2009 No. 366

Education

The Further Education (Student Support) (Eligibility) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009

Made

Coming into operation-

The Department for Employment and Learning1 makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 3(2) and 8(4) of the Education (Student Support) (Northern Ireland) Order 19982, and now vested in it3.

Citation and commencement1

These Regulations may be cited as the Further Education (Student Support) (Eligibility) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 and shall come into operation on 1st December 2009.

Amendment of the Further Education (Student Support) (Eligibility) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20092

1

The Further Education (Student Support) (Eligibility) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20094 shall be amended as provided by paragraph (2).

2

For Regulation 5 (Designated courses) substitute—

5

A course is a designated course for the purposes of Article 3(1) of the Order if it is—

a

a further education course or a higher education course; and

b

wholly provided by an institution of further education in Northern Ireland.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Employment and Learning on 6th November 2009.

seal_r00001Sir Reg EmpeyMinister for Employment and Learning
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Further Education (Student Support) (Eligibility) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (“the 2009 Regulations”).

They substitute a new Regulation 5 in the 2009 Regulations. They amend the definition of a designated course so providing for financial support towards tuition fees to institutions of further education, in respect of courses of less than one academic year’s duration, for students who are domiciled in a part of the United Kingdom other than Northern Ireland, in the European Community, or the European Economic Area, but are studying at Colleges of Further Education in Northern Ireland.