2006 No. 316
EDUCATION
The Education (Student Loans) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2006
Made
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
Coming into force
The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1(7) of and paragraph 1(1)(a) of Schedule 2 to the Education (Student Loans) Act 19901, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:
Citation , commencement and extent1.
(1)
These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Student Loans) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 1st August 2006.
(2)
These Regulations shall ex tend to Scotland and, in so far as they extend beyond Scotland, they do so only as a matter of Scots Law2.
Amendment of Regulations2.
In regulation 6(1) to (4) of the Education (Student Loans) Regulations 19983 for each of the figures in the first column below wherever it appears there shall be substituted the corresponding figure in the second column below.
First Column | Second Column |
|---|---|
£ | £ |
1,155 | 1,185 |
1,855 | 1,900 |
1,575 | 1,615 |
2,540 | 2,605 |
1,505 | 1,540 |
2,055 | 2,105 |
NICOL STEPHEN
A member of the Scottish Executive
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations, which come into force on 1st August 2006, amend the Educa tion (Student Loans) Regulations 1998 governing loans made under the Education (Student Loans) Act 1990. These are mortgage style repayment loans made, for the most part, to students who began their courses before 1st August 1998.
These Regulations increase the maximum amounts which may be lent to students in relation to an academic year in line with inflation (regulation 2).