Student Support Act 2011
Regulations regarding applications.
17.— (1) The Minister, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, shall provide by regulations for such matters of procedure and administration as appear to the Minister to be necessary or expedient in respect of applications by students for grants.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, regulations under subsection (1) may provide for one or more than one of the following matters:
(a) the awarding authority to whom an applicant shall make an application;
(b) the date by which an application shall be made;
(c) the information to be made available by an awarding authority to an applicant in relation to an application for a grant, schemes of grants, obligations including those arising under section 19(2) or 19(4), the circumstances in which, pursuant to this Act payment, in whole or in part, of a grant may cease, penalties for offences under this Act and liability, under section 24, to repay a grant;
(d) the submission of information required by or under this Act to an awarding authority by an applicant in respect of an application for a grant;
(e) the submission, by an applicant, of further information that may be required by an awarding authority;
(f) the production of evidence to verify particulars of information given to an awarding authority by an applicant;
(g) the periods of time within which the information, further information or evidence shall be submitted or produced to the awarding authority;
(h) the manner of notification of its decision by an awarding authority;
(i) any other matter that appears to the Minister to be necessary or expedient.
Annotations
Modifications (not altering text):
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Functions transferred and references to “Minister for Finance” construed as "Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform" (29.07.2011) by Finance (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 418 of 2011), arts. 3, 5 and sch. 1 part 2, in operation as per art. 1(2).
3. The functions conferred on the Minister for Finance by or under the provisions of —
(a) the enactments specified in Schedule 1, and
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are transferred to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.
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5. References to the Minister for Finance contained in any Act or instrument under an Act and relating to any functions transferred by this Order shall, from the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.
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Schedule 1
Enactments
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Part 2
1922 to 2011 Enactments
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Number and Year |
Short Title |
Provision |
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(2) |
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No. 4 of 2011 |
Student Support Act 2011 |
Sections 7(2), 8(3)(a), 9(1), 10(2)(f), 13(7)(b), 14(1)(e)(ii), 15, 16, 17 and 25(10) |
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The history of the Ministers concerned with Finance aspects of the collectively cited Student Support Acts can be traced as follows:
• Functions transferred and title of Minister for Finance changed to Public Expenditure and Reform (29.07.2011) by Finance (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 418 of 2025);
• Title of Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform changed to Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (1.02.2023) by Public Expenditure and Reform (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 19 of 2023), in operation as per art. 1(2);
• Title of Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform changed to Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation (5.06.2025) by Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2025 (S.I. No. 243 of 2025).