The Education (Student Support) ( No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009

CHAPTER 6 N.I. MAINTENANCE GRANTS FOR CURRENT SYSTEM STUDENTS

Qualifying conditions for the maintenance grant N.I.

57.—(1) A current system student qualifies in accordance with this regulation for a maintenance grant in connection with the student’s attendance on a designated course.

(2) A current system student does not qualify for a maintenance grant if the student qualifies for a special support grant.

(3) If a current system student does not qualify for a fee loan [F1 or relevant institution charge loan] in respect of an academic year of the designated course, the student cannot qualify for a maintenance grant for that year unless the reason that the student does not qualify for a fee loan [F1 or relevant institution charge loan] is that—

(a) the year is an Erasmus year [F2 in accordance with regulation 20(3)]; or

(b) the designated course is an old flexible postgraduate course for the initial training of teachers.

[F3 (4) Subject to paragraph (5), a maintenance grant is payable to a qualifying student in respect of the four quarters of the academic year.

(5) Subject to paragraph (6), where one of the events listed in regulation 18(a), (b), (c), (e), (f), (g) or (h) occurs in the course of an academic year, a student may qualify for a maintenance grant in respect of such quarters as begin after the relevant event occurs.

(6) Where the state of which the student is a national accedes to the EU the student may qualify for the maintenance grant only if the student has been ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom and Islands throughout the three year period immediately preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 57(3) inserted (6.6.2013 with application in accordance with reg. 1(2)) by The Education (Student Support) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 (S.R. 2013/128), regs. 1(1), 10

F2 Words in reg. 57(3)(a) inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending Rule) by The Education (Student Support) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 (S.R. 2013/223), regs. 1(1), 6

F3 Reg. 57(4)-(6) inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending Rule) by The Education (Student Support) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 (S.R. 2012/398), regs. 1(1), 12

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 57 in operation at 17.12.2009, see reg. 1(1)

Amount of the maintenance grant N.I.

58.—(1) The maximum amount of maintenance grant available in respect of an academic year is—

(a) in the case of a type 1 or type 3 teacher training student, £1,738;

(b) in the case of a type 2 teacher training student, £3,475; and

(c) in the case of a current system student other than a type 1, type 2 or type 3 teacher training student, £3,475.

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

(a) where the household income is £19,203 or less, the student receives £1,738;

(b) where the household income exceeds £19,203 but does not exceed £29,019 the student receives an amount equal to

where

• M is £1,738

• A is £1 for every complete £9.09 by which the household income exceeds £19,203; and

(c) where the household income exceeds £29,019 or the student opts when applying for the grant not to provide the information needed to calculate the household income, the student receives £659.

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

(a) where the household income is £19,203 or less, the student receives £3,475;

(b) where the household income exceeds £19,203 but does not exceed £29,019, the student receives an amount equal to where—

• M is £3,475

• A is £1 for every complete £4.55 by which the household income exceeds £19,203; and

(c) where the household income exceeds £29,019 or the student opts when applying for the grant not to provide the information needed to calculate the household income, the student receives £1,318.

(4) A type 3 teacher training student who qualifies for a maintenance grant in respect of an academic year receives, subject to sub-paragraph (c), an amount as follows in respect of that year—

(a) where the household income is £19,203 or less, the student receives £1,738;

(b) where the household income exceeds £19,203 but does not exceed £41,065, the student receives an amount equal to where—

• M is £1,738

• A is £1 for every complete £9.09 by which the household income exceeds £19,203 but does not exceed £29,019

• B is £1 for every complete £19.00 by which the household income exceeds £29,019 but does not exceed £41,065; and

(c) where the household income exceeds £41,065, no maintenance grant is payable.

(5) A current system student other than a type 1, type 2 or type 3 teacher training student who qualifies for a maintenance grant in respect of an academic year receives an amount as follows in respect of that year—

(a) where the household income is £19,203 or less, the student receives £3,475;

(b) where the household income exceeds £19,203 but does not exceed £29,019, the student receives an amount equal to where—

• M is £3,475

• A is £1 for every complete £4.55 by which the household income exceeds £19,203;

(c) where the household income exceeds £29,019 but does not exceed £41,065, the student receives an amount equal to where—

• RM is £1,318

• A is £1 for every complete £9.50 by which the household income exceeds £29,019;

(d) where the household income exceeds £41,065, no maintenance grant is payable.

Commencement Information

I2 Reg. 58 in operation at 17.12.2009, see reg. 1(1)