University Students (Stipends) Regulations, 1998

L.N.5 of 1998

EDUCATION ACT

(CAP. 327)

University Students (Stipends) Regulations, 1998

IN exercise of the powers conferred by subsection (3) of section

41 ofthe Education Act, the Minister ofEducation and National Culture,

with the concurrence of the Minister of Finance and Commerce, has

made the following regulations:-

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(a) These regulations may be cited as the University Cita~ion, ..

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applicability and

Students (Snpends) RegulatIOns, 1998, and shall apply to undergraduate commencement.

students joining University courses on or after the 1st October, 1997

with the exception of students attending courses listed in paragraph (b)

hereof.

(b) Students attending full-time courses at the Institute of

Health Care shall continue to receive stipends under the University

Students (Revised Rates of Stipends) Regulations, 1994.

(c) These regulations shall be deemed to have come into

force on the 1st January, 1998.

p~ymendsnt of

There shall be paid a monthly stipend ofLm 50, for • the duration SlJpe

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of theIr course of studIes, to students who follow courses at the

University of Malta who -

(a)

are Maltese citizens, and

(b) have registered as regular students for a full-time day

course on or after the 1st October, 1997, and

(c) are not more than 30 years of age at the commencement

of the course, and

(d)

are attending regularly and making satisfactory

progress

Provided that students who are over 30 years of age at

commencement of the course and who satisfy the other condition

hereabove stipulated may, in exceptional cases, be granted a stipend

where the student is the principal breadwinner in a household and the

ad hoc Board constituted in terms of these regulations deems that he is

deserving of help;

Provided further that there shall be paid a monthly stipend of

LMlOO, instead of the LM50 aforementioned, for the duration of the

course, to the following students

students attending the B.A. Honours Social Work

(i)

and Administration Courses: and

(ii) students whose parents are in receipt of social

assistance under the Social Security Act, and who, in the

opinion ofthe ad hoc Board, are considered in need of help.

(l) .Stipends are paid during the academic year, including

the Christmas and Easter Recesses, but excluding the Summer Recess.

(2) Where the structure of particular courses so warrant,

the Minister responsible for Education may approve the payment of a

stipend also during the Summer Recess.

With effecr form the 1st October, 1997, students pursuing a

Courses of the same

second or subsequent course after having completed or partially followed

another course of the same level, shall not be entitled to receive a stipend

for that period of time that is equivalent to the period spent in the previous

course, if for that previous course they were in receipt of a stipend.

Such students shall only be entitled to a stipend for the remaining period

of time after termination of the flrst period without a stipend,

The ad hoc Board referred'to in these regulations shall be

composed of the following members

(a) a Chairman and another member appointed by the

Minister responsible for Education;

(b)

a Member appointed by the Minister responsible for

Finance;

(c)

a Member appointed by the Minister responsible Social

Welfare;

(d)

a Member appointed by the Rector of the University

of Malta.