Amendment of the Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000
3.—(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) 1988(1) (“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.”.