The Education (Student Support) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009

Interpretation of Part 6

63.  In this Part—

(a) a “current system student with full entitlement” is a current system student other than a student with reduced entitlement;

(b) an “old system student with full entitlement” is an old system student other than a student with reduced entitlement;

(c) the “relevant date” means the first day of the first academic year of the specified designated course;

(d) a “student with reduced entitlement” is an eligible student who—

(i) does not qualify for a grant for living and other costs in respect of the academic year because of regulation 39(3)(a) or (b) or 39(5); or

(ii) opts when applying for a loan for living costs not to provide the information needed to calculate the household income;

(e) where the duration of a graduate-entry or postgraduate-level course for the initial training of teachers is only one academic year, that year is not to be treated as the final year.