2018 No. 136
Agriculture
The Agriculture (Student fees)(Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018
Made 4th July 2018
Coming into operation 1st September 2018

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 5A(1) and (2) of the Agriculture Act (Northern Ireland) 1949, makes the following Regulations:
Formerly the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland; see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1), Art. 3(4); and the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development; see The Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 Chapter 5 Article 1(2)
1949 c.2 (N.I.). Section 5A(1) and (2) was inserted by Article 42(1) of the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1915 (N.I. 11))

1 Citation and commencement
These Regulations may be cited as the Agriculture (Student fees)(Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018 and shall come into operation on the 1st September 2018.

Amendment to the Agriculture (Student fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007
2 The Agriculture (Student fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 shall be amended as provided by regulations 3 and 4.
S.R. 2007 No.54
3 In regulation 4 (1) for “£1,595” substitute “£1,645”:
Regulation 4(1) was amended by S.R. 2017 No.152
4 In regulation 4 (2) for “£9,000” substitute “£9,250”:
Regulation 4(2) was amended by S.R. 2012 No. 254
5 In regulation 5(2) for “£780” substitute “£805”.
Regulation 5(2) was amended by S.R. 2017 No.152
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs on 4th July 2018
(L.S.) Seamus McErlean A senior officer of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Agriculture (Student fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007.
These Regulations increase the level of fee to be paid by persons undertaking a course of higher education provided by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs as set out in Regulations 3 and 4.