Regulations laid before the assembly in accordance with section 42(2) of the Agriculture Act (Northern Ireland) 1949
2024 No. 115
Agriculture
The Agriculture (Student Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024
Made 16th May 2024
Coming into operation 1st September 2024

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 5A(1) and (2) of the Agriculture Act 1949, makes the following Regulations.
The Ministry of Agriculture for Northern Ireland was renamed as the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland, see the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 c.36 section 7(3): renamed as The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, see the Departments (Northern Ireland) Order 1999/283 (N.I.1); renamed as the Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, see the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 c.5 (N.I.), section 1(2).
1949 c.2 (N.I.) section 5A (1) and (2) was inserted by Article 42(1) of the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1915 (N.I. 11)).

1 Citation and commencement
These Regulations may be cited as the Agriculture (Student Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 and shall come into operation on the 1st September 2024.
Reg. 1 in operation at 1.9.2024, see reg. 1

2 Amendment to the Agriculture (Student Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023
In the Agriculture (Student Fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023, for the table of fees in Schedule 1 (student fee amounts), substitute the table as follows -

“Column 1	Column 2 (£)
FC1	1,230
FC2	2,620
FC3	2,620
FC4	1,310
FC5	4,750
FC6	940
FC7	1,885
FC8	2,825
FC9	910
FC10	1,230
FC11	9,250
FC12	9,250
FC13	4,625
FC14	9,250
FC15	3,085
FC16	6,165
FC17	9,250
FC18	910
FC19	1,870
FC20	1,870
FC21	915
FC22	9,250
FC23	9,250
FC24	4,625
FC25	3,085
FC26	6,165
FC27	9,250
FC28	9,705
FC29	9,705
FC30	1,230
FC31	910
FC32	910
FC33	910
FC34	910”

Reg. 2 in operation at 1.9.2024, see reg. 1
S.R. 2023 No. 98.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs on 16th May 2024
Seamus McErlean A senior officer of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
Section 5 of the Agriculture Act (Northern Ireland) 1949 (“the Act) enables the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (“the Department”) to provide instruction in agricultural and related matters. Section 5A, empowers the Department to set fees for education and instruction.
These Regulations increase the level of fees payable by persons in higher education delivered by the Department through the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) to the Department for the 2024/25 academic year.