# Education (Student Support) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999, Regulation 9: Information

Extent: N.I.

(1) Every applicant and every eligible student shall as soon as reasonably practicable after he is requested to do so provide the Department with such information as the Department considers necessary for the exercise of its functions under these Regulations.
(2) Every applicant and every eligible student shall forthwith inform the Department if any of the following occurs, and provide it with the particulars thereof, that is to say—
(a) he withdraws from, abandons or is expelled from the course to which his eligibility relates or is intended to relate “the relevant course”;
(b) he transfers from the relevant course to another course, at the same or a different institution, whether or not that other course is a designated course;
(c) he ceases to attend the relevant course and does not intend to or is not permitted to return for the remainder of the academic year;
(d) he is absent from the relevant course for more than 60 days due to illness, or is absent from his course for any period for any other reason;
(e) the month for the start or completion of the relevant course changes;
(f) his home or term time address or telephone number changes.
(3) If the Department is satisfied that an eligible student has willfully failed to comply with any requirement under this regulation to provide information or has provided information which the student knows to be false in a material particular or has recklessly provided information which is false in a material particular it may determine that the student shall—
(a) no longer be eligible for any support; or
(b) not be eligible for any particular support or particular amount of support as it considers appropriate in the circumstances.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1999/192/regulation/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-regulations-northern-ireland-1999/regulation-9
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