{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-etc-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2021/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-etc-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2021/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2021/50",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Student Support, etc.) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-etc-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2021",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendments in relation to notification of absence from courses",
  "text": "In Schedule 4 (information) to the 2009 Regulations—\n(a) in paragraph 2—\n(i) in the words before sub-paragraph (a)—\n(aa) for “Every” substitute “An”;\n(bb) for “and eligible” substitute “or eligible”\n(ii) for sub-paragraphs (a) to (g) substitute—\n“(a) they withdraw from or abandon their course;\n(b) they are expelled from their course;\n(c) they transfer to another course (whether at the same institution or not);\n(d) they are absent from their course for more than 60 days due to illness;\n(e) they are suspended from their course (whether at their request or not);\n(f) the month for the start or completion of their course changes;\n(g) their home or term-time address or telephone number changes;\n(h) they become, or cease to be, a prisoner.”;\n(b) after paragraph 2, insert—\n“2A. (1) An academic authority must forthwith inform the Department and provide the Department with particulars if an applicant, eligible student, eligible distance learning student, eligible part-time student or eligible Master’s, etc. student—\n(a) withdraws from or abandons their course;\n(b) is expelled from their course;\n(c) is absent from their course for more than 60 days due to illness;\n(d) is suspended from their course (whether at their request or not).\n(2) An academic authority is not required to provide under sub-paragraph (1) any information which it has already provided to the Department under regulation 99(5), 119A(4) 137A(4) or 163(5). ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Schedule 4 to S.R. 2009 No. 373 was amended by S.R. 2017 No. 7"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2021/50/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:40:04.336594+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}