
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Student Support) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation on 25th July 2005.
2 
In these Regulations, “the 2003 Regulations” means the Education (Student Support) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003.
3 
The 2003 Regulations shall be amended as provided by regulations 4 and 5.
4 
After regulation 6(2)(d) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragragh—“
(e) the student is a person mentioned in paragraph 9 of Schedule 1 the application must reach the Department not later than 25th April 2006 or 9 months after the first day of the academic year, whichever is the later.”.
5 
After paragraph 8 of Schedule 1 there shall be inserted the following paragraph—“
9. 
A person who on the first day of the first academic year of the course is a national of a Member State of the European Community or the child of such a national—
(a) who is claiming a bursary, grant or loan for living costs in respect of an academic year beginning on or after 1st September 2004;
(b) who is ordinarily resident in Northern Ireland on the first day of the first academic year of the course; and
(c) who has been ordinarily resident throughout the three-year period preceding the first day of the first academic year of the course in the United Kingdom and Islands.”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Employment and Learning on 30th June 2005.
Catherine Bell
A senior officer of the
Department for Employment and Learning
