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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-no2-amendment-and-education-student-loan-repayment-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2017/regulation-9",
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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/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Education (Student Support) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009",
  "text": "In regulation 109 (Support for distance learning 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 distance learning fee loan, where—\n(i) the fees charged by the academic authority in respect of an academic year of the designated distance learning course exceed the grant mentioned in sub-paragraph (a), the amount of which has been determined in accordance with regulation 110; or\n(ii) it has been determined in accordance with regulation 110 that no grant is payable under sub-paragraph (a); or\n(iii) the eligible distance learning student does not apply for the grant mentioned in sub-paragraph (a); and”;\n(b) after paragraph (1), insert—\n“(1A) A distance learning fee loan is administered in accordance with regulation 110A.”;\n(c) in paragraph (5), for “under this regulation”, substitute “under paragraphs (1)(a) or (b)”; and\n(d) after paragraph (6), insert—\n“(6A) An eligible distance learning student does not qualify for a distance learning fee loan under paragraph (1)(aa) if—\n(a) the student has undertaken one or more distance learning 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 (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/9",
    "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."
}