2020 No. 8

Agriculture

The Agriculture (Student fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020

Made

Coming into operation

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs 1, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 5A (1) and (2) of the Agriculture Act (Northern Ireland) 19492, makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencementI11

These Regulations may be cited as the Agriculture (Student fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 and shall come into operation on the 1st August 2020.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I1

Reg. 1 in operation at 1.8.2020, see reg. 1

Amendment to the Agriculture (Student fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007I62

The Agriculture (Student fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20073 shall be amended as provided by regulations 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I6

Reg. 2 in operation at 1.8.2020, see reg. 1

I23

In regulation 1(2) after the definition of “higher education” insert-

  • “international students” has the meaning assigned by regulation 4(5);

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I2

Reg. 3 in operation at 1.8.2020, see reg. 1

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I35

After regulation 4(3) insert-

4

Subject to paragraph (5) and Regulation 5 the fee payable to the Department by an international student for each week of tuition in respect of a full time higher education course shall be £300.

5

International students are defined as persons undertaking a course of study at the College of Agriculture Food and Rural Enterprise who are not included in the categories of person under Schedule 2 Part 2 of The Education (Student Support) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20095.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I3

Reg. 5 in operation at 1.8.2020, see reg. 1

I46

In regulation 4(4) for “(4)” substitute “(6)”.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I4

Reg. 6 in operation at 1.8.2020, see reg. 1

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RevocationI58

The Agriculture (Student fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20197 are revoked.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I5

Reg. 8 in operation at 1.8.2020, see reg. 1

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs on 9th January 2020

(L.S.)Seamus McErleanA senior officer of theDepartment of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Agriculture (Student fees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007.

These Regulations increase the level of fee to be paid by persons undertaking a course of higher education provided by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs as set out in Regulations 4 and 7.

Regulation 5 introduces a tuition fee for international students who first start a course of higher education provided by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs on or after 1st August 2020 and provides a definition of ‘international students’ for the purpose of these regulations.

Regulation 6 re-numbers regulation 4(4) to regulation 4(6) as a result of regulation 4.