The Education (Student Support, etc.) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024

CHAPTER 14 Savings

Savings: the 2009 Regulations

73.  In this Chapter “ earlier academic year” means an academic year beginning before 1^st August 2024.

74.  This regulation applies where an existing SSR Afghan scheme student (“ S”) applies for support under the 2009 Regulations in respect of a new academic year of a relevant course (the “current course”).

75.  For the purposes of determining whether S’s status as a relevant student terminates before the first day of the academic year of the current course in respect of which S is applying for support (see regulation 5, 105, 122 ,139 and 149 of the 2009 Regulations (as the case may be)), the 2009 Regulations apply as if the amendments made by regulations 22 , 23(a), 24(a), 25(a), 26(a), 27(a), 28(a) and 29(a)of these Regulations had not been made.

76.  In this regulation—

“designated course”, “designated part-time course”, “designated postgraduate course”, eligible student”, “eligible part-time student” and “eligible postgraduate student” have the meanings given in the 2009 Regulations;

“existing 2009 Regulations Afghan scheme student” means a student who the Secretary of State determined, by virtue of the student falling within paragraph (a)(ii) of the definition of “person granted leave under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme” in regulation 2(1) of the 2009 Regulations, or paragraph (a)(iv) of the definition of “person granted leave under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy Scheme” in that regulation, to be a relevant student—

(a)

in connection with an application for support for an earlier academic year of the current course, or

(b)

in connection with an application for support for a relevant course from which the student’s status as an eligible student, eligible distance learning student, eligible part-time student, eligible postgraduate student or eligible Master’s etc. student has been transferred to the current course;

“relevant course” means a designated course, designated distance learning course, designated part-time course, designated postgraduate course or designated Master’s etc. course;

“relevant student” means an eligible student, eligible distance learning student, eligible part-time student, eligible postgraduate student or eligible Master’s Etc. student;

“the 2009 Regulations means the Education (Student Support) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009.”