Education (Student Support) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001

Made: 10th July 2001

Coming into operation: 2nd August 2001

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Part I — General

Citation and commencement

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Interpretation

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Revocations and transitional provisions

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Part II — Eligibility

Eligible students

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Designated courses

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Applications for financial support

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Transfers of eligibility

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Termination of eligibility

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Information

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Part III — Grants for Fees

Eligibility for grants for fees

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Maximum amounts of grants

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Part IV — Grants for Living Costs

Eligibility for grants for living costs

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Grants for disabled students' living costs

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Grants for students who have left care

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Grants for dependants

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Grants for dependants — childcare costs

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Grants for school meals for dependent children

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Grants for travel

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Part V — Loans for Living Costs

Eligibility for loans for living costs

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Maximum amounts of loans

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Applications for loans

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Hardship loans

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Part VI — Financial Assessment

Calculation of contribution

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Application of contribution

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Part VII — Payments

Payment of grant for fees

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Payment of grants and loans for living costs

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Overpayments

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Part VIII — Support for Part-time Courses

Eligible part-time students

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Designated part-time courses

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Eligibility for loans for part-time courses

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Amount of loan

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Applications for support

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Grants for disabled part-time students' living costs

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Transfers of Eligibility

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Conversion of eligibility

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Termination of eligibility

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Payment of support

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Overpayments

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Part IX — Interest and Insolvency

Interest

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Insolvency

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SCHEDULE 1 — Eligible Students

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SCHEDULE 2 — Designated Courses

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SCHEDULE 3 — Financial Assessment

Part I — Student’s Income

Calculation of student’s income

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Part II — Parental Contribution

Definitions and construction 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 4 — Relevant Institutions of Higher Education in the Republic of Ireland

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Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment on 10th July 2001.

George O'Doherty — A senior officer of the — Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 1998/1760 (N.I. 14); see Article 2(2) of S.I. 1986/594 (N.I. 3), as read with Article 2(4) of S.I. 1998/1760 (N.I. 14) for the definitions of “prescribed”, “regulations” and “the Department”)

[^f00002]: S.R. 1999 No. 481 Article 5(b) and Schedule 3 Part II

[^f00003]: S.I. 1986/594 (N.I. 3)

[^f00004]: S.R. 1998 No. 298

[^f00005]: S.R. 1999 No. 192, as amended by S.R. No. 1999 No. 370

[^f00006]: S.R. 2000 No. 213, as amended by S.R. No. 254 and S.R. No. 296

[^f00007]: S.R. 2000 No. 311

[^f00008]: 1992 c. 7, as amended by the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/1898 (N.I. 12)), Articles 3 to 5, 7, 8, 10 to 12 and Schedules 1 and 2

[^f00009]: S.R. 1987 No. 459 (see Parts III and IV of Schedule 2), the relevant amending regulations are S.R. 1988 Nos. 146 and 431, S.R. 1989 No. 395, S.R. 1990 No. 387, S.R. 1992 No. 6, S.R. 1993 Nos. 218 and 373, S.R. 1994 Nos. 327 and 474, S.R. 1995 Nos. 67, 86 and 367, S.R. 1998 No. 324, S.R. 1999 Nos. 381 and 385 and S.R. 2000 Nos. 74 and 367

[^f00010]: Cmnd. 2073

[^f00011]: Cmnd. 2183

[^f00012]: 1963 c. 33; section 76 was amended by the Local Authorities etc. (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 1974 (S.I. 1974/482), Article 11

[^f00013]: 1999 c. 29

[^f00014]: S.R. 1998 No. 273

[^f00015]: Cmnd. 9171

[^f00016]: Cmnd. 3906 (Out of print: photocopies are available, free of charge, from the Student Support Branch, Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment

[^f00017]: S.I. 1990/1506 (N.I. 11) as amended by S.I. 1996/1274 (N.I. 1) Article 43 and Schedule 5 Part II; S.I. 1996/1918 (N.I. 15), Article 3 and the Schedule and S.I. 1998/258 (N.I. 1), Articles 3 to 6

[^f00018]: 1998 c. 30

[^f00019]: 1990 c. 6, amended by the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c. 13), Schedule 8, paragraph 67; by the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992 (c. 37), Schedule 9, paragraphs 12(2) and (3); by the Education Act 1994 (c. 30), Schedule 2, paragraph 9; by the Education (Student Loans) Act 1996 (c. 9), section 1(1) and the Schedule; by the Education Act 1996 (c. 56), Schedule 37, paragraph 98 and Schedule 38, and by the Education (Student Loans) Act 1998 (c. 1), sections 1 to 3

[^f00020]: 1980 c. 44; amended by the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1988 (c. 30), section 29

[^f00021]: 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, and by the Asylum and Immigration Appeals Act 1993 (c. 23), sections 10 to 12

[^f00022]: O.J. No. L257, 19.10.68, p. 2 (O.J./S. E. 1968 (II) p. 457)

[^f00023]: S.R. 2000 No. 254

[^f00024]: S.R. 2000 No. 296

[^f00025]: S.R. 2001 No. 77

[^f00026]: S.I. 1972/1265 (N.I. 14)

