{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-2009/regulation-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-2009/regulation-17.json",
  "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/17",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Students becoming eligible during the course of an academic year",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph 1(d) where—\n(a) a course designation event which results in a student’s course becoming a designated course occurs in the course of an academic year;\n(b) a protected category event which results in a student becoming an eligible student occurs—\n(i) in the course of the first academic year of a course; and\n(ii) on or before the course start date; or\n(c) an in-year qualifying event which results in a student becoming an eligible student occurs within the first three months of an academic year,\nthe student may qualify for a fee loan in accordance with this Part in respect of that academic year;\n(d) a fee loan is not available in respect of any academic year beginning before the academic year in which the event in question occurs.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 17 substituted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(3)(4)(c) of the amending Rule) by The Education (Student Support, etc.) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 (S.R. 2024/19), regs. 1(2), 38"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/373/regulation/17",
    "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."
}