Amendment of the Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20003

1

For paragraph (2)(c) there shall be substituted –

c

income support deduction notices made under regulation 20 of the Social Security (Payments on Account, Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 19885 (“the Social Security Regulations”); or

d

one or more of these types of order or notice

2

In paragraph (3)(c) –

a

for “deductions from earnings order” there shall be substituted “deduction from earnings order or income support deduction notice”; and

b

after “no such order” insert “or notice”.

3

After paragraph (3) insert –

4

Where under paragraph (3) an employer is required to comply with an attachment of earnings order made under regulation 20 of the Social Security Regulations before deducting a repayment under regulation 35, he shall not deduct any repayment.

5

Where repayments to be deducted in accordance with paragraph (3) are reduced as a result of sub-paragraph (c) of that paragraph and the total of the reduced repayments includes pence as well as pounds the pence shall be ignored.