The Education (Student Support) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016

Amendment of the Education (Student Support) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009

8.  In regulation 104 (Overpayments of support payable under Part 5 or Part 6)—

(a) in paragraph (1), for “An eligible student”, substitute “A student”;

(b) in paragraph (3)(a), after “grant” insert “or loan”;

(c) in paragraphs (7)(a) and (8)(a), omit the word “eligible”;

(d) for paragraph (10), substitute—

“(10) Any overpayment of a loan for living costs or a long courses loan in respect of any academic year is recoverable by the Department from the student to whom the payment was made.”;

(e) for paragraph (11), substitute—

“(11) The methods of recovery are—

(a) subtracting the overpayment from any kind of grant or loan payable to the student from time to time pursuant to regulations made by the Department under Article 3 of the Order;

(b) requiring the student to repay the loan in accordance with regulations made under Article 3 of the Order;

(c) taking such other action for the recovery of an overpayment as is available to the Department.”;

(f) omit paragraph (12).