The Education (Supply of Student Support Information to Governing Bodies) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

Citation, commencement and interpretation

2.  In these Regulations—

“the Order” means the Higher Education (Northern Ireland) Order 2005;

“applicant” means a person who makes a student support application;

“applicant’s sponsor” means an applicant’s parent or partner or an applicant’s parent’s partner who is required under the student support scheme(1) to provide information in connection with the applicant’s student support application;

“eligible student”, “eligible part-time student” and “eligible postgraduate student” have the same respective meanings as in the Education (Student Support) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006;

“governing body” means a person falling within Article 13(2)(a) of the Order; and

“student support application” means an application for support payable under the student support scheme for an academic year commencing on or after 1st September 2006.

(1)

Student support scheme is defined in Article 13(7) of the Higher Education (Northern Ireland) Order 2005. The most recent Regulations made under Article 3 of the Education (Student Support) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998 are the Education (Student Support) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/ No. 312), as amended by S.R. 2006 No. 383