The Education (Student Support) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008

Made: 16th June 2008

Coming into operation: 17th July 2008

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PART 1 — GENERAL

Citation and commencement

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Interpretation

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Amendment of the Education (Student Support) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

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Revocation, savings and transitional provisions

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PART 2 — ELIGIBILITY

Eligible students

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Designated courses

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Period of eligibility

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Transfer of status

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PART 3 — APPLYING FOR SUPPORT AND PROVISION OF INFORMATION

Applications for support

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Time limits

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Information

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PART 4 — FEE SUPPORT

CHAPTER 1 — TYPES OF FEE SUPPORT AVAILABLE

Current system students

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Old system students

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Requirement to enter a contract for a loan for fees

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Students becoming eligible in the course of an academic year

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Events

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Students to be treated as in attendance on a course

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CHAPTER 2 — FEE LOANS FOR CURRENT SYSTEM STUDENTS

Availability of fee loans to current system students - general

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Standard entitlement of current system students who have not studied on a previous course

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Standard entitlement – course leading to degree in social work

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Standard entitlement of current system students who have transferred from or otherwise studied on a previous course

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Standard entitlement of current system students on end-on courses and certain degree courses

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Amount of the fee loan

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CHAPTER 3 — GRANTS FOR FEES FOR OLD SYSTEM STUDENTS

Old system students who are continuing students

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Old system students who are transferring students

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Old system students who are on end-on courses

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Old system students who are gap year students who have not studied on a previous course

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Old system students who are gap year students who have studied on a previous course

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Availability of the grant for fees to old system students for years of repeat study

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Amount of the grant for fees for a course at a publicly funded institution or relevant institution of higher education in the Republic of Ireland

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Amount of the grant for fees for a course that is provided at a private institution on behalf of a publicly funded institution

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Amount of the grant for fees for a course at a private institution

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CHAPTER 4 — FEE CONTRIBUTION LOANS FOR OLD SYSTEM STUDENTS

Availability of fee contribution loans to old system students

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Amount of the fee contribution loan

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CHAPTER 5 — INTERPRETATION OF PART 4

Previous course

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Miscellaneous

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PART 5 — GRANTS FOR LIVING AND OTHER COSTS

CHAPTER 1 — TYPES OF GRANTS AVAILABLE

Current system students

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Old system students

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CHAPTER 2 — GENERAL PROVISIONS

General qualifying conditions for grants for living and other costs

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Students who are treated as in attendance

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CHAPTER 3 — DISABLED STUDENTS’ ALLOWANCES

Qualifying conditions for the disabled students’ allowance

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Amount of the disabled students’ allowance

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CHAPTER 4 — GRANTS FOR DEPENDANTS

General

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Grant for students who have left care

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Adult dependants’ grant

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Childcare grant

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Parents’ learning allowance

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Calculations

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Interpretation of Chapter 4

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CHAPTER 5 — GRANTS FOR TRAVEL

General

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Qualifying conditions for the grant for travel – courses in medicine and dentistry

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Amount of the grant for travel – courses in medicine and dentistry

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Qualifying conditions for the grant for travel – overseas study

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Amount of the grant for travel – overseas study

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Deductions from the grant for travel

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Interpretation

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CHAPTER 6 — MAINTENANCE GRANTS FOR CURRENT SYSTEM STUDENTS

Qualifying conditions for the maintenance grant

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Amount of the maintenance grant

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CHAPTER 7 — SPECIAL SUPPORT GRANTS FOR CURRENT SYSTEM STUDENTS

Qualifying conditions for the special support grant

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Amount of the special support grant

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CHAPTER 8 — HIGHER EDUCATION BURSARIES FOR OLD SYSTEM STUDENTS

Qualifying conditions for and amounts of the higher education bursary

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PART 6 — LOANS FOR LIVING COSTS

CHAPTER 1 — QUALIFYING CONDITIONS

Qualifying conditions for the loan for living costs – current system students

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Qualifying conditions for the loan for living costs – old system students

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CHAPTER 2 — MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF LOANS

General

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Current system students with full entitlement

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Type 1 and type 2 teacher training students

