# The Education (Student Support, etc.) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024, Regulation 40


In regulation 39(general qualifying conditions for grants for living and other costs), for paragraph (7) substitute—
“(7) Where a protected category event which results in a student becoming an eligible student occurs—
(a) in the course of the first academic year of a course; and
(b) on or before the course start date,
the student may qualify for a particular grant in accordance with this Part in respect of that academic year.
(7A) Subject to paragraph (7B), where—
(a) a course designation event which results in a student’s course becoming a designated course occurs in the course of an academic year; or
(b) an in-year qualifying event (other than a settled status event) which results in a student becoming an eligible student occurs in the course of an academic year,
the student may qualify for a particular grant in accordance with this Part in respect of part of that academic year.
(7B) student does not qualify for such a grant in respect of any academic year beginning before the academic year in which the event in question occurs.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2024/19/regulation/40 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-etc-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2024/regulation-40
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