The Education (Student Support) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

1. Introductory Text

2. PART 1 GENERAL

   1. 1. Citation and commencement

   2. 2. Interpretation

   3. 3. Amendment of the Education (Student Support) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

   4. 4. Revocation, savings and transitional provisions

3. PART 2 ELIGIBILITY

   1. 5. Eligible students

   2. 6. Designated courses

   3. 7. Period of eligibility

   4. 8. Transfer of status

4. PART 3 APPLYING FOR SUPPORT AND PROVISION OF INFORMATION

   1. 9. Applications for support

   2. 10. Time limits

   3. 11. Information

5. PART 4 FEE SUPPORT

   1. CHAPTER 1 TYPES OF FEE SUPPORT AVAILABLE

      1. 12. Current system students

      2. 13. Old system students

      3. 14. Requirement to enter a contract for a loan for fees

      4. 15. Students becoming eligible in the course of an academic year

      5. 16. Events

      6. 17. Students to be treated as in attendance on a course

   2. CHAPTER 2 FEE LOANS FOR CURRENT SYSTEM STUDENTS

      1. 18. Availability of fee loans to current system students - general

      2. 19. Standard entitlement of current system students who have not studied on a previous course

      3. 20. Standard entitlement – course leading to degree in social work

      4. 21. Standard entitlement of current system students who have transferred from or otherwise studied on a previous course

      5. 22. Standard entitlement of current system students on end-on courses and certain degree courses

      6. 23. Amount of the fee loan

   3. CHAPTER 3 GRANTS FOR FEES FOR OLD SYSTEM STUDENTS

      1. 24. Old system students who are continuing students

      2. 25. Old system students who are transferring students

      3. 26. Old system students who are on end-on courses

      4. 27. Old system students who are gap year students who have not studied on a previous course

      5. 28. Old system students who are gap year students who have studied on a previous course

      6. 29. Availability of the grant for fees to old system students for years of repeat study

      7. 30. Amount of the grant for fees for a course at a publicly-funded institution or relevant institution of higher education in the Republic of Ireland

      8. 31. Amount of the grant for fees for a course that is provided at a private institution on behalf of a publicly-funded institution

      9. 32. Amount of the grant for fees for a course at a private institution

   4. CHAPTER 4 FEE CONTRIBUTION LOANS FOR OLD SYSTEM STUDENTS

      1. 33. Availability of fee contribution loans to old system students

      2. 34. Amount of the fee contribution loan

   5. CHAPTER 5 INTERPRETATION OF PART 4

      1. 35. Previous course

      2. 36. Miscellaneous

6. PART 5 GRANTS FOR LIVING AND OTHER COSTS

   1. CHAPTER 1 TYPES OF GRANTS AVAILABLE

      1. 37. Current system students

      2. 38. Old system students

   2. CHAPTER 2 GENERAL PROVISIONS

      1. 39. General qualifying conditions for grants for living and other costs

      2. 40. Students who are treated as in attendance

   3. CHAPTER 3 DISABLED STUDENTS’ ALLOWANCES

      1. 41. Qualifying conditions for the disabled students’ allowance

      2. 42. Amount of the disabled students’ allowance

   4. CHAPTER 4 GRANTS FOR DEPENDANTS

      1. 43. General

      2. 44. Grants for students who have left care

      3. 45. Adult dependants’ grant

      4. 46. Childcare grant

      5. 47. Parents’ learning allowance

      6. 48. Calculations

      7. 49. Interpretation of Chapter 4

   5. CHAPTER 5 GRANTS FOR TRAVEL

      1. 50. General

      2. 51. Qualifying conditions for the grant for travel – courses in medicine and dentistry

      3. 52. Amount of the grant for travel – courses in medicine and dentistry

      4. 53. Qualifying conditions for the grant for travel – overseas study

      5. 54. Amount of the grant for travel – overseas study

      6. 55. Additional amount of the grant for travel – overseas study

      7. 56. Deductions from the grant for travel

      8. 57. Interpretation

   6. CHAPTER 6 MAINTENANCE GRANTS FOR CURRENT SYSTEM STUDENTS

      1. 58. Qualifying conditions for the maintenance grant

      2. 59. Amount of the maintenance grant

   7. CHAPTER 7 SPECIAL SUPPORT GRANTS FOR CURRENT SYSTEM STUDENTS

      1. 60. Qualifying conditions for the special support grant

      2. 61. Amount of the special support grant

   8. CHAPTER 8 HIGHER EDUCATION BURSARIES FOR OLD SYSTEM STUDENTS

      1. 62. Qualifying conditions for and amounts of the higher education bursary

7. PART 6 LOANS FOR LIVING COSTS

   1. CHAPTER 1 QUALIFYING CONDITIONS

      1. 63. Qualifying conditions for the loan for living costs – current system students

