Regulation 60 Qualifying conditions for the special support grantI1
Northern Ireland
A current 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.
A current system student qualifies for a special support grant if he—
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 1992f1; or
is treated as being liable to make payments in respect of a dwelling prescribed by regulations made under section 129(2) of that Actf2.
If a current 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—
the year is an Erasmus year; or
the designated course is a flexible postgraduate course for the initial training of teachers.
Annotations
Commencement
Footnotes
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1992 c. 7.. The relevant regulation is regulation 4ZA of the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 (S.R. 1987 No. 459). Regulation 4ZA was inserted by regulation 4 of S.R. 1996 No. 199 and amended by regulation 5(2) of S.R. 1997 No. 412; regulation 5(3) of S.R. 2000 No. 71, regulation 3(5) of, and the Schedule to, S.R. 2000 No. 241 and Article 3(2) of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to, S.R. 2005 No. 319 (c.23)
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The relevant regulation is regulation 53 of the Housing Benefit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006 No. 405)