{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/regulation-51",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/regulation-51.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2006/312",
  "legislation_title": "The Education (Student Support) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-support-regulations-northern-ireland-2006",
  "path": "regulation/51",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "51",
  "heading": "Qualifying conditions for the special support grant",
  "text": "(1) A new system student qualifies in accordance with this regulation for a special support grant in connection with his attendance on a designated course to defray the costs of books, equipment, travel or childcare incurred for the purpose of attending that course.\n(2) A new system student qualifies for a special support grant if he—\n(a) falls within a prescribed category of person for the purposes of section 124(1)(e) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992; or\n(b) is treated as being liable to make payments in respect of a dwelling prescribed by regulations made under section 130(2) of that Act.\n(3) If a new system student does not qualify for a fee loan in respect of an academic year of the designated course, he cannot qualify for a special support grant for that year unless the reason that he does not qualify for a fee loan is because—\n(a) the year is an Erasmus year; or\n(b) the designated course is a flexible postgraduate course for the initial training of teachers.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regulations revoked (1.5.2007) by The Education (Student Support) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. 2007/195), regs. 1, 4(1)(a) (with reg. 4(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 51 in operation at 1.9.2006, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 4. The relevant regulation is regulation 4ZA of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1967). Regulation 4ZA was inserted by S.I. 1996/206, amended by S.I. 2000/1981; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The relevant regulation is regulation 48A of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1971). Regulation 48A was inserted by S.I. 1990/1549; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1992/432, 1995/626, 1996/1510 and 1998/766"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/312/regulation/51",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:45:48.766711+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."
}