2003 No. 166
The Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003
Made
Coming into operation
Citation and commencement1
These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 and shall come into operation on 14th April 2003.
Amendment of the Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000
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Regulation 36 of the Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20004 shall be amended as follows.
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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
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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”.
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After paragraph (3) insert –
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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.
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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.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Employment and Learning on 11th March 2003.
(This note is not part of the Regulations.)