Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
2011 No. 70
Education
The Student Fees (Qualifying Courses and Persons) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011
Made
2nd March 2011
Coming into operation-
29th March 2011
The Department for Employment and Learning makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 4(8) and 14(4) of the Higher Education (Northern Ireland) Order 2005(1).
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Student Fees (Qualifying Courses and Persons) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 and shall come into operation on 29th March 2011.
2. In these Regulations, “the 2011 Regulations” means the Student Fees (Qualifying Courses and Persons) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011(2).
Amendment of the 2007 Regulations
3. The 2007 Regulations are amended as provided by regulation 4.
4. For paragraph 1(1) of the Schedule, within the definition of ““family member””, for sub-paragraph (a)(ii) substitute—
“(ii)direct descendants of the person or of the person’s spouse or civil partner who are—
(aa)under the age of 21; or
(bb)dependants of the person or the person’s spouse or civil partner; or”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Employment and Learning on 2nd March 2011.
Mr Danny Kennedy MLA
Minister for Employment and Learning
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Student Fees (Qualifying Courses and Persons) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 (S.R. 2007, No. 328, “the principal Regulations”).
Regulation 4 amends the definition of “family member” in the Schedule to correspond with the amendment to the Education (Student Support) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 which was made by the Education (Student Support) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010. This amendment replaces the reference to “child” with one that refers to direct descendants of the person or of the person’s spouse or civil partner who are under the age of 21 or dependants of the person or the person’s spouse or civil partner.
An impact assessment has not been prepared in respect of this instrument as it has no impact on the cost of business, charities or voluntary bodies.
S.I. 2005/1116 (N.I. 5) see Article (2) for definitions of “the Department”, “prescribed” and “regulations”.
S.R. 2007, No. 328, as amended by S.R. 2007, No. 375.