Education (Student Support) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

Made: 11th June 2003

Coming into operation: 16th July 2003

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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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Bursaries for low-income students

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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 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 — assistance 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 for Employment and Learning on 11th June 2003.

David McAuley — A senior officer of the — Department 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; see the Department for Employment and Learning Act (Northern Ireland) 2001 c. 15

[^f00002]: 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”

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

[^f00004]: S.I. 1986/594 (N.I. 3)

[^f00005]: S.R. 1998 No. 298

[^f00006]: S.R. 1999 No. 192, as amended by S.R. 1999 No. 370

[^f00007]: S.R. 2000 No. 213, as amended by S.R 2000 No. 254 and S.R. 2000 No. 296

[^f00008]: S.R. 2001 No. 277

[^f00009]: S.R. 2002 No. 224, as amended by S.R. 2003 No. 121

[^f00010]: S.R. 2002 No. 265

[^f00011]: 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

[^f00012]: 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

[^f00013]: Cmnd. 2073

[^f00014]: Cmnd. 2183

[^f00015]: 1963 c. 33; Section 76 was amended by the Local Authorities etc. (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 1974 (S.I. 1974/482), Article 11

[^f00016]: 1999 c. 29

[^f00017]: S.R. 1998 No. 273

[^f00018]: Cmnd. 9171

[^f00019]: Cmnd. 3906 (Out of print: photocopies are available, free of charge, from the Student Support Division, Department for Education and Skills, Mowden Hall, Staindrop Road, Darlington DL3 9BG)

[^f00020]: 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

[^f00021]: 1998 c. 30

[^f00022]: 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

[^f00023]: 1980 c. 44; amended by the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1988 (c. 30), section 29

[^f00024]: 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 the Asylum and Immigration Appeals Act 1993 (c. 23), sections 10 to 12

[^f00025]: O.J. No. L257, 19.10.68, p. 2 (O.J./S.E. 1968 (II) p. 457

[^f00026]: S.R. 2002 No. 121

[^f00029]: S.I. 1992/580

[^f00030]: 1992 c. 13; section 65(3A) was inserted by section 27 of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 (c. 30)

[^f00031]: 1988 c. 40

[^f00032]: 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)

[^f00033]: ERASMUS is part of the European Community Action Programme SOCRATES, O.J. No. L87, 20.4.95, p. 10

[^f00034]: The Teacher Training Agency was established under section 1 of the Education Act 1994 (c. 30)

[^f00035]: S.I. 1999/2263

[^f00036]: S.I. 1972/1265 (N.I. 14)

[^f00037]: 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)

[^f00038]: 1977 c. 49; Section 8 of the National Health Service Act 1977 was substituted by section 1 of the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002 c. 17

[^f00039]: Section 11(1) was substituted by section 65(1) of and paragraphs 4 and 6 of Schedule 4 to the Health Act 1999 c. 8: section 11(3) was amended by section 2(1) of and paragraphs 1 and 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Health Authorities Act 1995 c. 17

[^f00040]: 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)

[^f00041]: 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)); the relevant Regulations are S.R. 1996 No. 438

[^f00042]: S.I. 1995/755 (N.I. 2)

[^f00043]: 2002 c. 21

[^f00044]: S.I. 1996/274 (N.I. 1)

[^f00045]: 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)

[^f00046]: S.I. 1995 No. 755 (N.I. 2)

[^f00050]: S.I. 1980/51, amended by S.I. 1985/1192, 1989/596; 1999/3177

[^f00051]: 1974 c. 39

[^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)

Editorial notes

Assistance for part-time courses

Grants for disabled part-time students' living costs

Applications for assistance

Transfer of eligibility

Conversion of eligibility

Termination of eligibility

Payment of assistance to eligible part-time students

Payment of grant for fees

Definitions in Schedule 3

Application of this Schedule to an eligible student

Calculation of eligible student’s residual income

Calculation of parent’s residual income

Calculation of eligible student’s partner’s residual income

Calculation of parent’s partner’s residual income

Calculation of household income

Calculation of contribution

Split contributions

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