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Students Awards Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 (United Kingdom)
Link to law: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1995/1/made/data.htm?wrap=true
The Department of Education, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 50(1) and (2) and 134(1)(1) of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986(2) and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:
2. The Students Awards Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993(3) are hereby revoked.
“course comparable to a first degree course” means—(a) A course of at least 3 academic years' duration provided by a university for a certificate, diploma or other academic award;(b) an educational facility designated by the Department under Article 50(1);
unpaid service with a health authority (within the meaning of section 128(1) of the National Health Service Act 1977(8));
unpaid service with a health board constituted under section 2 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978(9); or
unpaid service with a health and social services board established under Article 16 of the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1972(10);
“statutory award” means any award made or grant paid by virtue of Article 50 (except a maintenance allowance payable under the Maintenance Allowances (Pupils over Compulsory School Age) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994(13)) or Article 51 and includes any comparable award made or grant or other payment made in respect of attendance at a course which is paid out of moneys provided by Parliament;
“the Tax Acts” has the same meaning as in Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978(14);
(b)the student was in receipt of unemployment benefit under section 25(1) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(15);
(e)the student received sickness benefit under section 31(1), maternity allowance under section 35(1)(16), severe disablement allowance under section 68(1), invalidity pension under section 33(1)(b), 40(3)or 41(2), or statutory sick pay under Part XI(17) or statutory maternity pay under Part XII(18) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;
6.—(1) Persons described in Part I of Schedule 2, with the exception of persons described in Part 11 of that Schedule, are, subject to paragraph (2),specified by the Department for the purposes of Article 50(1).
(a)the board in the area of which the person was last resident during the period of two years preceding the relevant day;
7.—(1) If a board is satisfied that a person was not ordinarily resident in the British Islands, or in the European Community, throughout the three years immediately preceding the first year of the specified course or was not resident in a board’s area on the relevant day only because that person, his spouse or patent, guardian or any other person having actual custody of him during his minority, was, at the relevant time, employed temporarily outside the British Islands or, as the case may be, outside the European Community, then, for the purposes of paragraph I (b) of Schedule 2, that person shall not be regarded as having ceased to be so resident only because of his absence from the British Islands or the European Community or the board’s area inconsequence of such employment and paragraph (2) shall not apply in the case of such a person.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph I (b) of Schedule 2, a person shall not be regarded a ’s ordinarily resident in the British Islands or the European Community if that person was so resident and had taken up that residence wholly or mainly for the purpose of attending a full-time course of education.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph I (b) of Schedule 2, a person shall not be regarded as ordinarily resident in the British Islands if that person is personally ineligible for a full award and is not a European student.
(4) For the purposes of regulation 6(1) the ordinary residence requirements of paragraph I (b) of Schedule 2 shall not apply in the case of—
(5) That person is a person who is a British citizen within the meaning of the British Nationality Act 1981(19)—
(a)who was not ordinarily resident in the British Islands throughout the three years preceding the first year of the specified course only because he was ordinarily resident for the purposes of employment in the territory comprising the European Community during every part of that period in which he was not ordinarily resident in the British Islands; or
(b)(i)who was not so resident throughout that period only because his parent is such a person as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (a), and
(6) In paragraph (5) “parent” includes a guardian, or any other person having actual custody of a minor.
8.—(1) Without prejudice to section 29(3)(a) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(20) and to the definition of “award”, an award made in pursuance of the Regulations revoked by regulation 2 before the coming into operation of these Regulations, in so far as it could have been made in pursuance of these Regulations, shall for the purposes thereof, be treated as having been so made.
(2) Where an award was made to a student under Article 50(3) (“the discretionary award”) in respect of a course to which Articles 50(1) and 50(2)did not then apply but the course becomes or has become a specified course and an award within the meaning of these Regulations is or has been made to the student in respect of that course, then if the discretionary award continues to be payable it shall be disregarded in calculating the students income for the purposes of Regulation 13(1)(b) and 17: but payments on account of the mandatory award in respect of fees and in respect of maintenance for any period shall be respectively reduced or extinguished by those on account of the corresponding element of the discretionary award.
(3) Where, before the coming into operation of these regulations, a student has commenced a course (“the new course”) which is either a course provided by the University of Buckingham for a first degree of that University, a course for the Diploma of Higher Education, or a course for the Higher Diploma and has had made to him under previous awards regulations an award, having previously attended one or more courses of higher education the aggregate of which did not exceed two academic years then, notwithstanding any other provisions of these Regulations, payments shall be made in accordance with these Regulations in respect of his attendance at the new course.
