Statutory Instrument 1996 No. 1918 (N.I. 15)

The Education (Student Loans) (Northern Ireland) Order 1996

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1996 No. 1918 (N.I. 15)

NORTHERN IRELAND

The Education (Student Loans) (Northern Ireland) Order 1996

Made	23rd July 1996

Laid before Parliament

6th August 1996

Coming into operation

24th September 1996

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 23rd day of July 1996

Present,

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Whereas this Order is made only for purposes corresponding to the purposes of section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the 1996 c. 9.Education (Student Loans) Act 1996:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the 1974 c. 28Northern Ireland Act 1974 (as modified by section 2 of that Act of 1996) and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—

Title and commencement
    1.—(1)  This Order may be cited as the Education (Student Loans) (Northern Ireland) Order 1996.

    (2)  This Order shall come into operation on the expiration of two months from the day on which it is made.

Interpretation
    2.    The 1954 c. 33 (N.I.).Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to Article 1 and the following provisions of this Order as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Subsidy in respect of private sector student loans
    3.—(1)  In Article 3 of the Education (Student Loans) (Northern 1990 NI 11. Ireland) Order 1990 (arrangements for loans for students out of money made available by Department) after paragraph (1) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
"  (1A)  The Department may, in pursuance of arrangements with persons by whom private sector student loans are made, pay subsidy to those persons in respect of such loans; and in this paragraph "private sector student loans" means loans made to eligible students towards their maintenance otherwise than out of money made available by the Department.".



    (2)  The Schedule (which makes amendments in consequence of paragraph (1)) shall have effect.

N. H. Nicholls

Clerk of the Privy Council

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