1998 No. 210 (C.2)

EDUCATION, ENGLAND AND WALES
EDUCATION, SCOTLAND

The Education (Student Loans) Act 1998 (Commencement) Order 1998

Made

In exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by section 7(4) of the Education (Student Loans) Act 19981 (“the Act”), the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, as respects England and Wales, and the Secretary of State for Scotland, as respects Scotland, hereby make the following Order:—

1

This Order may be cited as The Education (Student Loans) Act 1998 (Commencement) Order 1998.

2

Sections 2, 3 and 6(2) of and the Schedule to the Act shall come into force on 1st March 1998.

Tessa BlackstoneMinister of State,Department for Education and Employment
Donald DewarSecretary of State for Scotland

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force sections 2, 3 and 6(2) of and the Schedule to the Education (Student Loans) Act 1998 on 1st March 1998. Sections 2 and 3 provide for the prescribing of the terms of student loans by regulation and for the administration of student loans respectively, and section 6(2) and the Schedule provide for minor consequential repeals.