Statutory Instruments
2023 No. 898
Education, England And Wales
The Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2023
Made
8th August 2023
Laid before Parliament
10th August 2023
Laid before Senedd Cymru
10th August 2023
Coming into force
1st September 2023
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in relation to England in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 22(2)(g), (3)(a) and (4)(a) and 42(6) of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998( 1 ).
The Welsh Ministers make these Regulations in relation to Wales in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 22(2)(g), (3)(a) and (4)(a) and 42(6) of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998( 2 ).
Citation, commencement and extent
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2023 and come into force on 1st September 2023.
(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.
Amendment of the Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) Regulations 2009
2. —(1) The Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) Regulations 2009( 3 ) are amended in accordance with paragraph (2).
(2) In the table in regulation 20B(3), after the row for the period “1st June 2023 to 31st August 2023”, insert the following—
| “ 1st September 2023 to 30th November 2023 | 7.3% ” . |
Robert Halfon
Minister of State
Department for Education
8th August 2023
Jeremy Miles
Minister for Education and Welsh Language, one of the Welsh Ministers
8th August 2023
1998 c. 30 . Section 22(2)(g) is prospectively amended by section 86(3)(b) of the Higher Education and Research Act 2017 (c. 29) from a date to be appointed. Section 22(4)(a) was substituted by section 76(1) of the Education Act 2011 (c. 21) . See section 43(1) for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”.
The functions of the Secretary of State under section 22(2)(g), (3)(a) and (4)(a) in relation to Wales were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by section 44(1) of the Higher Education Act 2004 (c. 8) . The functions of the Secretary of State under section 42(6) as regards Wales were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by S.I. 1999/672 . These functions of the National Assembly for Wales were subsequently transferred to the Welsh Ministers by virtue of paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32) . The National Assembly for Wales was renamed Senedd Cymru or the Welsh Parliament by section 2 of the Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act 2020 (anaw 1) .
S.I. 2009/470 ; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2022/1335 , 2023/129 , 521 .