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Old system students with full entitlement

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Students with reduced entitlement

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CHAPTER 3 — ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF LOAN FOR LIVING COSTS

Long courses loan

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CHAPTER 4 — MISCELLANEOUS

Quarters in respect of which the loan for living costs is payable

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Students falling into more than one category

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Students residing with parents

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Students becoming eligible in the course of an academic year

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Students who are treated as in attendance on a course

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Deductions from loans for living costs

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Applying for an additional amount of loan for living costs or long courses loan

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Categories of student

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Interpretation of Part 6

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PART 7 — COLLEGE FEE LOANS

General

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Qualifying conditions

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Persons to be treated as eligible students

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Disabled students

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Students becoming eligible during the course of an academic year

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Availability of college fee loans

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Amount of college fee loan

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Transfers

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PART 8 — INTEREST AND INSOLVENCY

Interest

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Insolvency

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PART 9 — FINANCIAL ASSESSMENT

Calculation of contribution

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Application of contribution – current system students

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Application of contribution – old system students

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Order of application

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Minimum level of loan for living costs

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Amount of loan for living costs payable to certain type 1 and type 2 teacher training students

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PART 10 — PAYMENTS

CHAPTER 1 — PAYMENT OF GRANTS FOR FEES

Payment of grants for fees

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CHAPTER 2 — PAYMENT OF GRANTS FOR LIVING AND OTHER COSTS

Payment of grants for living and other costs

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CHAPTER 3 — PAYMENT OF LOANS

General

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Provision of United Kingdom national insurance number

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Information requirements

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Payment of fee loans and fee contribution loans

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Payment of college fee loans

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Payment of loans for living costs and long courses loans

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CHAPTER 4 — OVERPAYMENTS

Overpayments of fee support

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Overpayments of college fee loan

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Overpayments of support payable under Part 5 or Part 6

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CHAPTER 5 — INTERPRETATION

Interpretation

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PART 11 — SUPPORT FOR FULL-TIME DISTANCE LEARNING COURSES

Eligible distance learning students

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Students becoming eligible during the course of the academic year

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Designated distance learning courses

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Period of eligibility

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Support for distance learning courses

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Amount of support

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Interpretation of regulation 113

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Disabled distance learning students’ allowance

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Applications for support

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Declarations provided by academic authorities

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Information

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Transfer of status

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Conversion of status – eligible students transferring to designated distance learning courses

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Conversion of status – eligible distance learning students transferring to designated courses

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Payment of grants for fees

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Payment of grants for books, travel and other expenditure and disabled distance learning students’ allowance

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Overpayments

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PART 12 — SUPPORT FOR PART-TIME COURSES

Eligible part-time students

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Students becoming eligible during the course of the academic year

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Designated part-time courses

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Period of eligibility

128

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Assistance for part-time courses

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Amount of assistance

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Interpretation of regulation 130

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Assistance with fees in respect of attendance on a course in England, Wales or Scotland

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Disabled part-time students’ allowance

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Applications for support

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Declarations provided by academic authorities

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Information

136

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Transfer of status

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Conversion of status

138

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Payment of grants for books, travel and other expenditure and disabled part-time students’ allowances

139

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Payment of grants for fees

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Overpayments

141

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PART 13 — SUPPORT FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

Eligible postgraduate students

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Students becoming eligible in the course of an academic year

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Designated postgraduate courses

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Period of eligibility

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Transfer of status

146

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Applications for support

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Information

148

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Amount of grant

149

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Payment of grant

150

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Overpayments

151

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SCHEDULE 1 — AMENDMENT OF THE EDUCATION (STUDENT SUPPORT) REGULATIONS (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2007

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SCHEDULE 2 — ELIGIBLE STUDENTS

PART 1 — Interpretation

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PART 2 — Categories

Persons who are settled in the United Kingdom

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Refugees and their family members

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Persons with leave to enter or remain and their family members

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Workers, employed persons, self-employed persons and their family members

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Persons who are settled in the United Kingdom and have exercised a right of residence elsewhere

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EC nationals

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Children of Swiss nationals

11

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Children of Turkish workers

12

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SCHEDULE 3 — DESIGNATED COURSES

