Students Awards (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

Amendment of the principal Regulations

6.—(1) Regulation 2 (Interpretation) shall be amended as provided by paragraphs (2) to (11).

(2) For the definition of “category 2 European Student” there shall be substituted—

““category 2 European student” means a person who falls within paragraph 10 of Part 2 of Schedule 10;”.

(3) After the definition of “Certificate in Education” there shall be inserted—

““Community Right student” means—

(a)

a person who falls within paragraph 6 of Part 2 of Schedule 10 by virtue of being—

(i)

an EEA self-employed person, an EEA frontier worker or an EEA frontier self-employed person;

(ii)

a family member of a person mentioned in paragraph (i);

(iii)

a dependent relative in the ascending line of an EEA migrant worker or the spouse or civil partner of such a worker;

(iv)

a Swiss self-employed person, a Swiss frontier employed person or a Swiss frontier self-employed person; or

(v)

a family member of a person mentioned in paragraph (iv);

(b)

a person who falls within paragraph 11 of Part 2 of Schedule 10; or

(c)

a person who falls within paragraph 8 of Part 2 of Schedule 10;”.

(4) After the definition of “dependent” there shall be inserted—

““Directive student” means—

(a)

a person who falls within paragraph 3 of Part 2 of Schedule 10; or

(b)

a person who is a European student by virtue of being a family member of an EC national;”.

(5) The definition of “EEA migrant worker” shall be omitted.

(6) In the definition of “European Economic Area” the words from “provided that any area” to the end of the definition shall be omitted.

(7) For the definition of “European student” there shall be substituted—

““European student” means a person who falls within paragraph 9 of Part 2 of Schedule 10 and not within any other paragraph of that Part of Schedule 10;”.

(8) In the definition of “new academic term” for “2005” there shall be substituted “2006”.

(9) For the definition of “new payment” there shall be substituted—

““new payment” means a payment made under these Regulations as amended by the Students Awards (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004, the Students Awards (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 and the Students Awards (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006;”.

(10) For the definition of “old payment” there shall be substituted—

““old payment” means a payment which would have been made under these Regulations, as amended by the Student Awards (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 and the Students Awards (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005, if they had not been amended by the Students Awards (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006;”.

(11) In the definition of “refugee” the words from “and any reference” to the end of the definition shall be omitted.