Students Awards Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000

Made: 19th October 2000

Coming into operation: 20th October 2000

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PART I — GENERAL

Citation and commencement

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Revocations

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Interpretation

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Calculation of income

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Termination of marriage

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PART II — AWARDS

Specified persons

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Ordinarily resident

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Previous attendance at a course

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Specified educational facilities

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Terms and conditions

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PART III — AMOUNT OF AWARDS

Payments by boards

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Calculation of maintenance grant

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Assessment of requirements and resources

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Sandwich courses

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Courses of teacher training

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Method of payment

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Reduced entitlement to payments

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Withholding and reduction of payments

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Saving provision

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SCHEDULE 1 — Persons

PART I — SPECIFIED PERSONS

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PART II — EXCLUDED PERSONS

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SCHEDULE 2 — Specified Courses

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SCHEDULE 3 — Terms and conditions

Transfer of awards

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Conditions relating to applications

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Termination and extension of awards

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Supplementary provisions

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SCHEDULE 4

PART I — COLLEGES PROVIDING LONG-TERM RESIDENTIAL COURSES OF FULL-TIME EDUCATION FOR ADULTS

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PART II — RELEVANT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND

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SCHEDULE 5 — Fees

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SCHEDULE 6 — Requirements

PART I — ORDINARY MAINTENANCE

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PART II — SUPPLEMENTARY MAINTENANCE, ETC

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PART III — MAINTENANCE OF DEPENDENTS

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PART IV — OLDER STUDENTS

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PART V — INTERPRETATION OF PARTS I TO IV

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SCHEDULE 7 — Resources

PART I — STUDENT'S INCOME

Calculation of student’s income

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PART II — PARENTAL CONTRIBUTION

Interpretation of Part II

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Application of Part II

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Parental contribution

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Gross income

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Deductions

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PART III — SPOUSE'S CONTRIBUTION

Application of Part III

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Spouse’s contribution

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SCHEDULE 8 — Single student with dependants

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SCHEDULE 9 — Sandwich Courses

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Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment on 19th October 2000.

Robson Davison — A senior officer of the — Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: As amended by S.I. 1993/2810 (N.I. 12) Art. 50(1) and Schedule 4 Part II

[^f00002]: S.I. 1986/594 (N.I. 3): Article 50(1) and (2) was repealed by Article 9 of, and the Schedule to, the Education (Student Support) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998, S.I. 1998/1760 (N.I. 14), subject to the transitional and saving provisions in Part II of the Education (Student Support) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998, S.R. 1998 No. 460 (c. 22)

[^f00003]: S.R. 1999 No. 481 Article 5(b) and Schedule 3 Part II

[^f00004]: S.R. 1999 No. 351

[^f00005]: S.R. 1999 No. 369

[^f00006]: S.R. 2000 No. 250

[^f00007]: S.R. 2000 No. 264

[^f00008]: 1954 c. 33 (N.I.)

[^f00009]: O.J. No. L257, 19.10.68, p. 2. (O.J./S.E. 1968 (II) p. 475)

[^f00010]: S.I. 1997/1772 (N.I. 15)

[^f00011]: 1994 c. 30

[^f00012]: Cmnd. 2073

[^f00013]: Cmnd. 2183

[^f00014]: 1963 c. 33 section 76 was amended by the Local Authorities etc (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 1974 (S.I. 1974/482), Article 11

[^f00015]: 1999 c. 29

[^f00016]: S.R. 1998 No. 273

[^f00017]: Cmnd. 9171

[^f00018]: Cmnd. 3906 (Out of print: photocopies are available, free of charge, from Student Support Branch, Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment).

[^f00019]: S.R. 1996 No. 578

[^f00020]: 1978 c. 30; definition of “Tax Acts” substituted by 1987 c. 16, section 71, Schedule 15, paragraph 12

[^f00021]: 1988 c. 40

[^f00022]: Article 70 was substituted by S.I. 1987/167 (N.I. 2) Article 8 and amended by S.I. 1993/2810 (N.I. 12) Article 50(2) and Schedule 5

[^f00023]: O.J. No. L166, 25.6.87, p. 20

[^f00024]: S.R. 1996 No. 190 was revoked and replaced by S.R. 1996 No. 298

[^f00025]: 1971 c. 77; amended by the British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61), section 39 and Schedule 4, by the Immigration Act 1988 (c. 14), sections 1, 3, 4, 6 and 10 and the Schedule, by the Asylum and Immigration Appeals Act 1993 (c. 23) sections 10 to 12

[^f00026]: 1992 c. 7

[^f00027]: S.I. 1987/2203 (N.I. 22); Article 59A was inserted by paragraph 164 of Schedule 9 to the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/775 (N.I. 22)); the relevant Regulations are S.R. 1996/438

