PART 2Amendment of the Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) Regulations 2009

Amendment of Part 2 (provisions applicable to all repayments)

Amendments to regulation 16 (timing of repayment: teachers and eligible teachers)I116

1

For the heading to regulation 16 substitute—

Deferral of repayment: initial training of teachers

2

Omit regulation 16(1) and (2).

3

In regulation 16(3)—

a

in sub-paragraph (a), for “student loan” substitute “plan 1, 2 or 5 loan”;

b

in sub-paragraph (b), for “student loan” substitute “loan”;

c

in the words following sub-paragraph (b), for “student loan” substitute “plan 1, 2 or 5 loan”.

4

After regulation 16(3) insert—

3A

If the loan the borrower is not required to repay by virtue of paragraph (3) is a plan 2 loan, for the period the borrower is not required to repay that loan, the rate at which the loan bears interest is the lower of—

a

the standard interest rate, or

b

the prevailing market rate (if any) set out in regulation 20B.

3B

Paragraph (3A) applies despite regulation 21A (interest rate on plan 2 loans).

5

Omit regulation 16(4), (5) and (6).