Student Support Act, 2011

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR No. 4/2011
• Year: 2011

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Number 4 of 2011

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STUDENT SUPPORT ACT 2011

REVISED

Updated to 13 December 2022

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This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Student Support Act 2011. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under the Law Reform Commission Act 1975 (3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation of statute law.

All Acts up to and including the Personal Injuries Resolution Board Act 2022 (42/2022), enacted 13 December 2022, and all statutory instruments up to and including the Student Grant (Amendment) (No. 2) Scheme 2022 (S.I. No. 655 of 2022), made 13 December 2022, were considered in the preparation of this Revised Act.

Disclaimer: While every care has been taken in the preparation of this Revised Act, the Law Reform Commission can assume no responsibility for and give no guarantees, undertakings or warranties concerning the accuracy, completeness or up to date nature of the information provided and does not accept any liability whatsoever arising from any errors or omissions. Please notify any errors, omissions and comments by email to revisedacts@lawreform.ie.

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Number 4 of 2011

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STUDENT SUPPORT ACT 2011

REVISED

Updated to 13 December 2022

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Introduction

This Revised Act presents the text of the Act as it has been amended since enactment, and preserves the format in which it was passed.

Related legislation

Student Support Acts 2011 and 2015: this Act is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation (Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2015, s. 11(4)). The Acts in the group are:

• Student Support Act 2011 (4/2011)

• Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2015 (11/2015), s. 8

Annotations

This Revised Act is annotated and includes textual and non-textual amendments, statutory instruments made pursuant to the Act and previous affecting provisions.

An explanation of how to read annotations is available at

www.lawreform.ie/annotations

Material not updated in this revision

Where other legislation is amended by this Act, those amendments may have been superseded by other amendments in other legislation, or the amended legislation may have been repealed or revoked. This information is not represented in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the amended legislation if one is available.

Where legislation or a fragment of legislation is referred to in annotations, changes to this legislation or fragment may not be reflected in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the legislation referred to if one is available.

A list of legislative changes to any Act, and to statutory instruments from 1972, may be found linked from the page of the Act or statutory instrument at

www.irishstatutebook.ie.

Acts which affect or previously affected this revision

• Higher Education Authority Act 2022 (31/2022)

• Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Act 2020 (23/2020)

• Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Act 2019 (8/2019)

• Data Protection Act 2018 (7/2018)

• Technological Universities Act 2018 (3/2018)

• Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2015 (11/2015)

• Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 (9/2015)

• Local Government Reform Act 2014 (1/2014)

• Education and Training Boards Act 2013 (11/2013)

All Acts up to and including Personal Injuries Resolution Board Act 2022 (42/2022), enacted 13 December 2022, were considered in the preparation of this revision.

Statutory instruments which affect or previously affected this revision

• Student Grant (Amendment) (No. 2) Scheme 2022 (S.I. No. 655 of 2022)

• Student Grant (Amendment) Scheme 2022 (S.I. No. 579 of 2022)

• Student Support Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 119 of 2022)

• Student Grant Scheme 2022 (S.I. No. 118 of 2022)

• Student Support (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 535 of 2021)

• Student Support Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 132 of 2021)

• Student Grant Scheme 2021 (S.I. No. 131 of 2021)

• Student Support (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 6 of 2021)

• Student Grant (Amendment) Scheme 2021 (S.I. No. 5 of 2021)

• Student Support (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 600 of 2020)

• Student Grant (Amendment) Scheme 2020 (S.I. No. 570 of 2020)

• Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 451 of 2020)

• Student Support Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 77 of 2020)

• Student Grant Scheme 2020 (S.I. No. 76 of 2020)

• Student Grant Scheme 2019 (S.I. No. 152 of 2019)

• Student Support Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 151 of 2019)

• Student Support (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. No. 586 of 2018)

• Student Support Regulations 2018 (S.I. No. 101 of 2018)

• Student Grant Scheme 2018 (S.I. No. 100 of 2018)

• Student Support Act 2011 (Prescribed Persons) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 410 of 2017)

• Student Support Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 126 of 2017)

• Student Support Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 125 of 2017)

• Student Support Regulations 2016 (S.I. No. 154 of 2016)

• Student Grant Scheme 2016 (S.I. No. 153 of 2016)

• Student Support Act 2011 (Prescribed Persons) Regulations 2016 (S.I. No. 139 of 2016)

