# The Education (Student Support) ( No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009, Regulation 57: Qualifying conditions for the maintenance grant

Extent: N.I.

(1) A current system student qualifies in accordance with this regulation for a maintenance grant in connection with the student’s attendance on a designated course.
(2) A current system student does not qualify for a maintenance grant if the student qualifies for a special support grant.
(3) If a current system student does not qualify for a fee loan or relevant institution charge loan in respect of an academic year of the designated course, the student cannot qualify for a maintenance grant for that year unless the reason that the student does not qualify for a fee loan or relevant institution charge loan is that—
(a) the year is an Erasmus year in accordance with regulation 20(3); or
(b) the designated course is an old flexible postgraduate course for the initial training of teachers.
(4) Subject to paragraph (5), a maintenance grant is payable to a current system student in respect of the four quarters of the academic year.
(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 maintenance 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 maintenance grant in respect of such quarters of the academic year as begin after the event in question occurs.
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(7) A current system student does not qualify for a maintenance grant if the current course is a graduate entry course.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/373/regulation/57 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-2009/regulation-57
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