The Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) (Amendment) Regulations 2013

Amendment of the Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) Regulations 2009

6.  In regulation 20—

(a) in paragraph (4), before “Where the Authority” insert “Subject to paragraphs (6), (6A) and (9)”;

(b) in paragraph (6), after “the Authority must” insert “subject to paragraph (6A)”;

(c) after paragraph (6), insert—

“(6A) Where an amount of £5 or less was not required to repay the student loan which is not a post-2012 student loan and which was a repayment above the repayment threshold for the student loan which is not a post-2012 student loan and not above the repayment threshold for a post-2012 student loan, this amount shall be treated as a direct payment to the Authority under regulation 15(1) for the post-2012 student loan and the Authority is not required to give a notice to the borrower.”; and

(d) after paragraph (8), insert—

“(9) On or after 6 April 2016, where a borrower has any liability to repay only a post-2012 student loan and has—

(a) failed to declare whether or not any liability solely relates to a post-2012 student loan under regulation 43(2); or

(b) failed to inform their employer whether or not any liability solely relates to a post-2012 student loan under regulation 43A,

any repayment above the repayment threshold for a student loan which is not a post-2012 student loan and not above the repayment threshold for a post-2012 student loan, shall be treated as a direct payment to the Authority under regulation 15(1).”