These Regulations amend Part II of Schedule 3 (parental contribution) to the Education (Student Support) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000. They insert a new paragraph (aa) in paragraph 6(2) of Schedule 3 to provide, in the case of a student whose course begins before 1st September 2000, for the gross amount of loan interest on which relief is given under the Income Tax Acts to be deducted in determining the parent’s residual income for the purposes of ascertaining the parental contribution under the Regulations (regulation 2(3)).

A consequential amendment is made to paragraph 4(3) of Schedule 3 (regulation 2(2)).