[F1 PART 13 N.I.MASTER’S, ETC. FEE LOAN

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 13 inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending Rule) by The Education (Student Support) (No.2) (Amendment) and Education (Student Loan) (Repayment) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 (S.R. 2017/7), regs. 1(1), 43, Sch. 1

Withdrawal, abandonment, expulsion, absence, etc. from course N.I.

165.— (1) If the Department receives notice under regulation 163(5) or paragraph (2)(a), (c) or (d) of Schedule 4 of an eligible Master’s, etc. student’s withdrawal, abandonment, expulsion, absence, etc. from the designated Master’s, etc. course, the Department may not make any further payment of the Master’s, etc. fee loan.

(2) If the eligible Master’s, etc. student recommences the course the student must inform the Department and give full details of the length and cause of the preceding absence.

(3) If the student resumes their studies on the course within two years of the absence period commencing, the Department may resume further payments of the Master’s, etc. fee loan under regulation 163, if in the opinion of the Department, it would be appropriate in all the circumstances for such payment to be made.

(4) If the student resumes their studies on the course after two years of the absence period commencing, the Department may resume further payments of the Master’s, etc. fee loan under regulation 163 only if the Department deems that there were compelling personal reasons for the student’s absence from the course.]