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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.