# The Education (Student Support, etc.) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024, Regulation 46


In regulation 59 (qualifying conditions for special support grant), for paragraph (5) substitute—
“(5) 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 special support grant in respect of the four quarters of that academic year.
(5A) Where—
(a) a course designation event which results in 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 special support grant in respect of such quarters of the academic year as begin after the event in question occurs.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2024/19/regulation/46 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-etc-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2024/regulation-46
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