The Education (Student Support) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

[F1 Amount of the special support grant N.I.

52.— (1) The maximum amount of special support grant available in respect of an academic year is—

(a) in the case of a type 1 teacher training student, £1,600;

(b) in the case of a type 2 teacher training student, £3,200;

(c) in the case of a new system student other than a type 1 or type 2 teacher training student, £3,200.

(2) A type 1 teacher training student who qualifies for a special support grant in respect of an academic year receives an amount as follows in respect of that year—

(a) where the household income is £17,500 or less, he receives £1,600;

(b) where the household income exceeds £17,500 but does not exceed £26,500, he receives an amount equal to

where—

• M is £1,600

• A is £1 for every complete £4.50 by which the household income exceeds £17,500; and

(c) where the household income exceeds £26,500 or he opts when applying for the grant not to provide the information needed to calculate the household income, he receives £600.

(3) A type 2 teacher training student who qualifies for a special support grant in respect of an academic year receives an amount as follows in respect of that year—

(a) where the household income is £17,500 or less, he receives £3,200;

(b) where the household income exceeds £17,500 but does not exceed £26,500, he receives an amount equal to M − A where—

• M is £3,200

• A is £1 for every complete £4.50 by which the household income exceeds £17,500; and

(c) where the household income exceeds £26,500 or he opts when applying for the grant not to provide the information needed to calculate the household income, he receives £1,200.

(4) A new system student other than a type 1 or type 2 teacher training student who qualifies for a special support grant in respect of an academic year receives an amount as follows in respect of that year—

(a) where the household income is £17,500 or less, he receives £3,200;

(b) where the household income exceeds £17,500 but does not exceed £26,500, he receives an amount equal to M − A where—

• M is £3,200

• A is £1 for every complete £4.50 by which the household income exceeds £17,500;

(c) where the household income exceeds £26,500 but does not exceed £37,425, he receives an amount equal to RM − A where—

• RM is £1,200

• A is £1 for every complete £9.50 by which the household income exceeds £26,500; and

(d) where the household income exceeds £37,425, no special support grant is payable.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Regulations revoked (1.5.2007) by The Education (Student Support) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. 2007/195), regs. 1, 4(1)(a) (with reg. 4(3))

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 52 in operation at 1.9.2006, see reg. 1