PART 2 N.I.

CHAPTER 9 N.I.Amendments relating to students becoming eligible for student support in the course of an academic year

Amendments to the 2009 Regulations N.I.

45.  In regulation 57 (qualifying conditions for maintenance grants) (as amended by regulation 12 of these regulations), for paragraph (5)(1) substitute—

“(5) Where a protected category event which results in a student becoming an eligible student occurs—

(a) in the course of the first academic year of a course; and

(b) on or before the course start date,

the student may qualify for a maintenance grant in respect of the four quarters of that academic year.

(5A) Where—

(a) a course designation event which results in student’s course becoming a designated course occurs in the course of an academic year; or

(b) an in-year qualifying event (other than a settled status event) which results in a student becoming an eligible student occurs in the course of an academic year,

the student may qualify for a maintenance grant in respect of such quarters of the academic year as begin after the event in question occurs.”.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 45 in operation at 26.2.2024 with application in accordance with reg. 1(3)(4)(c)

(1)

Paragraph 5 was amended by S.Rs. 2021 Nos. 85 and 201 and 2022 No. 201.