Education Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Supply of Student Support Information to Governing Bodies) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 10th October 2006. 2 In these Regulations— “ the Order ” means the Higher Education (Northern Ireland) Order 2005; “applicant” means a person who makes a student support application; “applicant’s sponsor” means an applicant’s parent or partner or an applicant’s parent’s partner who is required under the student support scheme to provide information in connection with the applicant’s student support application; “eligible student”, “eligible part-time student” and “eligible postgraduate student” have the same respective meanings as in the Education (Student Support) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006; “governing body” means a person falling within Article 13(2)(a) of the Order; and “student support application” means an application for support payable under the student support scheme for an academic year commencing on or after 1st September 2006. Supply of student support information 3 1 Subject to regulation 4, a student support authority may supply student support information of a description prescribed in regulation 5 to a governing body for the purposes prescribed in paragraph (2). 2 The prescribed purposes are the purposes of assisting the governing body— a to determine whether the applicant is eligible for a bursary (or other form of financial assistance) offered by that body and if so, the amount of bursary (or other form of financial assistance) payable to the applicant; and b to pay to the applicant the amount of bursary (or other form of financial assistance) the governing body has determined to be payable to him. Prescribed student support information only to be supplied with consent 4 1 A student support authority may supply student support information of the description prescribed in regulation 5(a) or (c) only with the consent of the applicant. 2 A student support authority may supply student support information of the description prescribed in regulation 5(b) only with the consent of the applicant’s sponsor. Prescribed student support information 5 Student support information is of the prescribed description if it is— a information supplied to a student support authority by the applicant in connection with his student support application; b information supplied to a student support authority by the applicant’s sponsor in connection with the applicant’s student support application; c information which relates to— i the applicant’s status as an eligible student, eligible part-time student or eligible postgraduate student for the purposes of the student support scheme; ii the applicant’s qualification for financial support payable under the student support scheme; iii the calculation of the amount of financial support payable to the applicant under the student support scheme; or iv the amount of financial support payable to the applicant under the student support scheme. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Employment and Learning on 9th October 2006. David McAuley A senior officer of the Department for Employment and Learning