2012 No. 254
Agriculture
Agriculture (Student fees)(Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012
Made 27th June 2012
Coming into operation 24th August 2012

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, 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)
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) 2012 and shall come into operation on 24th August 2012.

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 for substitute:

“4 1 Subject to the following paragraphs and regulation 5, the fee payable to the Department by a person in each academic year in respect of a full-time higher education course shall be £1,380.
2 Subject to regulation 5, where a person who is ordinarily resident in England, Scotland, Wales, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man starts the first academic year of a full-time higher education course on or after 1st September 2012, the fee payable to the Department in each academic year shall be £9,000.
3 For the purposes of this regulation a person who is ordinarily resident in Northern Ireland as a result of having moved from England, Scotland, Wales, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man for the purpose of undertaking a course is to be considered as ordinarily resident in England, Scotland, Wales, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man as the case may be.
4 The Department may charge a person a fee of such amount as it may determine in respect of any course of further education or part-time education undertaken by that person.”

Regulation 4(1) was amended by S.R. 2009 No.321
4 In regulation 5(2) for “£650” substitute “£680”.
Regulation 5(2) was amended by S.R. 2010 No.230

5 Revocation
The Agriculture (Student fees)(Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 are revoked.
S.R. 2010 No.230
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 27th June 2012.
(L.S.) Norman Fulton A senior officer of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Agriculture (Student fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007. They also revoke the Agriculture (Student fees)(Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010.
These Regulations increase the level of fee to be paid by persons undertaking a course of higher education provided by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development as set out in Regulations 3 and 4.
Regulation 3 also introduces a higher tuition fee for students from England, Scotland, Wales, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man who first start a course of higher education provided by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on or after 1st September 2012.