These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Student Support) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009.

Subject to paragraph (3), regulation 3 and Schedule 1 come into operation on the 22nd day after these Regulations are laid before the Assembly.

The remaining provisions of these Regulations come into operation on 12th March     2009.

These Regulations, except regulation 3 and Schedule 1, apply in relation to the provision of support to students in relation to an academic year which begins on or after 1st September 2009 whether anything done under these Regulations is done before, on or after 1st September 2009.