# The Education (Student Support, etc.) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025, Regulation 9: Amendment to the 2009 Regulations

Extent: N.I.

In regulation 122 (eligible part-time students)—
(a) after paragraph (10F) insert—
“(10G) Where—
(a) the Department determined that, by virtue of being a person satisfying the criteria in paragraph 13 of Schedule 2 (eligible students: long residence), a person (“A”) was an eligible part-time student in connection with—
(i) an application for support for an earlier year of the current part-time course; or
(ii) an application for support in connection with a designated course, designated distance learning course or other designated part-time course from which A’s status as an eligible part-time student, eligible student or eligible distance learning student has been transferred to the current part-time course; and
(b) as at the day before the academic year in respect of which A is applying for support begins, the period for which A was granted leave to stay in the United Kingdom has expired and—
(i) no further leave to remain has been granted;
(ii) no appeal is pending (within the meaning of section 104 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002); and
(iii) A has not become a British or Irish citizen,
A’s status as an eligible part-time student terminates immediately before the first day of the academic year in respect of which A is applying for support.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2025/32/regulation/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-etc-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2025/regulation-9
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