      2. 64. Qualifying conditions for the loan for living costs – old system students

   2. CHAPTER 2 MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF LOANS

      1. 65. General

      2. 66. Current system students with full entitlement

      3. 67. Type 1 and type 2 teacher training students

      4. 68. Old system students with full entitlement

      5. 69. Students with reduced entitlement

   3. CHAPTER 3 MISCELLANEOUS

      1. 70. Quarters in respect of which the loan for living costs is payable

      2. 71. Students falling into more than one category

      3. 72. Students residing with parents

      4. 73. Students becoming eligible in the course of an academic year

      5. 74. Students who are treated as in attendance on a course

      6. 75. Increases in maximum amount

      7. 76. Deductions from loans for living costs

      8. 77. Applying for an additional amount of loan for living costs

      9. 78. Categories of student

      10. 79. Interpretation of Part 6

8. PART 7 COLLEGE FEE LOANS

   1. 80. General

   2. 81. Qualifying conditions

   3. 82. Persons to be treated as eligible students

   4. 83. Disabled students

   5. 84. Students becoming eligible during the course of an academic year

   6. 85. Availability of college fee loans

   7. 86. Amount of college fee loan

   8. 87. Transfers

9. PART 8 INTEREST AND INSOLVENCY

   1. 88. Interest

   2. 89. Insolvency

10. PART 9 FINANCIAL ASSESSMENT

    1. 90. Calculation of contribution

    2. 91. Application of contribution – current system students

    3. 92. Application of contribution – old system students

    4. 93. Order of application

    5. 94. Application of contribution to loan for living costs

    6. 95. Amount of loan for living costs payable to certain type 1 and type 2 teacher training students

11. PART 10 PAYMENTS

    1. CHAPTER 1 PAYMENT OF GRANTS FOR FEES

       1. 96. Payment of grants for fees

    2. CHAPTER 2 PAYMENT OF GRANTS FOR LIVING AND OTHER COSTS

       1. 97. Payment of grants for living and other costs

    3. CHAPTER 3 PAYMENT OF LOANS

       1. 98. General

       2. 99. Provision of a United Kingdom national insurance number

       3. 100. Information requirements

       4. 101. Payment of fee loans and fee contribution loans

       5. 102. Payment of college fee loans

       6. 103. Payment of loans for living costs

    4. CHAPTER 4 OVERPAYMENTS

       1. 104. Overpayments of fee support

       2. 105. Overpayments of college fee loan

       3. 106. Overpayments of support payable under Part 5 or Part 6

    5. CHAPTER 5 INTERPRETATION

       1. 107. Interpretation

12. PART 11 SUPPORT FOR PART-TIME COURSES

    1. 108. Eligible part-time students

    2. 109. Students becoming eligible during the course of the academic year

    3. 110. Designated part-time courses

    4. 111. Period of eligibility

    5. 112. Assistance for part-time courses

    6. 113. Amount of assistance

    7. 114. Interpretation of regulation 113

    8. 115. Assistance with fees in respect of attendance on a course in England, Wales or Scotland

    9. 116. Disabled part-time students’ allowance

    10. 117. Applications for support

    11. 118. Declarations provided by academic authorities

    12. 119. Information

    13. 120. Transfer of status

    14. 121. Conversion of status

    15. 122. Payment of grants for books, travel and other expenditure and disabled part-time students’ allowances

    16. 123. Payment of grants for fees

    17. 124. Overpayments

13. PART 12 SUPPORT FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

    1. 125. Eligible postgraduate students

    2. 126. Students becoming eligible in the course of an academic year

    3. 127. Designated postgraduate courses

    4. 128. Period of eligibility

    5. 129. Transfer of status

    6. 130. Applications for support

    7. 131. Information

    8. 132. Amount of grants

    9. 133. Payment of grants

    10. 134. Overpayments

14. Signature

15. 1. SCHEDULE 1

       AMENDMENT OF THE EDUCATION (STUDENT SUPPORT) REGULATIONS (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2006

    2. SCHEDULE 2

       ELIGIBLE STUDENTS

       1. PART 1 Interpretation

       2. PART 2 Categories

    3. SCHEDULE 3

       DESIGNATED COURSES

    4. SCHEDULE 4

       INFORMATION

    5. SCHEDULE 5

       FINANCIAL ASSESSMENT

    6. SCHEDULE 6

       RELEVANT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE REPUBLIC OF

    7. IRELAND

16. Explanatory Note