1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Student Support, etc.) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021.
(2) These Regulations come into operation on 25th March 2021.
(3) The following provisions apply in relation to the provision of support to a student in relation to an academic year which begins on or after 1st August 2021, whether or not anything done under these Regulations is done before, on or after that date—
(a)regulations 4 to 6, 9, 10 and 15 to 21,
(b)regulation 23 and Schedule.
(4) The following provisions apply in relation to the provision of support to a student in relation to a course which begins on or after 1st August 2021, whether or not anything done under these Regulations is done before, on or after that date—
(a)regulations 7, 8 and 11 to 14.
(5) In paragraph (3), an “academic year” is the period of twelve months beginning with 1st January, 1st April, 1st July or 1st September of the calendar year in which the academic year of the course in question begins, according to whether the academic year of the course in question begins—
(a)on or after 1st January and before 1st April;
(b)on or after 1st April and before 1st July;
(c)on or after 1st July and before 1st August; or
(d)on or after 1st August and on or before 31st December.