{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-2009/regulation-159",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2009/373",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Student Support) ( No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-2009",
  "path": "regulation/159",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "159",
  "heading": "Time limits",
  "text": "(1) The general rule is that the application must reach the Department no later than the end of the ninth month beginning with the first day of the academic year of the course in respect of which it is submitted.\n(2) The general rule does not apply where—\n(a) an in-year qualifying event occurs after the first day of the academic year in respect of which the applicant is applying for support, in which case the application must reach the Department not later than the end of the ninth month beginning with the day on which the relevant event occurred;\n(b) the applicant is applying for an additional amount of the Master’s, etc. fee loan under regulation 156(4) ..., in which case the application must reach the Department no later than one month before the end of the academic year of the designated Master’s, etc. course to which the application relates;\n(c) the Department considers that having regard to the circumstances of the particular case the time limit should be relaxed, in which case the application must reach the Department not later than such date as it specifies.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 13 inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending Rule) by The Education (Student Support) (No.2) (Amendment) and Education (Student Loan) (Repayment) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 (S.R. 2017/7), regs. 1(1), 43, Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 159(2)(a) substituted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(3)(4)(c) of the amending Rule) by virtue of The Education (Student Support, etc.) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 (S.R. 2024/19), regs. 1(2), 58"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 159(2)(b) omitted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2)(a) of the amending Rule) by virtue of The Education (Student Support) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/79), regs. 1(1), 15"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/373/regulation/159",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:29:58.145650+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."
}