The Repayment of Student Loans and Postgraduate Master’s Degree Loans (Amendment) Regulations 2017

Amendment of regulation 19

11.—(1) Regulation 19 (cancellation) is amended as follows.

(2) For paragraph (1), substitute—

“(1) This regulation applies where a borrower is not in breach of any obligation to repay any of the following—

(a) a loan mentioned in paragraph (4);

(b) where the borrower is a student loan borrower—

(i) a student loan under the overseas provisions;

(ii) a student loan under regulation 18;

(iii) a postgraduate master’s degree loan;

(c) where the borrower is a postgraduate master’s degree loan borrower—

(i) a postgraduate master’s degree loan under the overseas provisions;

(ii) a postgraduate master’s degree loan under regulation 18;

(iii) a student loan.”.

(3) In paragraph (2)(1), after “a post-2012 student loan”, insert “or a postgraduate master’s degree loan”.

(4) In paragraph (3)(2)—

(a) after “the borrower’s liability to repay the student loan”, insert “or the postgraduate master’s degree loan”;

(b) at the end of sub-paragraph (e), omit “or”;

(c) at the end of sub-paragraph (f), insert “or”;

(d) after sub-paragraph (f), insert—

“(g) in the case of a postgraduate master’s degree loan, the 30th anniversary of the date on which the borrower became liable to repay the postgraduate master’s degree loan.”.

(5) In paragraphs (5) and (6), after “student loan”, each time it appears, insert “or the postgraduate master’s degree loan”.

(1)

Paragraph (2) was amended by S.I. 2012/1309.

(2)

Paragraph (3) was amended by S.I. 2012/1309 and 2013/607.