(This note is not part of the Regulations.)
These Regulations amend the Education (Grants for Disabled Postgraduate Students) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001, (“the Principal Regulations”).
Regulation 3 of the Principal Regulations is amended to exclude from eligibility for grants those students who are in receipt of an NHS bursary, whether or not this bursary is means tested. Previously, only recipients of means-tested bursaries were excluded.
Regulation 9(2) of the Principal Regulations is amended to increase the maximum amount of grant payable from £5245 to £5370. This increase will not apply to an academic year beginning before 1st September 2003.