The Education (Student Support) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008

Regulations 11, 118, 136 and 148

SCHEDULE 4 INFORMATION

1.  Every applicant, eligible student, eligible part-time student and eligible postgraduate student must, as soon as reasonably practicable after he is requested to do so, provide the Department with such information as the Department considers it requires for the purposes of these Regulations.

2.  Every applicant, eligible student, eligible part-time student and eligible postgraduate student must forthwith inform the Department and provide it with particulars if any of the following occurs—

(a) he withdraws from, abandons or is expelled from his course;

(b) he transfers to any other course at the same or at a different institution;

(c) he ceases to undertake his course and does not intend to or is not permitted to continue it for the remainder of the academic year;

(d) he is absent from his course for more than 60 days due to illness or for any period for any other reason;

(e) the month for the start or completion of the course changes;

(f) his home or term-time address or telephone number changes.

3.  Information provided to the Department pursuant to these Regulations must be in the format that the Department requires and, if it requires the information to be signed by the person providing it, an electronic signature in such form as the Department may specify satisfies such a requirement.