• Student Grant (Amendment) Scheme 2015 (S.I. No. 323 of 2015)

• Student Grant Scheme 2015 (S.I. No. 155 of 2015)

• Student Support Regulations 2015 (S.I. No. 154 of 2015)

• Student Support Act 2011 (Prescribed Persons) Regulations 2015 (S.I. No. 149 of 2015)

• Student Grant Scheme 2014 (S.I. No. 201 of 2014)

• Student Support Regulations 2014 (S.I. No. 200 of 2014)

• Student Grant Scheme 2013 (S.I. No. 159 of 2013)

• Student Support Regulations 2013 (S.I. No. 158 of 2013)

• Student Support (Amendment of Second Schedule) Regulations 2013 (S.I. No. 157 of 2013)

• Student Grant Scheme 2012 (S.I. No. 189 of 2012)

• Student Support Regulations 2012 (S.I. No. 187 of 2012)

• Student Support Act 2011 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2012 (S.I. No. 163 of 2012)

• Student Support Act (Appointment of Awarding Authority) Order 2012 (S.I. No. 161 of 2012)

• Student Grant (Amendment) Scheme 2011 (S.I. No. 740 of 2011)

• Student Support Act 2011 (Student Grants Appeals Board) (Establishment Day) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 451 of 2011)

• Finance (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 418 of 2011)

• Student Support (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 381 of 2011)

• Student Grant Scheme 2011 (S.I. No. 305 of 2011)

• Student Support Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 304 of 2011)

• Student Support Act 2011 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 303 of 2011)

All statutory instruments up to and including Student Grant (Amendment) (No. 2) Scheme 2022 (S.I. No. 655 of 2022), made 13 December 2022, were considered in the preparation of this revision.

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Number 4 of 2011

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STUDENT SUPPORT ACT 2011

REVISED

Updated to 13 December 2022

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Acts Referred to

Adoption Act 2010	2010, No. 21
Adoptive Leave Acts 1995 and 2005
Carer’s Leave Act 2001	2001, No. 19
Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010	2010, No. 24
Companies Acts
Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003
Disability Act 2005	2005, No. 14
European Parliament Elections Act 1997	1997, No. 2
Guardianship of Children Acts 1964 to 1997
Institutes of Technology Act 2006	2006, No. 25
Institutes of Technology Acts 1992 to 2006
Interpretation Act 2005	2005, No. 23
Local Authorities (Higher Education Grants) Act 1968	1968, No. 24
Local Authorities (Higher Education Grants) Act 1978	1978, No. 26
Local Authorities (Higher Education Grants) Act 1992	1992, No. 19
Local Government Act 2001	2001, No. 37
Maternity Protection Acts 1994 and 2004
Medical Practitioners Act 2007	2007, No. 25
Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Acts 1973 to 2005
Organisation of Working Time Act 1997	1997, No. 20
Parental Leave Acts 1998 and 2006
Protection of Employees (Fixed-Term Work) Act 2003	2003, No. 29
Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) 2001	2001, No. 45
Qualifications (Education and Training) Act 1999	1999, No. 26
Redundancy Payments Acts 1967 to 2007
Refugee Act 1996	1996, No. 17
Regional Technical Colleges Act 1992	1992, No. 16
Terms of Employment (Information) Acts 1994 and 2001
Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977 to 2007
Universities Act 1997	1997, No. 24
Vocational Education Act 1930	1930, No. 29

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Number 4 of 2011

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STUDENT SUPPORT ACT 2011

REVISED

Updated to 13 December 2022

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AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE MAKING OF GRANTS IN CERTAIN CASES BY AWARDING AUTHORITIES TO ENABLE PERSONS TO ATTEND CERTAIN COURSES OF HIGHER OR FURTHER EDUCATION, TO ESTABLISH AN APPEALS BOARD TO BE KNOWN AS AN BORD ACHOMHAIRC I LEITH DEONTAS MAC LÉINN OR, IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, THE STUDENT GRANTS APPEALS BOARD, TO REPEAL THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES (HIGHER EDUCATION GRANTS) ACTS 1968 TO 1992 AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.

[2nd February, 2011]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:

Annotations

Modifications (not altering text):

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Functions transferred and references construed (21.10.2020) by Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 451 of...