9.—(1) For the purposes of regulation 19(2) and (5) and paragraphs I (d),2(b) and (c) and 3 of Schedule 2—
(i)unless he has previously both attended and held a statutory award in respect of either more than one course or one course for a period longer than twenty weeks;
(b)any reference to a person having attended a course shall be construed as a reference to his having done so before or after 1st September 1994.
(2) Nothing in paragraph (1) shall affect the duty of the board to make an award to a person—
(a)in respect of his attendance at a course for the Postgraduate Certificate in Education, the Art Teacher’s Certificate or the Art Teacher’s Diploma (or for a qualification comparable with any such certificate or diploma) unless he has previously attended such a course or successfully completed a course which—
(i)was for the degree of Bachelor of Education or a comparable academic award of either an institution or the Council for National Academic Awards; and
(ii)was approved as a course for the initial training of teachers for the purposes of Article 70;
(b)in respect of his attendance at any full-time course of initial training as a teacher of one academic year’s duration, or a comparable part-time course, not within sub-paragraph (a), unless he has for more than three years held a statutory award in respect of his attendance at a full-time course of higher education or comparable course outside Northern Ireland;
(c)in respect of his attendance at a course which—
(i)does not exceed two year’s duration;
(ii)is for the degree of Bachelor of Education or a comparable academic award of either an institution or the Council for National Academic Awards; and
(iii)is approved as a course for the initial training of teachers for the purposes of Article 70;
unless he has previously attended—
(i)a course for the Postgraduate Certificate in Education, the Art Teacher’s Certificate or the Art Teacher’s Diploma (or for a qualification comparable with any such certificate or diploma); or
(ii)a course (of any length) such as described in sub-paragraph (a)(i)or (ii).
(a)in pursuance of any award, bursary or other payment made to him in respect of the course (other than an award made under these Regulations or previous awards regulations, or by way of a loan under the Education (Student Loans) (Northern Ireland) Order 1990(21), or out of access funds held by the institution at which he attends his course); and
4th January 1995.
Regulations 3(i), 10, 19(2), (3) and (4)
2. A course for the postgraduate certificate in education.
3. A course for the Diploma of Higher Education.
4. A course for the Higher Diploma.
5. A course comparable to a first degree course.
Regulations It, 12(1),and (2), 20(i) and (3)(b)
(c)the applicant if so required by the board will provide it from time to time with such information as it may consider necessary for the exercise of its functions under Part 11 of these Regulations.
(b)where, not later than four months after the date of the beginning of the course that course has not become a specified course and the application reaches the board not later than four months after the date on which that course becomes a specified course;
(c)in the case of a refugee, or the spouse or child of a refugee, the application reaches the board not later than four months after the date on which the refugee was recognised as a refugee; or
(d)where, having regard to the circumstances of the particular case, the board considers it should be so treated.
SCHEDULE 5Colleges providing long-term residential courses of full-time education for adults
Institute of Continuing Education of the University of Ulster, Magee University College, Londonderry.
Co-operative College, Loughborough.
Hilleroft College, Surbiton.
Northern College, Barnsley.
Plater College, Oxford.
Coleg Harlech, Harlech.
