The Agriculture (Student fees) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021

Regulations laid before the Assembly in accordance with section 42(2) of the Agriculture Act (Northern Ireland) 1949

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2021 No. 196

Agriculture

The Agriculture (Student fees) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021

Made

1st July 2021

Coming into operation-

2nd August 2021

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs(1), in exercise of the powers conferred by section 5A(1) and (2) of the Agriculture Act (Northern Ireland) 1949(2), makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Agriculture (Student fees) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 and shall come into operation on the 2nd August 2021.

Amendment to the Agriculture (Student fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

2.  The Agriculture (Student fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007(3) shall be amended as provided by regulation 3.

Amendment to regulation 4

3.  In regulation 4, for paragraph (8)(4) substitute—

“(8) Subject to regulation 5, where a person has been granted limited leave to enter or remain (“pre-settled” status) or indefinite leave to enter or remain (“settled” status) under the EU Settlement Scheme contained in Appendix EU to the immigration rules(5), the fee payable to the Department is set out in paragraph (1).”

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs on 1st July 2021

(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.

Regulation 3 replaces regulation 4(8) with an enhanced definition of the terms ‘EU Settlement Scheme’, ‘pre-settled’ status and ‘settled’ status. The EU Settlement Scheme referred is provided under Appendix EU to the immigration rules.

(1)

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 c. 5 (N.I.), Article 1(2)

(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))

(3)

S.R. 2007 No.54 as amended by S.R. 2021 No.133

(4)

Regulation 4(8) was inserted by S.R. 2021 No.133

(5)

Laid before Parliament on 23rd May 1994 (HC 395); relevant amendment to the immigration rules contained in the Statement of Changes laid before Parliament on 7th March 2019 (HC 1919). See also “EU Settlement Scheme: EU, other EU and Swiss citizens and their family members” published by the Home Office 21 May 2021.