[^f00027]: 1968 c. 46; section 63 was amended by the National Health Services Reorganisation Act 1973 (c. 32), Schedule 4, paragraph 124 and Schedule 5, the National Health Service Act 1977 (c. 49), Schedule 15, paragraph 45 and Schedule 16, the National Health Services (Scotland) Act 1978 (c. 29), Schedule 16, paragraph 26(2) and Schedule 17, the Health Services Act 1980 (c. 53), sections 1 and 2 and Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph 19(3), the Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51), Schedule 17, the Family Practitioner Committees (Consequential Modifications) Order 1985 (S.I. 1985/39), Article 6(1), the Health and Medicines Act 1988 (c. 49), section 20, section 25(2) and Schedule 3, the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39), Schedule 13, paragraph 74(1) and (2), the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17), Schedule 1, paragraph 95(1) and (2), the Local Government Reorganisation (Wales) (Consequential Amendments) (No. 2) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/1008), the Schedule, paragraph 1, and the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (c. 46), Schedule 2, paragraph 1(4)

[^f00028]: S.I. 1992/580

[^f00029]: 1992 c. 13; section 65(3A) was inserted by section 27 of the Teaching and Higher Education Act (c. 30)

[^f00030]: 1988 c. 40

[^f00031]: 1980 c. 44; section 74(1) was amended by paragraph 8(17) of Schedule 10 to the Self-Governing Schools etc. (Scotland) Act 1989 (c. 39)

[^f00032]: ERASMUS is part of the European Community Action Programme SOCRATES, (O.J. No. L87, 20.4.95, p. 10)

[^f00033]: The Teacher Training Agency was established under section 1 of the Education Act 1994 (c. 30)

[^f00034]: S.I. 1999/2263

[^f00035]: S.I. 1972/1265 (N.I. 14)

[^f00036]: 1977 c. 49; Section 8 was substituted by the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17), section 1(1)

[^f00037]: 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

[^f00038]: 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)

[^f00039]: 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)

[^f00040]: 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 amending Regulations are 1996/438

[^f00041]: S.I. 1995/755 (N.I. 2)

[^f00042]: S.I. 1996/274 (N.I. 1)

[^f00043]: S.I. 1999/3110, made in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 15(1) and 15(4) of the Tax Credits Act 1999 (c. 10)

[^f00044]: S.I. 1995 No. 755 (N.I. 2)

[^f00045]: 1992 c. 7, as amended by the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/1898 (N.I. 12)), Articles 3 to 5, 7, 8, 10 to 12 and Schedules 1 and 2

[^f00046]: Section 123, which provides for income support, is amended by the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15)), Schedules 2 and 3 and by the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11)), Schedule 8, Part IV, paragraph 26

[^f00047]: Section 127, which provides for Working Families' Tax Credit, is amended by the Tax Credit Act 1999 (c. 10), section 1(2) and Schedule 1, paragraphs 1(a), (b) and 2(g) and the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, Schedule 2, paragraph 16

[^f00048]: Section 128, which provides for Disabled Person’s Tax Credit, is amended by the Tax Credit Act 1999, section 1(2) and Schedule 1, paragraphs 1(a) and (b) and 2(h) and by section 14(1) to (5), the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/1898 (N.I. 12)), Articles 12(2) and (3) and Schedule 1, paragraph 32, the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999, (S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11)), Schedule 10, Part IV, the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, and Schedule 2, paragraph 17 and by the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14), section 103 and Schedule 9, paragraph 2

[^f00049]: Section 129

[^f00050]: S.I. 1980/51, amended by S.I. 1985/1192, 1989/596

[^f00051]: 1974. c. 39

[^f00052]: S.I. 1989/2405 (N.I. 19); Article 283 was amended by the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22)), Schedule 1, paragraph 11

[^f00053]: 1986 c. 45; section 310 was amended by the Pensions Act 1995 (c. 26), Schedule 3, paragraph 15

[^f00054]: 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

[^f00055]: O.J. No. L257, 19.10.68, p. 2 (O.J./S.E. 1968(II) p. 475)

[^f00056]: 1994 c. 30

[^f00057]: S.R. 1987 No. 460; Part III was amended by S.R. 1988 Nos. 132 and 153, S.R. 1989 Nos. 371 and 485, S.R. 1991 No. 341, S.R. 1992 No. 284 and S.R. 1995 No. 71

[^f00058]: 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, 305, 345, 398 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, S.R. 1997 Nos. 330, 331, 354, 376, 377, 412, 452, 253, 454, 483, 514, 515 and 541, S.R. 1998 Nos. 2, 59, 73, 81, 112, 114, 176, 182, 198, 204, 232, 252, 324, 325, 327, 348, 421 and 445, S.R. 1999 Nos. 50, 158, 249, 275, 298, 317, 342, 372, 381, 382, 385, 391, 416, 472 and 474, S.R. 2000 Nos. 1, 2, 38, 65, 71, 74, 109, 125, 221, 241, 242, 245, 249, 260, 265, 268, 365, 366, 367 and 369, S.R. 2001 Nos. 4, 25, 41, 79, 99, 120, 134, 150, 157, 175, 176 and 179).

[^f00059]: 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

[^f00060]: O.J. No. L166, 25.6.87, p. 20

[^f00061]: O.J. No. L239, 16.8.89, p. 24

[^f00062]: O.J. No. L340, 29.12.94, p. 8

[^f00063]: 1988 c. 1

Editorial notes