Education (Student Support) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000

Transfers of eligibility

7.—(1) An eligible student may request that the Department transfer his eligibility in any case where—

(a) on the recommendation of the academic authority an eligible student starts to attend another course at the institution;

(b) with the written consent of the academic authorities of both institutions concerned, given on educational grounds, an eligible student starts to attend a course at another institution;

(c) after commencing a course for the Certificate in Education, an eligible student is, on or before the completion of that course, admitted to a course for the degree of Bachelor of Education;

(d) after commencing a course for the degree (other than an honours degree) of Bachelor of Education an eligible student is, on or before the completion of that course, admitted to a course for the honours degree of Bachelor of Education; or

(e) after commencing a course for a first degree (other than an honours degree) an eligible student is, before the completion of that course, admitted to a course for an honours degree in the same subject or subjects at the institution.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3) the Department, on being satisfied of the matters referred to in paragraph (1) and that the second course is a designated course, shall transfer an eligible student’s eligibility, and thenceforth the eligible student shall for all purposes be an eligible student in connection with his attendance at the second course, whether or not he may have been eligible for support if he had applied under regulation 6.

(3) The Department may, after consulting the academic authority concerned, refuse to transfer eligibility where paragraph (1)(a) or (b) apply if it is satisfied that when the student applied for support he did not intend to complete the course to which his application related.

(4) For the purposes of the duty of the Department to transfer eligibility where paragraph (1)(c) or (d) apply it shall be immaterial whether or not the two courses are provided by the same institution.

(5) An eligible student’s eligibility for support may not be transferred after it has expired or been terminated under regulation 8.