The Education (Student Support) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

Made13th June 2005

Coming into operation11th July 2005

The Department for Employment and Learning1, in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 3 and 8(4) of the Education (Student Support) (Northern Ireland) Order 19982 and now vested in it3 and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Student Support) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation on 11th July 2005.

2

In these Regulations, “the 2003 Regulations” means the Education (Student Support) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20034.

Amendment of the 2003 Regulations

3

The 2003 Regulations shall be amended as provided by regulations 4 and 5.

4

In regulation 11 (Maximum amounts of grants), in paragraph (1)(j) for “£1,050” there shall be substituted “£1,075”.

5

In regulation 4 (Eligible students), in paragraph (2) –

a

at the beginning of sub-paragraph (c)(i) there shall be inserted “Subject to sub-paragraph (g)”;

b

after sub-paragraph (f) there shall be inserted the following paragraph:

g
he is, on or after 1st September 2005, commencing a degree in social work course at an educational institution in Northern Ireland as a Regional Social Work Degree Trainee under arrangements made by the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety under Article 44 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 19725.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Employment and Learning on 13th June 2005.

David McAuleyA senior officer of theDepartment for Employment and Learning

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations further amend the Education (Student Support) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 (“the principal Regulations”) as amended by the Education (Student Support) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2004 (“the amending Regulations”).

Regulation 4 corrects a drafting error.

Regulation 5 expands regulation 4(1)(c)(i) of the principal Regulations, substituted in the amending Regulations, and includes a new sub-paragraph (g) to exclude Regional Social Work Degree Trainees commencing Social Work Degree courses on or after 1st September 2005 from financial support under the Regulations.