Regulation 40 Students who are treated as in attendanceI1

Northern Ireland

(1)

A student to whom this regulation applies is treated as being in attendance on the designated course for the purpose of qualifying for the following grants—

(a)

grant for dependants;

(b)

disabled students’ allowance;

(c)

maintenance grant or special support grant F1.

F2(d)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2)

This regulation applies to—

(a)

a compressed degree student;

F3(aa)

a student on a period of study or period of overseas work placement in an Erasmus year; or

(b)

a disabled student who—

(i)

is not a compressed degree student; and

(ii)

is undertaking a designated course in the United Kingdom or at a relevant institution of higher education in the Republic of Ireland but is not in attendance because the student is unable to attend for a reason which relates to the student’s disability.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Word in reg. 40(1)(c) substituted (26.2.2024) by The Education (Student Support, etc.) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 (S.R. 2024/19), regs. 1(2), 67(a)
F2: Reg. 40(1)(d) omitted (26.2.2024) by virtue of The Education (Student Support, etc.) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 (S.R. 2024/19), regs. 1(2), 67(b)
F3: Reg. 40(2)(aa) inserted (23.12.2010) by The Education (Student Support) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 (S.R. 2010/383), regs. 1, 11

Commencement

I1: Reg. 40 in operation at 17.12.2009, see reg. 1(1)