The Education (Student Support, etc.) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024

Amendments to the 2009 Regulations

54.  In regulation 140(1) (students becoming eligible in the course of an academic year)—

(a) for paragraph (1) substitute—

“(1) Where any of the following events occur in the course of an academic year, a student may qualify for a grant under this Part in respect of which is payable as beginning after the event in question occurs—

(a) a course designation event which results in the student’s course becoming a designated course; or

(b) an in-year qualifying event (other than a settled status event) which results in the student becoming an eligible student.

(1A) Where a protected category event which results in a student becoming an eligible student occurs—

(a) in the course of the first academic year of a course; and

(b) on or before the course start date,

the student may qualify for a grant under this Part in respect of all quarters of that academic year in respect of which a loan for living costs is payable.”.

(b) omit paragraph (2).

(1)

Regulations 140 was amended by S.Rs. 2019 No. 35, 2020 No. 295, 2021 Nos. 50 and 85, 2022 Nos. 75 and 201.