraph (1D)(c)(i)(bb) and (ii)(bb), “further course of study” means a further course of study which is a full-time or a part-time course for the initial training of teachers which is designated by the Department.

(1G) Paragraph (1D) shall not apply in the case of a person who would have been eligible for a loan under paragraph (1) before 30th April 2006.”.

(1)

As amended by regulation 5 of S.R. 2005 No. 435