# The Education (Student Loans) (Northern Ireland) Order 1990, Paragraph 2


(1) The Department may by regulations require the governing bodies of institutions at which eligible students are attending courses to take such steps (whether by the issue of certificates or otherwise) as may be prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of, or in connection with, applications by those students for loans under the arrangements made under Article 3, including the provision of information when a person ceases to be an eligible student.
(2) For the purposes of this paragraph the governing body—
(a) in relation to a university, means the body responsible for the management and administration of its revenue and property and the conduct of its affairs;
(b) in relation to a college of further education, as defined in section 80(1) of the Self-Governing Schools etc. (Scotland) Act 1989, with a college council established under section 54 of that Act, means that council; and
(c) in relation to a college of further education as so defined without such a council, means the education authority within whose area the college is situated.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1990/1506/schedule/2/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/education-student-loans-northern-ireland-order-1990/schedule-2/paragraph-2
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