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Agriculture (Student fees)(Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012

S.R. 2012/254 · Made 27 June 2012

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Agriculture

Made 27th June 2012

Coming into operation 24th August 2012

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Developmentf1, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 5A(1) and (2) of the Agriculture Act (Northern Ireland) 1949f2, makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

Formerly the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland; see S.I. 1999/283 (N.I. 1), Art. 3(4)

f2

1949 c.2 (N.I.). Section 5A(1) and (2) was inserted by Article 42(1) of the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1915 (N.I. 11))

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment to the Agriculture (Student fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007
  3. 3Amendment to the Agriculture (Student fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007
  4. 4Amendment to the Agriculture (Student fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007
  5. 5Revocation
  6. Signature
  7. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Agriculture (Student fees)(Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 and shall come into operation on 24th August 2012.

2Amendment to the Agriculture (Student fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

The Agriculture (Student fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007f1 shall be amended as provided by regulations 3 and 4.

3Amendment to the Agriculture (Student fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

In Regulation 4f1 for substitute:

“4.
(1)

Subject to the following paragraphs and regulation 5, the fee payable to the Department by a person in each academic year in respect of a full-time higher education course shall be £1,380.

(2)

Subject to regulation 5, where a person who is ordinarily resident in England, Scotland, Wales, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man starts the first academic year of a full-time higher education course on or after 1st September 2012, the fee payable to the Department in each academic year shall be £9,000.

(3)

For the purposes of this regulation a person who is ordinarily resident in Northern Ireland as a result of having moved from England, Scotland, Wales, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man for the purpose of undertaking a course is to be considered as ordinarily resident in England, Scotland, Wales, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man as the case may be.

(4)

The Department may charge a person a fee of such amount as it may determine in respect of any course of further education or part-time education undertaken by that person.”

4Amendment to the Agriculture (Student fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

In regulation 5(2)f1 for “£650” substitute “£680”.

5Revocation

The Agriculture (Student fees)(Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010f1 are revoked.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 27th June 2012.

(L.S.)

Norman Fulton

A senior officer of the

Department of Agriculture and Rural Development

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Agriculture (Student fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007. They also revoke the Agriculture (Student fees)(Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010.

These Regulations increase the level of fee to be paid by persons undertaking a course of higher education provided by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development as set out in Regulations 3 and 4.

Regulation 3 also introduces a higher tuition fee for students from England, Scotland, Wales, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man who first start a course of higher education provided by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on or after 1st September 2012.