The Education (Student Support, etc.) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022

CHAPTER 1 Removal of old system students and college fee loan provisions

Amendments to the 2009 Regulations

3.  In regulation 2 (interpretation)

(a) in paragraph (1)

(i) in the definition of “current system student”, omit paragraph (a) together with the “and” at the end;

(ii) omit the following definitions—

(aa) “college fee loan”;

(bb) “fee contribution loan”;

(cc) “gap year student”;

(dd) “old system student”;

(ee) “qualifying student”;

(iii) in the definition of “fees” omit “college fees and”;

(iv) in the definition of “fee support” omit “, a fee contribution loan”;

(b) omit paragraph (4);

(c) omit paragraphs (6) to (9).

4.  In regulation 4 (revocations, savings and transitional provisions), omit paragraphs (4) and (5).

5.  In regulation 10(2)(1) (time limits)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (b)—

(i) omit “, a fee contribution loan”;

(ii) omit “or a college fee loan”;

(iii) for “, an additional amount of fee contribution loan under regulation 36(5),” substitute “or”;

(iv) omit “or an additional amount of college fee loan under regulation 85(2)”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (c) omit “an additional amount of fee contribution loan under regulation 36(3),”.

6.  In Part 4 (fee support) omit—

(a) regulation 16 (old system students);

(b) regulations 26 to 34 (grants for old system students);

(c) regulations 35 and 36 (fee contribution loans for old system students).

7.  In Part 5 (grants for living and other costs) omit—

(a) regulation 38 (old system students); and

(b) regulation 61 (qualifying conditions and amounts of the higher education bursary).

8.  In Part 6 (loans for living costs)—

(a) in regulation 62 (interpretation of Part 6) omit paragraph (b);

(b) omit regulation 64 (qualifying conditions for the loan for living costs – old system students);

(c) in regulation 65 (general) in paragraph (1) omit sub-paragraph (b);

(d) omit regulation 68 (old system students with full entitlement);

(e) in regulation 69 (students with reduced entitlement)

(i) omit sub-paragraph (1)(d);

(ii) omit sub-paragraph (2)(d);

(f) in regulation 76 (deductions from loans for living costs), in paragraph (1), omit “or an old system student with full entitlement”.

9.  Omit Part 7 (college fee loans).

10.  In Part 8 (financial assessment)—

(a) omit regulation 89 (application of contribution – old system students)

(b) in regulation 91 (minimum level of loan for living costs)—

(i) omit paragraphs (3) and (4);

(ii) in paragraph (5) for “(1) to (4)” substitute “(1) or (2)”;

(iii) in paragraph (6) for “(1), (2), (3) or (4)” substitute “(1) or (2)”.

11.  In Part 9 (payments)—

(a) in regulation 96 (general)—

(i) omit paragraph (ab);

(ii) omit paragraph (b);

(b) omit regulation 99A (payment of fee contribution loans);

(c) omit regulation 100 (payment of college fee loans);

(d) omit regulation 103 (overpayments of college fee loan).

12.  In Schedule 5 (financial assessment)—

(a) omit paragraph 8 (calculation of contribution – old system);

(b) in paragraph 9(5)(a) omit “(other than old system students)”.

(1)

Sub-paragraph (b) of regulation 10(2) was substituted by S.R. 2013 No. 128.