11.—(1) Awards to be made by boards shall be subject to the terms and conditions set out in Schedule 4.
(2) Awards to be made by boards shall be either—
(a)a full award in respect of a person’s attendance at a specified course during an academic year beginning after 31st August 1991 if the person concerned is ordinarily resident in the board’s area; or
(b)where sub-paragraph (a) does not apply, a fees only award in respect of a person’s attendance at a specified course at an institution in Northern Ireland during an academic year beginning after 31st August 1991 if the person is a European student—
(i)in respect of whose fees the Department has made a payment; or
(ii)who resided in an area of a board on the last day of the month of October, February, April or June (according as the academic year of the course begins in the winter, spring, summer or autumn respectively) preceding the beginning of the course, or if he was not so resident in Northern Ireland on that date, if the institution at which he attends his course is in an area of a board.