The Education (Student Loans) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2006 No. 329

EDUCATION

The Education (Student Loans) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

Made

4th August 2006

Coming into operation

5th August 2006

The Department for Employment and Learning(1), in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 3(5) of and paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 2 to the Education (Student Loans) (Northern Ireland) Order 1990(2) and now vested in it(3) makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Student Loans) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 5th August 2006.

2.  In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Education (Student Loans) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998(4).

Amendment of the principal Regulations

3.  The principal Regulations shall be amended as provided by regulations 4 and 5.

4.—(1) In regulation 4(5) (Conditions of eligibility) shall be amended as provided by paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2) in paragraph (1D) for “30th April 2007” there shall be substituted “1st August 2007”.

(3) for paragraph (1G) there shall be substituted—

“(1G) Paragraph (1D) shall not apply in the case of a person who would have been eligible for a loan under paragraph (1) before 5th August 2006.”.

5.  In regulation 7(6) (Terms of loans), for paragraph (1) there shall be substituted—

“(1) Every agreement for a loan made on or after 5th August 2006 shall include the terms set out in Part 1 of Schedule 2.”.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Employment and Learning on 4th August   2006

June Ingram

A senior officer of the Department for Employment and Learning

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations further amend the Education (Student Loans) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 (the “1998 Regulations”). The 1998 Regulations, made under the Education (Student Loans) (Northern Ireland) Order 1990, govern mortgage style repayment loans.

Regulations 4 and 5 correct drafting errors.

(1)

Formerly known as the Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment; see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1) and the Department for Employment and Learning Act (Northern Ireland) 2001 c.15

(2)

S.I. 1990/1506(N.I. 11); as amended by S.I. 1996/274 (N.I. 1), Article 43 and Schedule 5 Part II, S.I. 1996/1918 (N.I. 15), Article 3 and the Schedule and S.I. 1998/258 (N.I. 1), Articles 3 to 6. The entire Order was repealed by the Education (Student Support) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 S.I. 1998/1760 (N.I. 14), Article 9 and the Schedule. This repeal is subject to transitional and saving provisions in the Education (Student Support) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (Commencement and Transitional Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998 S.R. 1998 No. 306. The saving provisions include provision for making subordinate legislation after the date of repeal.

(3)

S.R. 1999 No. 481, Article 5(b) and Schedule 3 Part II

(4)

S.R. 1998 No. 58 as amended by S.R. 1998 No. 262, S.R. 1998 No. 303, S.R. 1999 No. 343, S.R. 2000 No. 244, S.R. 2001 No.276, S.R. 2002 No. 241, S.R. 2003 No. 340, S.R. 2004 No. 305, S.R. 2005 No. 351, S.R. 2005 No. 435 and S.R. 2006 No. 307

(5)

As amended by regulation 5 of S.R. 2005 No. 435 and regulation 7 of S.R. 2006 No. 307

(6)

As amended by regulation 9 of S.R. 2006 No. 307