# The Education (Student Support) (No.2) (Amendment) and Education (Student Loan) (Repayment) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017, Regulation 3: Amendment of the Education (Student Support) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009


In regulation 2(1) (Interpretation)—
(a) for the definition of “Department”, substitute—
““Department” means the Department for the Economy;”;
(b) after the definition of “designated distance learning course”, insert—
““designated Master’s, etc. course” means a course designated by regulation 152 or by the Department under regulation 152;”;
(c) after the definition of “disabled part-time students’ allowance”, insert-
““disabled postgraduate students’ allowance” means the grant payable under Part 12;”;
(d) after the definition of “disabled students’ allowance”, insert-
““distance learning fee loan” means a loan for fees made to an eligible distance learning student pursuant to regulations made by the Department under Article 3 of the Order;”;
(e) after the definition of “eligible distance learning student”, insert—
““eligible Master’s, etc. student” has the meaning given in regulation 149;”;
(f) after the definition of “long courses loan”, insert—
““Master’s, etc. fee loan” means a loan for fees made to an eligible Master’s, etc. student pursuant to regulations made by the Department under Article 3 of the Order;”;
(g) after the definition of “ordinary duration”, insert—
““part-time fee loan” means a loan for fees made to an eligible part-time student pursuant to regulations made by the Department under Article 3 of the Order;”; and
(h) in the definition of “period of eligibility”, for “and” until the end of the definition, substitute—
“, in regulation 142 in relation to an eligible postgraduate student and in regulation 153 in relation to an eligible Master’s, etc. student;”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2017/7/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-no2-amendment-and-education-student-loan-repayment-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2017/regulation-3
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