{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/further-education-student-support-eligibility-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/further-education-student-support-eligibility-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2012/306",
  "legislation_title": "The Further Education (Student Support) (Eligibility) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/further-education-student-support-eligibility-regulations-northern-ireland-2012",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the Order” means the Education (Student Support) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998;\n“the 1997 Order” means the Further Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1997;\n“the Department” means the Department for Employment and Learning;\n“designated course” means a course designated by regulation 5;\n“further education” has the meaning assigned by Article 3 of the 1997 Order;\n“further education course” means a course other than a higher education course provided at an institution of further education;\n“higher education” has the meaning assigned by Article 2(2) of the 1997 Order;\n“institution of further education” means an educational establishment which is recognised by the Department as an institution of further education under Article 8 of the 1997 Order;\n“support” means grants in respect of fees payable in connection with attendance on courses at an institution of further education.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in operation at 1.9.2012, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1997/1772 (N.I. 15)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2012/306/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:14:28.569481+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."
}