Amendments to the 2009 RegulationsN.I.
40. In regulation 39(general qualifying conditions for grants for living and other costs), for paragraph (7)(1) substitute—
“(7) 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 particular grant in accordance with this Part in respect of that academic year.
(7A) Subject to paragraph (7B), where—
(a)a course designation event which results in a student’s course becoming a designated course occurs in the course of an academic year; or
(b)an in-year qualifying event (other than a settled status event) which results in a student becoming an eligible student occurs in the course of an academic year,
the student may qualify for a particular grant in accordance with this Part in respect of part of that academic year.
(7B) student does not qualify for such a grant in respect of any academic year beginning before the academic year in which the event in question occurs.”.
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 40 in operation at 26.2.2024 with application in accordance with reg. 1(3)(4)(c)
Paragraph 7 was amended by S.R.s 2012 No. 398, 2021 Nos. 85 and 260 and 2022 No. 201.