1

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2

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3

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4

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5

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6

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7

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8

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SCHEDULE 4 — INFORMATION

1

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2

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3

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SCHEDULE 5 — FINANCIAL ASSESSMENT

Definitions

1

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Independent eligible student

2

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Household income

3

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Calculation of eligible student’s residual income

4

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Calculation of parent’s residual income

5

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Calculation of eligible student’s partner’s residual income

6

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Calculation of parent’s partner’s residual income

7

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Calculation of contribution – old system students

8

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Calculation of contribution – current system students

9

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Split contributions – eligible students who are not independent

10

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Split contributions – independent eligible students

11

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SCHEDULE 6 — RELEVANT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND

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Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Employment and Learning on 16th June 2008

Sir Reg Empey MLA — Minister for Employment and Learning

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: Formerly known as the Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment; seethe Department for Employment and Learning Act (Northern Ireland) 2001 c.15

[^f00002]: S.I. 1998/1760 (N.I. 14). Article 3 was amended by the Learning and Skills Act 2000 (c.21), section 147(3)(a) and (b), the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c.1), Schedule 6, the Finance Act 2003, (c.14), s. 147(4) and by the Higher Education (Northern Ireland) Order 2005, (S.I. 2005/1116 (N.I. 5)), Articles 11 and 12

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

[^f00005]: S.I. 2005/1116 (N.I. 5)

[^f00006]: 1998 c. 30; section 22 was amended by the Learning and Skills Act 2000 (c. 21), section 146 and Schedule 11; the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1), Schedule 6; the Finance Act 2003 (c. 14), section 147 and the Higher Education Act 2004 (c. 8), sections 42 and 43 and Schedule 7. See section 43(1) of the 1998 Act for the definition of “prescribed”

[^f00007]: S.R. 1998 No. 298

[^f00008]: S.R. 1999 No. 192, as amended by S.R. 1999 No. 370 and S.R. 2000 No. 175

[^f00009]: S.R. 2000 No. 213, as amended by S.R. 2000 No. 254, S.R. 2000 No. 296 and S.R. 2001 No. 77

[^f00010]: S.R. 2001 No. 277

[^f00011]: S.R. 2002 No. 224, as amended by S.R. 2003 No. 121

[^f00012]: S.R. 2003 No. 298, as amended by S.R. 2003 No. 339

[^f00013]: S.R. 2004 No. 254

[^f00014]: S.R. 2004 No. 517

[^f00015]: S.R. 2005 No. 298

[^f00016]: S.R. 2005 No. 323

[^f00017]: S.R. 2005 No. 340, as amended by S.R. 2005 No. 445 and S.R. 2006 No. 252

[^f00018]: S.R. 2006 No. 312, as amended by S.R. 2006 No. 383

[^f00019]: S.R. 2007 No. 195, as amended by S.R. 2007 No. 293 and S.R. 2007 No.363

[^f00020]: OJ L158, 30.4.2004, p77-123

[^f00021]: ERASMUS is part of the European Community action programme SOCRATES; OJ No L28, 3.2.2000, p1

[^f00022]: This body was originally established under section 1 of the Education Act 1994 (c. 30) as the Teacher Training Agency. By virtue of section 74 of the Education Act 2005 (c. 18), it continues in existence but is known instead as the Training and Development Agency for Schools

[^f00023]: S.I. 1972/1265 (N.I. 14), to which there have been amendments not relevant to these Regulations

[^f00024]: 1968 c. 46; section 63 was amended by the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 58), Schedule 7; the National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973 (c. 32), Schedules 4 and 5; the National Health Service Act 1977 (c. 49), Schedules 15 and 16; the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (c. 29), Schedules 16 and 17; the Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51), Schedule 17; 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; the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17), Schedule 1; S.I. 1996/1008; the National Health Service (Primary Care) Act 1997 (c. 46), Schedule 2; the Health Act 1999 (c. 8), Schedule 4; the Health and Social Care Act 2001 (c. 15), Schedule 5; the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17), Schedules 2, 5 and 9; S.I. 2002/2202, article 4; S.I. 2002/2469, Schedule 1; the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 (c. 43), Schedules 4, 11 and 14; S.I. 2004/288, article 7; the Children Act 2004 (c. 31), section 55; S.I. 2004/957, the Schedule; the National Health Service (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 43), Schedule 1 and S.I. 2007/961, the Schedule

