{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-2009/regulation-91",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-2009/regulation-91.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/91",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "91",
  "heading": "Minimum level of loan for living costs",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (5), for a current system student, the “minimum level for the academic year” in regulation 90(d) is—\n(a) £4,853, in the case of a student in category A;\n(b) £8,774, in the case of a student in category B;\n(c) £7,468, in the case of a student in category C;\n(d) £6,264, in the case of a student in category D.\n(2) Subject to paragraph (5), for a current system student where the academic year in question is the final year of a course other than an intensive course, the “minimum level for the academic year” in regulation 90(d) is—\n(a) £4,388, in the case of a student in category A;\n(b) £7,985, in the case of a student in category B;\n(c) £6,491, in the case of a student in category C;\n(d) £5,798, in the case of a student in category D.\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5) Where different categories apply for different quarters of the academic year, the minimum levels in paragraphs (1) or (2) are the aggregate of the amounts determined under paragraph (6) for each of the quarters in respect of which a loan is payable.\n(6) The amount determined for each quarter is one third of the amount in paragraph (1) or (2) which corresponds to the rate applicable for the quarter.\n(7) The rate applicable for a quarter is determined in accordance with regulation 72.\n(8) Categories A to D have the meaning given in regulation 78.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sum in reg. 91(1)(a) substituted (10.4.2026 with application in accordance with reg. 1(3)(4)(b)) by The Education (Student Support) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026 (S.R. 2026/56), regs. 1(2), 7, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sum in reg. 91(1)(b) substituted (10.4.2026 with application in accordance with reg. 1(3)(4)(b)) by The Education (Student Support) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026 (S.R. 2026/56), regs. 1(2), 7, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sum in reg. 91(1)(c) substituted (10.4.2026 with application in accordance with reg. 1(3)(4)(b)) by The Education (Student Support) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026 (S.R. 2026/56), regs. 1(2), 7, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sum in reg. 91(1)(d) substituted (10.4.2026 with application in accordance with reg. 1(3)(4)(b)) by The Education (Student Support) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026 (S.R. 2026/56), regs. 1(2), 7, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Sum in reg. 91(2)(a) substituted (10.4.2026 with application in accordance with reg. 1(3)(4)(b)) by The Education (Student Support) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026 (S.R. 2026/56), regs. 1(2), 7, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Sum in reg. 91(2)(b) substituted (10.4.2026 with application in accordance with reg. 1(3)(4)(b)) by The Education (Student Support) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026 (S.R. 2026/56), regs. 1(2), 7, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Sum in reg. 91(2)(c) substituted (10.4.2026 with application in accordance with reg. 1(3)(4)(b)) by The Education (Student Support) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026 (S.R. 2026/56), regs. 1(2), 7, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Sum in reg. 91(2)(d) substituted (10.4.2026 with application in accordance with reg. 1(3)(4)(b)) by The Education (Student Support) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026 (S.R. 2026/56), regs. 1(2), 7, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Pt. 8 reg. 91(3) omitted (24.3.2022) by virtue of The Education (Student Support, etc.) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/75), regs. 1(2), 10(b)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Pt. 8 reg. 91(4) omitted (24.3.2022) by virtue of The Education (Student Support, etc.) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/75), regs. 1(2), 10(b)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Words in Pt. 8 reg. 91(5) substituted (24.3.2022) by The Education (Student Support, etc.) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/75), regs. 1(2), 10(b)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "Words in Pt. 8 reg. 91(6) substituted (24.3.2022) by The Education (Student Support, etc.) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/75), regs. 1(2), 10(b)(iii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 91 in operation at 17.12.2009, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:29:58.145650+00:00"
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  "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."
}