Amendment of the 2003 Regulations
8. For regulation 40 there shall be substituted –
“40.—(1) In Northern Ireland –
(a)a bankrupt’s estate shall not include nor shall there be claimed therefor under Article 280 or 283 of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989(1) any sum payable to an eligible student by way of a loan and which he receives or is entitled to receive after the commencement of the bankruptcy, whether his entitlement arises before or after the commencement of his bankruptcy; and
(b)there shall not be included in a person’s bankruptcy debts any debt or liability to which he is or may become subject in respect of any sum payable to an eligible student by way of a loan and which he receives or is entitled to receive –
(i)in the case of a bankruptcy commencing before 15th January 2005, after the commencement of the bankruptcy; or
(ii)in the case of a bankruptcy commencing on or after 15th January 2005, before or after the commencement of the bankruptcy.
(2) In England and Wales –
(a)there shall not be treated as part of a bankrupt’s estate or claimed for his estate under section 307 or 310 of the Insolvency Act 1986(2) any sum payable to an eligible student by way of a loan and which he receives or is entitled to receive after the commencement of the bankruptcy, whether his entitlement arises before or after the commencement of his bankruptcy; and
(b)there shall not be included in a person’s bankruptcy debts any debt or liability to which he is or may become subject in respect of any sum payable to an eligible student by way of a loan and which he receives or is entitled to receive-
(i)in the case of a bankruptcy commencing before 15th January 2005, after the commencement of the bankruptcy; or
(ii)in the case of a bankruptcy commencing on or after 15th January 2005, before or after the commencement of the bankruptcy.”.
S.I. 1989/2405 (N.I. 19); Article 283 was amended by the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22)), Schedule 1, paragraph 11
1986 c. 45: section 307 was amended by the Enterprise Act 2002 (c. 40), section 261. Section 310 was amended by the Pensions Act 1995 (c. 26), section 122 and Schedule 3, paragraph 15, the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30), section 18 and Schedule 2, paragraph 2 and the Enterprise Act 2002, sections 259 and 278 and Schedule 26