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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-no2-amendment-and-education-student-loan-repayment-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2017/regulation-27",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2017/7",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Student Support) (No.2) (Amendment) and Education (Student Loan) (Repayment) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-no2-amendment-and-education-student-loan-repayment-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2017",
  "path": "regulation/27",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "“Overpayment of grants and allowances”.",
  "text": "In regulation 126 (Assistance for part-time courses)—\n(a) in paragraph (1)—\n(i) in sub-paragraph (a)(ii), omit the “and”;\n(ii) after sub-paragraph (a), insert the following sub-paragraph—\n“(aa) a part-time fee loan, where—\n(i) the fees charged by the academic authority in respect of an academic year of the designated part-time course exceed the grant mentioned in sub-paragraph (a), the amount of which has been determined in accordance with regulation 127; or\n(ii) it has been determined in accordance with regulation 127 that no grant is payable under sub-paragraph (a); or\n(iii) the eligible part-time student does not apply for the grant mentioned in sub-paragraph (a); and”;\n(b) after paragraph (1), insert—\n“(1A) A part-time fee loan is administered in accordance with regulation 127A.”.\n(c) after paragraph (2), insert—\n“(2A) An eligible part-time student does not qualify for assistance under paragraph (1)(a) or (b) unless it is ordinarily possible to complete the designated part-time course in no more than twice the period ordinarily required to complete the full-time equivalent.”;\n(d) for paragraph (3), substitute—\n“(3) An eligible part-time student qualifies for assistance under paragraph (1) in respect of a course (other than a distance learning course) if the Department considers that the student is undertaking the designated part-time course in the United Kingdom.”.\n(e) in paragraph (4), for “under this regulation”, substitute “under paragraphs (1)(a) or (b)”;\n(f) after paragraph (5), insert—\n“(5A) An eligible part-time student does not qualify for a part-time fee loan under paragraph (1)(aa) if—\n(a) the student has undertaken one or more part-time courses for sixteen years in aggregate; and\n(b) the student received in respect of each of those academic years a loan or a grant of the kind described in paragraph (5).\n(5B) An eligible part-time student does not qualify for a part-time fee loan if the intensity of study during the academic year for which support is claimed is less than 25% of a full-time equivalent course.”; and\n(g) after paragraph (8), add—\n“(9) For the purposes of this regulation “full-time equivalent” and “period ordinarily required to complete the full time equivalent” is to be interpreted in accordance with regulation 124(6).”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2017/7/regulation/27",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:53:36.151537+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."
}