Education (Student Loans) Act 1996 (repealed 13.8.1998)

SCHEDULE U.K. CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

1 The M1 Education (Student Loans) Act 1990 is amended in accordance with this Schedule.

Marginal Citations

M1 1990 c. 6.

2 (1) Section 1 (arrangements for loans for students out of money made available by Secretary of State) is amended as follows.

(2) After subsection (1A) (which is inserted by section 1 of this Act) insert—

“(1B) In this Act—

(a) references to public sector student loans are to loans under arrangements made under subsection (1) above; and

(b) references to subsidised private sector student loans are to loans in respect of which arrangements such as are mentioned in subsection (1A) above provide for the payment (at any time or in any circumstances) of subsidy under that subsection.”

(3) In subsection (5), for “arrangements made under this section” substitute “ public sector student loans and subsidised private sector student loans ”.

3 (1) Schedule 2 (provisions about loans out of money made available by Secretary of State) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 1—

(a) in sub-paragraph (1), before “loan” (in both places) and “loans” insert “ public sector student ”, and

(b) in sub-paragraph (4), for “Loans” substitute “ Public sector student loans ”,

and, accordingly, in the heading immediately preceding that paragraph, for “Principal,” substitute “ Public sector student loans: principal, ”.

(3) In paragraph 2—

(a) in sub-paragraph (1), for “loans under the arrangements made under section 1 of this Act,” substitute “ public sector student loans or subsidised private sector student loans, ”, and

(b) after that sub-paragraph insert—

“(1A) Regulations under sub-paragraph (1) above may include provision for the making of payments to governing bodies in respect of the taking by them of steps prescribed by the regulations.”

F1 (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(5) For sub-paragraph (8) of paragraph 3 substitute—

“3A Circulars to minors

“3A No document sent—

(a) in connection with public sector student loans by any such person or body as is mentioned in paragraph 3(1) above; or

(b) in connection with subsidised private sector student loans by any person making or proposing to make such loans,

shall be regarded as sent with a view to financial gain within the meaning of section 50 of the M2 Consumer Credit Act 1974 (circulars to minors).”

(6) In paragraph 4—

F2 (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b) after that sub-paragraph insert—

“(1A) No person making or proposing to make subsidised private sector student loans shall provide or make available to anyone else (whether for consideration or not) any information held in connection with such loans if the information is to be used for soliciting custom for goods or services; but this sub-paragraph does not prevent a member of a group (within the meaning of Part VII of the M3 Companies Act 1985) providing or making available information to another member of the group.”, and

(c) in sub-paragraph (2), for “sub-paragraph (1) above is” substitute “ sub-paragraphs (1) and (1A) above are ” and for “applies” substitute “ apply ”.

(7) In paragraphs 5(3) and 6, for “loan under the arrangements” substitute “ public sector student loan or subsidised private sector student loan ”.

Extent Information

E1 Sch. para. 3(3) extends to Northern Ireland.

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. para. 3(4) repealed (1.3.1998) by 1998 c. 1, s. 6(2),Sch.; S.I. 1998/210, art.2

F2 Sch. para. 3(6)(a) repealed (1.3.1998) by 1998 c. 1, s. 6(2),Sch.; S.I 1998/210, art. 2

Marginal Citations

M2 1974 c. 39.

M3 1985 c. 6.