The Education (Student Support, etc.) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022

CHAPTER 6 Miscellaneous

Amendments to the 2009 Regulations

56.  In regulation 2(1) (interpretation) omit the definition of “Person with leave to enter or remain”;

57.  In Schedule 2 (eligible students), in paragraph 13(1)(b), after “in Northern Ireland”, insert  “on the first day of the first academic year of the course”.

58.  In Schedule 6(1) to the 2009 Regulations (Relevant Institutions of Higher Education in the Republic of Ireland)—

(a) omit “Carlow College (St. Patrick’s)”, “Institute of Technology, Athlone”, “Institute of Technology, Limerick”, “Pontifical University of Maynooth” and “Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland”;

(b) after “Technological University Dublin” insert “Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands and Midwest”;

59.  The Schedule to these Regulations has effect to substitute the figure in the third column of the table for the figure in the second column where that figure appears in the provision of the Education (Student Support) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 set out in the first column.

Amendments to the 2007 Regulations

60.  In regulation 5(1C) (prescribed description of a qualifying person)(2) for “9B” substitute “9ZB”.

61.  In Schedule 1 (qualifying persons)—

(a) in paragraph 2A(2)(3) for “1(4)” substitute “1(3)”;

(b) in paragraph 3 after sub-paragraph (2) insert—

“(3) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(a)(ii), an Irish citizen is not required to be living in the United Kingdom on IP completion day.”

(c) in paragraph 9ZA after sub-paragraph (3) insert—

“(4) For the purposes of this paragraph, an Irish citizen is not required to be living in the United Kingdom on IP completion day.”

62.  In Schedule 1 (qualifying persons), in paragraph 13(1)(b), after “in Northern Ireland”, insert  “on the first day of the first academic year of the course”.

(1)

Schedule 6 was amended by S.R.s 2013 No. 223, 2014 No. 309, 2016 No. 21, 2017 No. 43, 2019 No.35, 2020 No. 79 and S.R. 2021 No. 50.

(2)

Regulation 5(1C) was inserted by S.R. 2021 No. 85.

(3)

Paragraph 2A was inserted by S.R. 2021 No. 85.