# The Education (Student Support, etc.) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025, Note: Explanatory note

Extent: N.I.

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend legislation which makes provision about, or in connection with, student finance. Three sets of Student Support Regulations are amended. Those Regulations are the Education (Student Support) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 “the 2009 Regulations”, the Student Fees (Amounts) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 “the 2005 Regulations” and the Education (Student Support, etc.) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024.
These Regulations come into force on 16th March 2025, unless otherwise specified.
Regulations 3 to 5 amend the 2005 Regulations by increasing the basic and higher amounts prescribed in the 2005 Regulations. In each case the increases are by 2.3%, and will come into operation on 1st September 2025.
Regulations 6 to 11 amend the 2009 Regulations to include termination provisions so that persons who are granted student support under the long residence category but whose leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom has expired and who have not been granted further leave to remain do not retain their status as students eligible for financial support.
Regulations 12 to 14 amend the 2009 Regulations to allow for the provision of tuition fee loans to those students studying graduate entry medicine in educational institutions in Northern Ireland.
Regulations 15 to 17 plus the Schedule amend the 2009 Regulations to update the payment rates for student support for an academic year which begins on or after 1st August 2025.
Regulation 18 and 19 remove references in the 2009 Regulations to the concept of domicile as a relevant connecting factor in the UK tax system, which will be replaced by a system based on tax residence. Regulations 18 and 19 come into operation from 6th April 2025.
Regulations 20 to 40 make technical amendments and fix drafting errors in the 2009 Regulations and the Education (Student Support, etc.) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 respectively.
A regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this rule as no, or no significant impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2025/32/note (the official version)
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