Regulations 12(i)(a),17(1)(a) and 18(2),(3) and (7)
(a) the aggregate of any fees for admission, registration or matriculation (including matriculation exemption), any sessional or tuition fees, any composition fee, any graduation fee and in the case of a course referred to in paragraph (v), any fee in respect of the validation of the course (in each case excluding any element thereof representing or attributable to any such fee as is mentioned in the following sub-paragraphs or to maintenance) subject to the following maxima:
(1)in the case of a course not covered by any other sub-paragraph, £250 in respect of each instalment;
Provided the said maximum fees shall be—
for courses undertaken at an institution in the Republic of Ireland, £1,855in respect of a course which is not covered by any other sub-paragraph, £2,770 in respect of a course covered by sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph (a) and a maximum of £4,985 in respect of a course covered by sub-paragraph (3) of that paragraph;
in the case of a course at the University of Buckingham, £525 in respect of each of the four instalments;
in the case of a part-time course leading to the Postgraduate Certificate in Education, or a part-time course of initial teacher training with a substantial laboratory or workshop component, £267 in respect of the first and second instalments, £266 in respect of the third instalment and in the case of a course of initial teacher training without such a component, unless the course is partly full-time and involves more than 10 weeks full-time attendance in the relevant year, £125 in respect of each instalment;
in the case of a full-time course at the Union Theological College, Belfast, the Edgehill College, Belfast, the Irish Baptist College, Belfast, or the Belfast Bible College, Belfast, for the degrees of Bachelor of Divinity, Bachelor of Theology or the Diploma in Theology of Queen’s University, Belfast, £618 in respect of each of the first and second instalments and £619 in respect of the third instalment;
subject to sub-paragraphs (vi) and (vii), in respect of courses at institutions which are neither maintained nor assisted by grants paid out of public funds, £840 for each academic year;
the following amounts in respect of courses at the following institutions—
£530;
in the case of a course at the Royal Agricultural College commencing in the academic year 1989-90 or 1990-91 only, £618 in respect of each of the first and second instalments and £619 in respect of the third instalment;
in respect of any academic year of a sandwich course during which one or more periods of experience is undertaken but any periods of full-time study are in aggregate less than 10 weeks, £125 in respect of each instalment in the case of a course covered by sub-paragraph (1) and £267 in respect of each of the first and second instalments and £266 in respect of the third instalment in the case of a course covered by sub-paragraph (2);
in respect of the final year of any course covered by this paragraph (other than one covered by head (v)) which is ordinarily required to be completed before the first, the second or in the case of a course covered by head (ii), the third of the dates 1st January, 1st April, 1st July and 1st September which follow the beginning of that year, the amount which would be payable in respect of the first, the first two, or the first three instalments respectively if this paragraph did not apply;
(b) college fees or dues at the universities of Cambridge, Durham, Kent, Lancaster, Oxford and York (excluding any element thereof representing or attributable to any such fee as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (c) or to maintenance);
(c) any fees charged by an external body in respect of examinations or the validation of the course or otherwise charged by such a body whose requirements must (for the purposes of the course) be satisfied, or any fees attributable to fees so charged, but in the case of fees in respect of the validation of the course, only where the fees are charged by a body which does not have the power to award a degree or by the University of Buckingham.
Regulations 13(1)(a), 13(3),15(2) and 17(1)(b)
1.—(1) The requirements of the student referred to in regulation 13(i)(a) shall include his requirement for ordinary maintenance during—
(b)any independent student or married student who does not reside at his parents' home;
(c)area other student who does not reside at his parents' home, except where he can in the opinion of the board conveniently attend the course from his parents' home and the board, after consultation with the academic authority, considers that in all the circumstances the ordinary maintenance requirement specified in paragraph 3(2) would be appropriate; and
(2) In the case of such a student the ordinary maintenance requirement shall be £2,040 except that—
(a)where he is attending a course at the University of London or at an institution within the area comprising the City of London and the metropolitan police district, it shall be £2,560;
£3,485 if that country is a highest-cost country;
£2,990 if that country is a higher-cost country;
£2,510 if that country is a high-cost country; and
£2,040 in any other case.
3.—(1) This paragraph shall apply in the case of any other student, that is to say, in the case of—
(a)a student residing at his parents' home, except where the conditions specified in paragraph 2(i)(d) are satisfied;
(b)a student whose case falls within the exception to paragraph 2(1)(c).
(2) In the case of such a student the ordinary maintenance requirement shall be £1,615.
4. The requirements referred to in regulation 13(i)(a) shall include the student’s requirements—
(a)in the case of a student residing at his parents' home, £38·90
(b)in the case of any other student, £55·45 except that—
(i)where he is attending a course at the University of London or at an institution within the area comprising the City of London and the metropolitan police district, it shall be £74·05
£103·60 if that country is a highest-cost country;
£87·80 if that country is a higher-cost country;
£71·90 if that country is a high-cost country; and
£56·00 in any other case.
(b)in the case of a student attending a course in medicine, dentistry or nursing, a necessary part of which is a period of study by way of clinical training, as including a reference to his attending, in connection with his course but otherwise than for the purposes of residential study away from the institution, any hospital not comprised therein at which facilities for clinical training are provided.
(i)£149 of any requirement under paragraph 2;
(ii)£231 of any requirement under paragraph 3;
(iii)£7·70 of any requirement under paragraph 5(2)(a);
(iv)£4·90 of any requirement under paragraph 5(2)(b):
(a)where regulation 16(3) applies, the amount to be disregarded shall be £106; and
(b)where a student’s requirements under paragraph 2 or 3 relates to only part of the year, the said proportion shall be deemed to be an equivalent part of £149 or £231 as the case may be.