[^f00025]: S.R. 2003 No. 459, as amended by S.R. 2004 No. 395, S.R. 2005 No. 446, S.R. 2006 No. 378 and S.R. 2007 No. 336

[^f00026]: College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise is an integral part of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, and consists of campuses at Enniskillen, Greenmount and Loughry

[^f00027]: 2002 c.41. Section 104 was amended by the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc) Act 2004 (c. 19, Schedules 2 and 4 and the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 (c. 13), section 9.

[^f00028]: Cmnd. 9171

[^f00029]: Cmnd. 3906 (out of print; photocopies are available, free of charge, from the Student Finance Policy Division, Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills, Mowden Hall, Staindrop Road, Darlington DL3 9BG)

[^f00030]: 1980 c. 44; section 73(f) was amended by the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 (c. 30), section 29(1) and the Education (Graduate Endowment and Student Support) (Scotland) Act 2001 (asp 6), section 3(2). Section 74 was amended by the Self Governing Schools etc. (Scotland) Act 1989 (c. 39), Schedule 10, paragraph 8(17). The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46)

[^f00031]: S.I. 1990/1506 (N.I. 11), amended by S.I. 1996/274 (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 and revoked, with savings, by SR (NI) 1998 No 306

[^f00032]: 1990 c. 6; repealed by the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 (c. 30), Schedule 4

[^f00033]: S.R. 1998 No. 273

[^f00034]: S.R. 2007 No. 195

[^f00035]: S.R. 2007 No. 293

[^f00036]: S.R. 2007 No. 363

[^f00037]: S.S.I. 2007/151, amended by S.S.I. 2007/503.

[^f00038]: 1992 c. 13; section 65(3A) was inserted by the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 (c. 30), section 27.

[^f00039]: S.I. 1999/2263, amended by S.I. 2001/2893.

[^f00040]: 1992 c. 13; section 65(3A) was inserted by the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 (c. 30), section 27.

[^f00041]: S.I. 1991/194 (N.I. 1); Article 10 was amended by the Health and Personnel Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/429 (N.I. 2)) Article 3(8)

[^f00042]: S.I. 1990 No. 247 (N.I. 3)

[^f00043]: 1977 c. 49; section 8 was amended by the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17), section 1(2)

[^f00044]: Section 11 was amended by the Health Authorities Act 1995 (c. 17), section 2 and Schedule 1, paragraph 2 and the Health Act 1999 (c. 8), Schedule 4, paragraph 6

[^f00045]: Section 16BA was inserted by the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 (c. 17), section 6(1)

[^f00046]: 1978 c. 29

[^f00047]: S.I. 1996/274 (N.I. 1)

[^f00048]: 2002 c. 21 to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations

[^f00049]: Regulation 14 of the Working Tax Credit (Entitlement and Maximum Amount) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/2005; as amended by S.I. 2003/701, S.I. 2003/2815, S.I. 2004/762, S.I. 2004/1276, S.I. 2004/2663, S.I. 2005/769, S.I. 2005/2919, S.I. 2006/766, S.I. 2007/824, S.I. 2007/2479) sets out the charges that are prescribed for the purposes of section 12 of the Tax Credits Act 2002.

