Regulation 4 Power to grant post-compulsory education awards
Subject to paragraph (2) an education authority shall have power to grant a post-compulsory education award, that is to say—
a scholarship,
an exhibition,
a bursary, or
any other allowance
in respect of an eligible person for the purpose of enabling that person to take advantage of any educational facilities available to him or her.
Except where the award is an Assembly Learning Grant—
the power in subsection (1) cannot be exercised in relation to any financial year if the education authority have determined under regulation 5 that it should not be exercised in relation to that financial year; and
where in relation to any financial year the education authority have determined under regulation 5 that the power can be exercised only in the case of eligible persons who satisfy particular criteria, the authority can exercise the power under subsection (1) to grant a post-compulsory education award only in respect of an eligible person who satisfies those criteria.