10.—(1) This paragraph shall apply in the case of a disabled student where the board is satisfied that, by reason of his disability, he is obliged to incur additional expenditure in respect of his attendance at the course, other than expenditure for a purpose specified in paragraph 7(1).
(2) The student’s supplementary requirement in respect of a non-medical personal helper shall be such amount as the board considers appropriate not exceeding £4,730.
(3) The student’s supplementary requirement in respect of major items of specialised equipment shall be such amount as the board considers appropriate not exceeding £3,560 in total for the duration of his course.
(4) The student’s supplementary requirement in respect of any other additional expenditure including expenditure incurred for the purposes specified in sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) which exceeds the maxima specified therein shall be such amount as the board considers appropriate not exceeding £1,185.
“income” means income for the year from all sources (reduced by income tax and social security contributions) but disregarding child benefit, any attendance allowance under sections 64 to 67 or disability living allowance under sections 71 to 76 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, or any mobility supplement or constant attendance allowance provided for in an order made under section 12(i) of the Social Security (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1977(22) and in the case of a student’s spouse, less—
any allowance payable to the spouse by an adoption agency in accordance with the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987(23);
where a child in the care of the Department of Health and Social Services or a Health and Social Services Board is boarded out with the spouse, any payment made to the spouse in pursuance of section 114(1) of the Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1968(24); and
16.—(1) In this Part, any reference to any provision of any of the Tax Acts passed before the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988(25) shall, in respect of a financial year ending after 5th April 1988, be construed as a reference to the corresponding provision of that Act in so far as that Act is applicable.
(b)has, where his course started after 31st August 1986, in the three years immediately preceding that year earned or received by, way of such fit or income support as is chargeable to income tax under respectively section 219 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 19970(26) of the Finance Act 1981(27) or 1987(28) sums totalling at least £12,000; or
Regulations 13(1)(b)13(3) and 15(2)
(i)an award made to the student in respect of the course (in pursuance of a sponsorship scheme or otherwise) not being an award made in pursuance of Article 50 or 5 1; and
(i)the whole of that income or those payments if a parental contribution ascertained in accordance with Part 11 or a spouse’s contribution ascertained in accordance with Part III is applicable (at whatever amount including nit that contribution is ascertained to be), or
(ii)the first: £1,810 of that income or those payments if such a contribution would be applicable but for the fact that the student has no parent living or is such a student as is described in paragraph 3(b), (c), (d) or (e);
(g)in the case of a student in whose case a parental contribution is by virtue of Part 11 applicable (at whatever amount including nil that contribution is ascertained to be) any payment which is made under covenant by a parent by reference to whose income that contribution falls to be ascertained;
(h)any payment made for a specific educational purpose otherwise than to meetsuch fees and such requirements for maintenance as are specified in Schedules 6 and 7;
(j)any income support under Part VII of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 or any transitional addition, personal expenses addition or special transitional addition payable under Part III of the Income Support (Transitional) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(29);
(k)any attendance allowance under sections 64 to 67 or disability living allowance under sections 71 to 76 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, or any mobility supplement or constant attendance allowance provided for in an order made under section 12(1) of the Social Security (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1977(30);
(1)any housing benefit granted to him in pursuance of a scheme under section 122(i)(d) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(31) or a scheme under Part VII of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(32);
(m)in the case of a student with whom a child in the care of the Department of Health and Social Services Board is boarded out, any payment made in pursuance of section 1 14(i) of the Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1968(33);
(o)any payments made to the student under the action programme of the European Community in Education and Training for Technology known as COMETT(34);
(p)any payments made to the student under the action scheme of the European Community for the Mobility of University Students known as ERASMUS(35)or the European Community programme for foreign language competence known as LINGUA(36);
(q)the first £3,030 of any pension other than one of the kind mentioned at sub-paragraph (d), however described, and including any such pension paid to the student as a widow, child or dependent;
(r)any payment made to the student in pursuance of the Education (Student Loans) (Northern Ireland) Order 1990(37);
(s)any payment made to the student out of access funds held by the institution at which he attends his course.
(2) In the case of a student who makes any payment in pursuance of an obligation incurred before the first year of his course, in calculating his income for the purposes of regulation 13(i)(b) there shall be deducted therefrom—
(b)if, in its opinion, only a lesser obligation could have been reasonably so incurred, such correspondingly lesser amount (if any) as appears to itappropriate,
except that no deduction shall be made from the income of a married student where the student’s spouse is a dependent for the purposes of Part III of Schedule 7 and, in pursuance of paragraph 13 thereof, the payment is taken into account in determining the spouse’s income.
