{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-fees-approved-plans-regulations-northern-ireland-2005/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-fees-approved-plans-regulations-northern-ireland-2005/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2005/367",
  "legislation_title": "The Education Student Fees (Approved Plans) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-fees-approved-plans-regulations-northern-ireland-2005",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Approval of plans",
  "text": "Where the governing body of an institution applies to the Department for approval of a proposed plan, the following procedure applies—\n(a) the Department must inform the governing body within a reasonable time whether it approves the plan or whether it is minded not to approve the plan, giving reasons in the latter case;\n(b) where the Department informs the governing body under sub-paragraph (a) that it is minded not to approve the plan, the governing body may, within a reasonable time, do either or both of the following—\n(i) make representations as to why the Department should approve the plan; or\n(ii) modify the plan.\n(c) where the governing body acts in accordance with sub-paragraph (b), the Department must within a reasonable time consider the representations or modifications (or both) to the plan and, having considered them, inform the governing body whether or not it approves the plan;\n(d) where the governing body does not act in accordance with sub-paragraph (b) within a reasonable time, the Department must, within a further reasonable time, inform the governing body whether or not it approves the plan.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2005/367/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:51:14.203785+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}