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CLAUSE 8: Change in Circumstances

8.1   The eligibility of a person to whom this Scheme applies for the award of a grant, or the level of the grant awarded, may be assessed or re-assessed by the Local Authority in the event of changes of circumstances relating to the following:

1. the candidate's reckonable income, within the meaning of Clause 4, which is likely to be permanent (i.e. likely to obtain for the duration of the approved course or for the foreseeable future);
2. the number of dependent children;
3. the number of children
   
   1. in full-time third level education;
   2. attending a recognised PLC course, student nurse training or student Garda training;
   3. participating in a Fáilte Ireland (formerly known as CERT) course of at least one year's duration;
   4. attending a full-time Teagasc course in Agricultural College;
   5. attending a recognised full-time further education course, of at least one year's duration, in Northern Ireland;
4. normal residence;
5. Nationality, where the candidate becomes an Irish National or the national of another EU Member State.

8.2   The income limits applicable under this Scheme in cases under clause 8.1(a) or (b) or (c) above shall be those of the scheme of the year in which the change of circumstances occurs.

8.3  Where an adverse change in the reckonable income occurs awards or adjustments in cases assessed under this clause shall normally be made with effect from the college term in which the change in circumstances occurs. 

8.4  Where a positive change in reckonable income occurs during an academic year, any grant awarded shall continue to be paid until the end of that academic year. However such grant-holders shall be re-assessed before the grant is renewed for the following academic year.

8.5  The amount of the lecture fee, student services charge and maintenance elements of the grant payable in respect of a college term shall be one-third of the annual rate.