“total income” has the same meaning as in section 835(1) of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988(38).
(c)a student who has been in the care of the Department of Health and Social Services or a Health and Social Services Board or in a voluntary home as defined in section 126 of the Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1968(39) throughout the three months immediately preceding—
and has not, at any time, during the said period of three months been allowed by that Department or that Board to be under the charge and control of his parents or, in the case of a student who has been in a voluntary home, has not, at any time during such period, been under such charge and control;
(a)in any case in which the residual income is £14,845 or more but less than £18,974, £45 with the addition of £1 for every complete £12·00 by which it exceeds £14,845;
(b)in any case in which the residual income is £18,974 or more but less than £27,885, £388 with the addition of £1 for every complete £8·55 by which it exceeds £18,974; and
(c)in any case in which the residual income is £27,885 or more, £1,431 with the addition of £1 for every complete £6·90 by which it exceeds £27,885,
reduced in each case, in respect of each child of the parent (other than the student) who is wholly or mainly dependent on him on the first day of the year for which the contribution falls to be ascertained, by £75; and in any case in which the residual income is less than £14,845 the parental contribution shall be nil.
(3) Where the board is satisfied that the income of the parent in the current financial year is likely to be not more than 85 per cent of his income for the preceding financial year, it may for the purpose of calculating the parental contribution ascertain the gross income by reference to the current financial year; and, in such case, sub-paragraph (2) shall have effect, in relation to the assessment year and if the board so determines, any subsequent year, as if the reference therein to the preceding financial year were a reference to the current financial year.
(5) Without prejudice to sub-paragraph (6), where, in pursuance of any trust deed or other instrument or by virtue of sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 32 of the Trustee Act (Northern Ireland) 1958(40) or any other statutory provision any income is applied by and person for or towards the maintenance, education or other benefit of the student or of any person dependent on the student’s parent, or payments made to hisparent are required to be so applied, that income, or those payments, shall be treated as part of the gross income of the parent.
(6) Where any award such as is mentioned in paragraph 1(1)(b)(i) is made by reason of the parent’s employment to any member of his family or his household (whether the student or some other such member) who holds a statutory award then, notwithstanding the provisions of section 154 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988(41), that award shall not be treated as part of the gross income of the parent.
(c)in pursuance of any Act passed after the passing of the Finance Act 1987(42) on15th May 1987; or
8.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (3) and (4), Part II shall, with the exception of paragraphs 3, 4(1), (2), (3)(a) and (b), 5(4), (7), (8), and 5(9) and 6(2)(f), apply with the necessary modifications for the ascertainment of the spouse’s contribution as it applies for the ascertainment of the parental contribution, references to the parent being construed as references to the student’s spouse and this Part shall be construed as one with the said Part II.
(a)in any case in which the residual income is £11,745 or more but less than £18,974, £10 with the addition of £1 for every complete £9·05 by which it exceeds £11,745; and
(b)in any case in which the residual income is £18,974 or more but less than £27,884, £808 with the addition of £1 for every complete £6·50 by which it exceeds £18,974; and
(c)in any case in which the residual income is £27,884 or more, £2,178 with the addition of £1 for every complete £5·15 by which it exceeds £27,884;
reduced, in any such case, by £100 in respect of each child of the student who is dependent on him or his spouse on the first day of the year for which the contribution falls to be ascertained; and in any case in which the residual income is less than £11,745 the spouse’s contribution shall be nil; provided that the amount of the spouse’s contribution shall not exceed £5,800 in any case.
These Regulations, which come into operation on 1st February 19955 and have effect retrospectively from 1st September 1994 revoke and replace, with amendments, the Students Awards Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993 (“the previous Regulations”).
Retrospection is authorised by Article 50(2) of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986, S.I. 1986/594 (N.I. 3) (“the Order of 1986”).
The Regulations govern the making of awards (“mandatory awards”) which it is the duty of education and library boards to make to specified persons. They do not relate to awards (“discretionary awards”) which, in pursuance of Article 50(3) of the Order of 1986, boards may make under arrangements approved by the Department of Education.
While their text and format do not repeat exactly the provision made in England and Wales, the Regulations maintain parity of awards for Northern Ireland students with their English and Welsh counterparts including reduced basic maintenance grant and tuition fee levels. They parallel in substance most of the provisions of the Education (Mandatory Awards) (No. 2) Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/2914) made by the Secretary of State for Education relating to awards for students in England and Wales.
