The Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009

PART 1 N.I. General

Citation and commencement N.I.

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 and, subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), come into operation on 6th April 2009.

(2) Regulations 2(2), 16 and Part 6 come into operation on 1st September 2009.

(3) Regulations 11(5)(d) and 13 come into operation on 21st December 2009.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 1 in operation at 6.4.2009, see reg. 1(1)

Revocations N.I.

2.—(1) The Rules listed in [F1 Schedule 1] are revoked.

(2) Regulations 4(4), 88 and 89 of the Education (Student Support) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009(1) are revoked.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 2(1) substituted (6.4.2012) by The Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 (S.R. 2012/136), regs. 1, 3

Commencement Information

I2 Reg. 2(2) in operation at 1.9.2009, see reg. 1(2)

I3 Reg. 2 in operation at 6.4.2009, see reg. 1(1)

Interpretation N.I.

3.  In these Regulations—

“the Order” means the Education (Student Support) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998;

“the 1970 Act” means the Taxes Management Act 1970(2);

“the 1988 Act” means the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988(3);

“the 2003 Act” means the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003(4);

F2 ...

F2 ...

[F3 “the 2009 Regulations” means the Education (Student Support) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009;]

“academic year” means the period from 1st September in any year to 31st August of the following year, regardless of whether this is, in fact, the period over which a borrower’s course runs;

“borrower” means a person to whom the Department has lent money pursuant to regulations made under Article 3 of the Order and who has not received a notice from the Department that it has been repaid or cancelled;

[F4 “Department” means the Department for the Economy;]

“HMRC” means Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs;

“National Insurance number” means the National Insurance number allocated within the meaning of the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 2001(5);

“overseas provisions” means the requirements of these Regulations in Part 5;

“overseas borrowers” means borrowers making or due to make repayments in accordance with Part 5;

“repayment” means repayment of a student loan;

[F5 “repayment threshold” means an amount given in regulation 24(6);

“repayment threshold Year” means: the period from 6th April to 5th April of the following year;]

[F6 “retail price index” means the RPI All Items Index published by the Office for National Statistics;]

[F6 “standard interest rate” means, in relation to a loan, the greater of—

(a)

zero, or

(b)

the percentage increase in the retail price index between the two Marches immediately before the commencement of the academic year in which the loan bears interest;]

“student loan” means the total outstanding principal, interest, penalties and charges owed by a borrower to the Department pursuant to these or any other regulations made under Article 3 of the Order excluding any interest, penalties or charges payable under Part 3 or 4;

“the Taxes Acts” has the same meaning as it has in the 1970 Act;

“tax year” –

(a)

for the purposes of Part 4 and any provision of Part 2 relating to Part 4 means the period from 6th April to 5th April of the following year;

(b)

[F7 subject to sub-paragraph (c),] for the purposes of Part 3 and any provision of Part 2 relating to Part 3 means any year of assessment for the purposes of the 1970 Act;

(c)

[F8 for the purposes of regulations 31 and 35(1) and (2) means the period from 6th April to 5th April of the following year] and

[F9 “tax year 2009-10” for the purpose of Part 3 means the tax year beginning on 6 th April 2009 (and any corresponding expression in which two years are similarly mentioned is to be read in the same way);]

“the tribunal” means the First-tier Tribunal or, where determined by or under the Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) Rules 2008(6), the Upper Tribunal.

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in reg. 3 omitted (6.4.2024) by virtue of The Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 (S.R. 2024/55), regs. 1(2), 3(b)

F3 Words in reg. 3 inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.R.) by The Education (Student Support) (No.2) (Amendment) and Education (Student Loan) (Repayment) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 (S.R. 2017/7), regs. 1(1), 48(b)

F4 Words in reg. 3 substituted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.R.) by The Education (Student Support) (No.2) (Amendment) and Education (Student Loan) (Repayment) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 (S.R. 2017/7), regs. 1(1), 48(a)

F5 Words in reg. 3 inserted (6.4.2011) by The Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/137), regs. 1(1), 3(a)

F6 Words in reg. 3 inserted (6.4.2024) by The Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 (S.R. 2024/55), regs. 1(2), 3(a)

F7 Words in reg. 3 inserted (6.4.2011) by virtue of The Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/137), regs. 1(1), 3(b)(i)

F8 Words in reg. 3 inserted (6.4.2011) by The Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/137), regs. 1(1), 3(b)(ii)

F9 Words in reg. 3 inserted (6.4.2011) by The Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/137), regs. 1(1), 3(c)

Commencement Information

I4 Reg. 3 in operation at 6.4.2009, see reg. 1(1)

Application: general N.I.

4.  These Regulations apply to repayments of student loans made under the Order.

Commencement Information

I5 Reg. 4 in operation at 6.4.2009, see reg. 1(1)

Service by post or electronic communication N.I.

5.—(1) Any notice or other document which is authorised or required to be given, served or issued under these Regulations may be sent by ordinary [F10 post or by an electronic format.]

(2) In particular, any notice which the Department may give to HMRC may be transmitted electronically, and for these purposes a notice is transmitted electronically where the content and form of a notice is sent and received by electronic media between computer systems operated by the Department and HMRC respectively.

Textual Amendments

F10 Words in reg. 5(1) substituted (25.3.2021) by The Education (Student Support, etc.) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/50), regs. 1(2), 22(a)

Commencement Information

I6 Reg. 5 in operation at 6.4.2009, see reg. 1(1)

(1)

S.R. 2009 No. 37

(2)

1970 c.9

(3)

1988 c.1

(4)

2003 c.1

(5)

SI 2001/1004

(6)

SI 2008/2698