The Student Fees (Inflation Index) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2016
S.I. 2016/1207 · Made 13 December 2016
Education, England
Made 13th December 2016
Laid before Parliament 15th December 2016
Coming into force 6th January 2017
The Secretary of State for Education, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 26(3) and 47 of the Higher Education Act 2004f1, makes the following Regulations.
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Contents
1Citation, commencement and application
These Regulations may be cited as the Student Fees (Inflation Index) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 and come into force on 6th January 2017.
These Regulations apply to England.
2Index of Prices
In regulation 2 of the Student Fees (Inflation Index) Regulations 2006f1 for “the Office of National Statistics” substitute “the Office for Budget Responsibility”.
Signature
Joseph Johnson
Minister of State
Department for Education
13th December 2016
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
Sections 26(3) and 47 of the Higher Education Act 2004f1 enable the Secretary of State to specify an index to which she is to have regard in deciding whether any increase in the basic or higher tuition fee amounts is no greater than required to maintain the value of the amounts in real terms.
Regulation 2 of these Regulations amends regulation 2 of Student Fees (Inflation Index) Regulations 2006f2, which specifies the All Items Retail Prices Index Excluding Mortgage Interest Repayments, to clarify that this index is now published by the Office for Budget Responsibility, rather than the Office for National Statistics.
A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the costs of business.