Explanatory note

These Regulations amend paragraph 14(3) of Schedule 6 of the Students Awards Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001.

Where a student’s academic year begins in the autumn he shall be eligible for 85 per cent. of the dependants requirement for childcare costs for a period of 40 weeks beginning on the first day of the first term of that year.

Where a student’s academic year begins in the winter, spring or summer he shall be eligible for 85 per cent. of the dependants requirement for childcare costs for each week of each term of the year and Christmas and Easter vacations.

For any other week of the academic year a student shall be eligible for 70 per cent. of the dependants requirement for childcare costs, except for any week that falls between the end of his course of study and the end of the academic year in which the course ends.