The Student Fees (Amounts) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2005 No. 290

EDUCATION

The Student Fees (Amounts) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

Made

10th June 2005

To be laid before Parliament under paragraph 7(3) of the Schedule to the Northern Ireland Act 2000

Coming into operation

18th July 2005

The Department for Employment and Learning, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 4(8) and 14(4) of the Higher Education (Northern Ireland) Order 2005(1) and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement N.I.

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Student Fees (Amounts) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation on 18th July 2005.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 1 in operation at 18.7.2005, see reg. 1

Interpretation N.I.

2.  In these Regulations –

F1 ...

“the 2005 Order” means the Higher Education (Northern Ireland) Order 2005;

[F2 “the 2009 Regulations” means the Education (Student Support) (No.2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009;]

[F3 “academic year” has the meaning given to it in regulation 2(1) of the 2009 Regulations;; and]

“overseas institution” means an institution other than one in Northern Ireland, England, Wales, Scotland, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man;

[F4 “sandwich course” has the meaning given to it in regulation 2(10) of the 2009 Regulations..]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 2 omitted (1.9.2017) by virtue of The Student Fees (Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/354), regs. 1, 3(a)

F2 Words in reg. 2 inserted (1.9.2017) by The Student Fees (Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/354), regs. 1, 3(b)

F3 Words in reg. 2 substituted (1.9.2017) by The Student Fees (Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/354), regs. 1, 3(c)

F4 Words in reg. 2 substituted (1.9.2017) by The Student Fees (Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/354), regs. 1, 3(d)

Commencement Information

I2 Reg. 2 in operation at 18.7.2005, see reg. 1

Prescribed basic and higher amounts N.I.

3.  Subject to regulation 4, for the purposes of Article 4 of the 2005 Order the basic amount is [F5 £1,960] and the higher amount is [F6 £4,985].

Textual Amendments

F5 Sum in reg. 3 substituted (1.9.2026) by The Student Fees (Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 (S.R. 2025/164), regs. 1(2), 3(a)

F6 Sum in reg. 3 substituted (1.9.2026) by The Student Fees (Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 (S.R. 2025/164), regs. 1(2), 3(b)

Commencement Information

I3 Reg. 3 in operation at 18.7.2005, see reg. 1

Prescribed basic and higher amounts for specified courses N.I.

4.  For the purposes of Article 4 of the 2005 Order the basic amount is [F7 £955] and the higher amount is [F8 £2,475] in the following cases –

(a) the final academic year of a course where that academic year is normally required to be completed after less than 15 weeks' attendance;

(b) in respect of a sandwich course, an academic year –

(i) during which any periods of full time study are in aggregate less than 10 weeks; or

(ii) if in respect of that academic year and any previous academic years of the course the aggregate of any one or more periods of attendance which are not periods of full time study at the institution (disregarding intervening vacations) exceeds 30 weeks;

(c) in respect of a course of initial training of teachers (including such a course leading to a first degree) an academic year during which any periods of full time study are in aggregate less than 10 weeks;

(d) in respect of a course provided in conjunction with an overseas institution, an academic year –

(i) during which any periods of full time study at the institution in the United Kingdom are in aggregate less than 10 weeks; or

(ii) if in respect of that academic year and any previous academic years of the course the aggregate of any one of more periods of attendance which are not periods of full time study at the institution in the United Kingdom (disregarding intervening vacations) exceeds 30 weeks.

Textual Amendments

F7 Sum in reg. 4 substituted (1.9.2026) by The Student Fees (Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 (S.R. 2025/164), regs. 1(2), 4(a)

F8 Sum in reg. 4 substituted (1.9.2026) by The Student Fees (Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 (S.R. 2025/164), regs. 1(2), 4(b)

Commencement Information

I4 Reg. 4 in operation at 18.7.2005, see reg. 1

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Employment and Learning on 10th June 2005.

L.S.

David McAuley

A senior officer of the

Department for Employment and Learning

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations, which come into operation on 18th July 2005, are the first Regulations made under Article 4 of the Higher Education (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (“the Order”). Article 4 of the Order enables the Department for Employment and Learning to impose a condition in relation to any grant made to the governing body of any higher education institution in Northern Ireland. This condition requires the governing body to secure that the fees payable for a qualifying course by a qualifying student do not exceed either the basic amount specified in these Regulations, or, where an institution has an approved plan in force, the amount specified in that plan which is not to exceed the higher amount specified in these Regulations.

The Regulations prescribe the basic and higher amounts at £1,200 and £3,000 respectively. For an academic year of certain courses specified in regulation 4, lower basic and higher fee amounts of £600 and £1,500 respectively, apply instead.

(1)

S.I. 2005/1116 (N.I. 5); see Article 2(2) for definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”