The principal changes (other than the changes in the rates of fees, grants and allowances) as compared with the previous Regulations, are described as follows:
The maximum fees payable for the final years of courses which are ordinarily completed a substantial period of time before the end of the academic year of an institution are now limited to the amount payable in respect of the first one, two or three instalments in the other years of the course, depending on how early the course is completed (regulation 18(3)(c) and (d) and paragraph (ix) of Schedule 6).
The provision specifying the earliest times for the payment of instalments has been amended to make it clear that it covers the payment of two, three or four instalments, beginning with a payment after the first date on which the student is required to attend his course after the beginning of the academic year and continuing with one, two or three further payments after the next following first dates on which the student is required to attend his course after specified dates (regulation 18(4)(a)).
The provision removing the obligation to make payments for fees when a student has ceased to attend a course but not completed it has been amended in the case of courses which begin in the autumn and the fees for which are payable in three instalments. The first, second or third instalment will be payable if the student continues to attend the course until 15th November, 15th February or 31st May respectively (regulation 18(6)).
The provision authorising the payment of validation fees has been amended so that fees payable for the validation of a course provided at an institution which is not maintained or assisted by recurrent grants paid out of public funds are now subject to the maximum applying to other fees payable to such institutions, and that maximum has been raised accordingly (paragraph (a) and (c) of Schedule 6).
A mandatory award only in respect of tuition and other fees, which must be no higher than those charged to students from the United Kingdom continues to be available only to nationals of a member state of the European Community who are not entitled to a full mandatory award, and is not made available to nationals from other states within the European Economic Area who are not so entitled.
The residence requirement, which nationals from member states of the European Community and migrant workers must satisfy has been extended to apply to residence within the European Economic Area.
Provision has been made to enable boards to provide up to the 1993/94 maximum fee levels for students attending a course at an institution in the Republic of Ireland (Schedule 6(a)(3)(i)).
The discretion given to boards to pay a student’s travel expenses or medical insurance expenses in relation to a period of study outside the United Kingdom which is not a necessary part of the student’s course has been removed (paragraph 7(3) and 9(2) of Schedule 7).
Provision has been made to reflect the fact that under the European Economic Area Agreement nationals of countries within the European Economic Area in addition to nationals of countries within the European Community have rights arising under Council Regulation (EEC) 1612/68. In accordance with Article 7(2) or (3) or 12 of that Regulation they are entitled to awards under these Regulations.
As amended by S.I. 1993/2810 (N.I. 12) Art. 50(1) and Sch. 4 Part 11
S.R. 1987 No. 460; Part III was amended by S.R. 1988 Nos. 132 and 153, S.R. 1989 No. 371 and 485, S.R. 1991 No. 341, S.R. 1992 No. 284 and S.R. 1993 No. 150
1977 c. 5. The relevant order currently in force is the Naval, Military and Air Forces Etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Order 1983 (S.I. 1983/883 amended by S.I. 1983/1116 and 1521, 1984/1154 and 1687, 1985/1201, 1986/592, 1987/165, 1988/248 and 2248, 1989/156,1990/250 and 1308, 1991/766, 1992/710 and 3208, 1993/598 and 1994/772 and 1906)
1992 c. 7; the scheme under section 122(1)(d) is currently constituted by the provisions of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 (S.R. 1987 No. 461 as amended by S.R. 1988 Nos. 117, 186, 314 and 424, S.R. 1999 Nos., 125, 260, 366 and 408, S.R. 1990 Nos. 33, 136, 137, 297, 305, 345, 398 and 442, S.R. 1991 Nos. 47, 176, 204, 337 and 520, S.R. 1992 Nos. 6, 35, 85, 141, 201 284, 298, 404, 435, 444 and 549, S.R. 1993 Nos. 145, 149, 195, 218, 233, 373, 381 and 414 and S.R. 1994 Nos. 65, 74, 80, 81, 88, 137, 233, 266 and 274)
1992 c. 4; the scheme under Part VII is currently constituted by the provisions of the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1971) as amended by S.I. 1988/661, 909, 1444 and 1971, S.I.1989/416, 566 and 1017 S.I. 1990/127, 546 671, 1549, 1657, 1775 and 2564, S.I. 1991/235, 1175, 1599, 2695 and 2742, S.I. 1992/50, 201, 432, 1101, 1326, 1585, 2148 and 3147, S.I. 1993/317, 349, 518, 963, 1150, 1249, 1540 and 2118 and S.I. 1994/470, 542, 578, 1003, 1608, 1807, 1924 and 2137)
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