[^f00050]: 1992 c. 7

[^f00051]: 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.2)

[^f00052]: S.I. 1995/755 (N.I. 2)

[^f00053]: 2002 c. 21 to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations

[^f00054]: 1992 c. 7; section 123(1)(e) was inserted by paragraph 13(5) of Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15)).The relevant regulation is regulation 4ZA of the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 (S.R. 1987 No. 459). Regulation 4ZA was inserted by regulation 4 of S.R. 1996 No. 199 ; relevant amending Rules are the Schedule to S.R. 2000 No. 241, regulation 5(3) of S.R. 2000 No. 71 and paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to S.R. 2005 No. 319 (c.23)

[^f00055]: Section 129(2) was amended by Article 8 (2) of the Housing Support Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2002, S.I. 2002/3154 (N.I. 8). The relevant regulation is regulation 53 of the Housing Benefit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006 No. 405)

[^f00056]: S.I. 1980/51, amended by S.I. 1989/596 and S.I. 1999/3177

[^f00057]: 1974 c. 39

[^f00058]: S.I. 1989/2405 (N.I. 19); Article 280 was amended by the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1455 (N.I. 10)), Article 17(4). Article 283 was amended by the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22)), Schedule 1, paragraph 11, the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11)), and the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 2005, Articles 15 and 31 and Schedule 9

[^f00059]: 1986 c. 45; section 307 was amended by the Enterprise Act 2002 (c. 40), section 261. Section 310 was amended by the Pensions Act 1995 (c. 26), section 122 and Schedule 3, paragraph 15, the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30), section 18 and Schedule 2, paragraph 2 and the Enterprise Act 2002, sections 259 and 278 and Schedule 26

[^f00060]: S.S.I. 2007/151, amended by S.S.I. 2007/503

[^f00061]: 2002 c.41. Section 104 was amended by the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc) Act 2004 (c. 19, Schedules 2 and 4 and the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 (c. 13), section 9

[^f00062]: 1980 c.44; section 73(f) was amended by the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 (c. 30), section 29(1) and the Education (Graduate Endowment and Student Support) (Scotland) Act 2001 (asp 6), section 3(2). Section 73B was inserted by section 29(2) of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 and was amended by section 34(1) of the Bankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 3). The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46)

[^f00063]: 1992 c.7

[^f00064]: S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15); Part II was amended by Schedule 1 to the Employments Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/1919 N.I. 16)), Schedules 6 and 7 to the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10)), Schedules 7, 8 and 10 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11)), Schedule 2 to the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 (c.14), Schedule 1 to the National Insurance Contributions Act 2002 (c.19), Schedule 6 to the Income Tax (Earning and Pensions) Act 2003 (c.1), Schedule 24 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c.33) and paragraph 2 of the Schedule to the Pensions (2004 Act and 2005 Order) (PPF Payments and FAS Payments) (Consequential Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006 No. 37)

[^f00065]: 1950 c. 29 (N.I.) Section 1(1) was substituted and sub-sections 1(A), 1(B) and 1(C) inserted by Article 3 of the Employment and Training (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1988 (S.I. 1988/1087 (N.I. 10))

[^f00066]: S.I. 1977/2157 (N.I. 28)

[^f00067]: 1992 c. 13; section 65(3A) was inserted by the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 (c. 30), section 27

[^f00068]: This body was established under section 1 of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005 (2005 asp 6)

[^f00069]: S.I. 1992/580, as amended by S.S.I. 2002/432, S.S.I. 2003/401 and S.S.I. 2006/323

[^f00070]: 2001 c.3 (N.I.)

[^f00071]: 1992 c. 13; section 65(3A) was inserted by the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 (c. 30), section 27

[^f00072]: 1971 c. 77; section 33(2A) was inserted by paragraph 7 of Schedule 4 to the British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61).

[^f00073]: Cm. 4904.

[^f00074]: OJ No L257, 19.10.1968, p2 (OJ/SE 1968 (II) p475).

[^f00075]: S.I. 1995/755 (N.I. 2)

[^f00076]: 1988 c. 1; section 273 was amended by the Finance Act 1988 (c. 39), Schedule 3, paragraph 10, the Income Tax (Trading and other Income) Act 2005, Schedule 1, the Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), section 281 and Schedule 35 and the Income Tax Act 2007, Schedule 1.

[^f00077]: 2004 c.12; section 188 was amended by the Finance Act 2007, sections 68, 69 and 114 and Schedules 18, 19 and 27.

[^f00078]: “Financial Statistics” (ISSN 0015-203X).

[^f00079]: S.R. 2003 No. 459

[^f00080]: S.R. 2003 No. 459

Editorial notes

Additional amount of loan for living costs