[^f00028]: Health and Social Services Trust (HSST) means an HSS trust established under Article 10 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (S.I. 1991/194 (N.I. 1)) by which functions are exercisable by virtue of an authorisation for the time being in operation under Article 3(1) of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order (S.I. 1994/429 (N.I. 2))

[^f00029]: S.I. 1995/755 (N.I. 2)

[^f00030]: 1988 c. 1

[^f00031]: 1986 c. 61: section 50 was amended by the Education Act 1993 (c. 35), section 278(6), Schedule 19, paragraph 102, Schedule 21 Part II, and by the Education Act 1994 (c. 30), section 13(2) to (4)

[^f00032]: 1994 c. 30

[^f00033]: 1992 c. 13

[^f00034]: 1992 c. 7

[^f00035]: S.I. 1987/2203 (N.I. 22); Article 59A was inserted by paragraph 164 of Schedule 9 to the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/755 (N.I. 22)); the relevant Regulations are 1996/438

[^f00036]: S.R. 1987 No. 460; Part III was amended by S.R. 1988 Nos. 132 and 153, S.R. 1991 No. 341, S.R. 1992 No. 284 and S.R. 1995 No. 71

[^f00037]: 1992 c. 7; the scheme under section 122(1)(d) is currently constituted by the provisions of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 (S.R. 1987 No.461 as amended by S.R. 1988 Nos. 117, 186, 314 and 424, S.R. 1989 Nos. 125, 260, 366 and 408, S.R. 1990 Nos. 33, 136, 137, 297, 395, 345, 298 and 442, S.R. 1991 Nos. 47, 176, 204, 337 and 520, S.R. 1992 Nos. 6, 35, 85, 141, 201, 284, 298, 404, 435, 444 and 549, S.R. 1993 Nos. 145, 149, 195, 218, 233, 373, 381 and 414, S.R 1994 Nos. 65, 80, 88, 137, 266, 274 and 335, S.R. 1995 Nos. 64, 71, 101, 129, 223, 280, 367, 410 and 481, S.R. 1996 Nos. 11, 73, 84, 92, 93, 111, 115, 181, 221, 291, 334, 375, 405, 448, 476 and 662 and S.R. 1997 Nos. 3, 4, 22, 113, 123, 126, 127, 130, 152 and 170)

[^f00038]: 1992 c. 4; the scheme under Part VII is currently constituted by the provisions of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1971) as amended by S.I. 1988/661, 909, 1444 and 1971, S.I. 1989/416, 566 and 1017, S.I. 1990/127, 546, 671, 1549, 1657, 1775 and 2564, S.I. 1991/235, 1175, 1599, 2695 and 2742, S.I. 1992/50, 201, 432, 1101, 1326, 1585, 2148 and 3147, S.I. 1993/317, 349, 518, 963, 1150, 1249, 1540 and 2118, S.I. 1994/470, 542, 578, 781, 1003, 1608, 1807, 1924, 2137, 2139 and 3061, 1995/511, 560, 625, 626, 1339 and 1742, S.I. 1995/1644, 2303, 2792, 2868 and 3282, S.I. 1996/30, 194, 462, 965, 1510, 1759, 1803, 1944, 2006, 2432, 2518, 2545 and 3195 and S.I. 1997/65, 454, 543, 584 and 582

[^f00039]: O.J. No. L166, 25.6.87, p. 20

[^f00040]: O.J. No. L239, 16.8.89, p. 24

[^f00041]: O.J. No. L340, 29.12.94, p. 8

[^f00042]: 1971 c. 77; amended by the British Nationality Act 1981 c. 61, section 39 and Schedule 4, by the Immigration Act 1988 (c. 14), sections 1, 3, 4, 6 and 10 and the Schedule, by the Asylum and Immigration Appeals Act 1993 (c. 23), sections 10 to 12

[^f00043]: 1977 c. 49; Section 8 was substituted by the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17), section 1(1)

[^f00044]: Section 11 was amended by the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53), Schedule 1, paragraph 31, the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) Schedule 10 and the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17), Schedule 1, paragraph 2

[^f00045]: 1978 c. 29; Section 2 was amended by the Health and Social Security Adjudications Act 1983 (c. 41), Schedule 7, paragraph 1, and by the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19) Section 28 and Schedule 9, paragraph 19(1)

[^f00046]: S.I. 1972/1265 (N.I. 14)

[^f00047]: S.I. 1991/194 (N.I. 1): Article 10 was amended by the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/429 (N.I.2)) Article 3(8)

Editorial notes